Ira S Wolfe

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Truck Driver Shortages: Are Hispanics the solution?

Hispanics account for one in seven of the nation’s 1.3 million long-haul truckers. One in six long-haul drivers are nearing retirement. Driver recruitment is lacking…

Hispanics Hispanics Changing the Face of Business

Hispanics make up 4% of the 7.7 million U.S. business owners with paid employees. 46% of Hispanic business owners are under the age of 45. Hispanic-owned businesses…

Young workforce declines 1 percent by 2010.

By 2008, women and minorities will represent 70% of the new labor force entrants. Thirty-four percent of the U.S. workforce will be non-Caucasian. By 2010, the U…

40 Percent of Younger Fathers Play Mr. Mom

Younger fathers are much more apt to stay at home and take care of their home and children than their dads were. A new analysis from the Employment Policy Foundation…

Obesity Costs Rise

Treatment for obesity-related health conditions in the U.S. hit $96.7 billion in 2003.  (Source: 14th European Congress on Obesity) The bulk of the costs are linkedc…

Latinos Account for 50% of Growth

Latinos accounted for half of the 2.9 million U.S.population growth from 2003 to 2004 and now constitute one-seventh of all people in the United States..&nbsp…

2 Trends That Will Change the Way Employers Do Business

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 45 million Americans did not have health insurance at any given time in the last year. More disturbingly, the San Francisco Chronicle reports…

Self-employment on the rise

Fact #418:  According to a report in USA Today, 5.6 million Americans aged 50 and older are now self-employed. That’s an increase of 23 percent from…

Seniorpreneurs will keep economy growing

As more Baby Boomers reach their 50s, the number of "seniorpreneurs" will continue to climb. By 2020, there will be 118 million Americans aged 50 and older – 31…

Family Physician Positions Remain Open

Fact #414: In the residency match this spring, only 79 percent of the available family practice positions were filled, and the percentage of total slots matched by US medical graduates…