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One fifth of workers completely disengaged!
Employees who’d rather tune into their iPod than the needs of your customers are nothing new. But is the problem getting worse? As they text and instant message…
The “Hole” Story
The story wasn’t new – a perfect labor storm is brewing. But the title caught my eye. The headline in today’s (May 4, 2008) Atlanta…
And still another state (Maine) reports skilled worker shortages
Maine businesses may have trouble filling positions in the future, according to a study from the state’s labor department. The study, conducted by the Center for Workforce Research and…
Jobs at risks for offshoring
According to a recent study published by CareerBuilder.com and Wharton School of Business, more firms are offshoring high-wage, high-skill jobs that were once thought to be immune…
Job boom for workers with skills to compete
Skilled jobs remain unfilled as American workers fail to develop the necessary qualifications. According to Skills 2 Compete, a non-partisan campaign geared to ensuring our workforce competitiveness, every U…
Skilled workers needed, soon
"Labor market is weak now, but impending worker shortage will change that," says Marshall Loeb, the former editor of Fortune and Money, in a column posted to Marketwatch…
Inside the small world of skilled workers
Phoenix was swarming with call centers in the mid-1990s, and new communities quickly filled with the unskilled employees who staffed them. Flash forward a few years, and these low…
Job Losses and Job Hunting
We’ve seen article after article about companies cutting jobs so there should be a flood of job hunters out there. Yet employers are still having trouble finding…
Is Training Anything More Than Putting Lipstick on a Pig?
I just received notification of a new blog and this post immediately attracted my attention. Training is offered as a solution to the skilled worker shortages. Unfortunately, as the…
Is the Skilled Worker Shortage A Hoax?
I woke up this morning, read a few emails and then clicked on a link that lead me to a Boston Globe column about a "solution for the lingering…