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Forty-eight percent of graduating HS seniors may not be able to read this!
At least that’s the results just released from a high school program in York PA. It is just one more troubling look at why The Perfect Labor…
Health worker shortages reach 57 countries
THE first conference addressing the global shortage of health care workers opened in Kampala yesterday. The World Health Organization says a further four million doctors, nurses, midwives and other health…
Aging Baby Boomers: Will they ever stop working?
In the what might appear to be "it’s-never-too-late" category, new legislation was just introduced into the Iowa House that if passed would create…
Defense Companies Fighting Talent War without Enough Ammunition
If defense and aerospace executives are the generals in the war for talent, they might find themselves with lots of guns but no ammunition. The aerospace and defense sector is…
Aging Boomers Add More “Wrinkles” to Canadian Skilled Worker Shortages
There’s a new "wrinkle" in the Perfect Labor Storm story – for the first time, there are just as many Canadian workers over 40 as under…
Will U.S. construction workers flee to Australia?
It wasn’t too many months ago when U.S. construction-related employers were crying the blues over finding skilled trades workers. But economic times in many parts…
Gas Prices Skyrocket, Available Workers Plummets
Oil and gas companies are suffering a manpower shortage severe enough to expose them to shutdowns, increasing numbers of accidents, production losses and other problems, a workforce management expert contends…
GA joins the ranks of states with severe worker shortages
In what seems to be a game of one-upmanship, state after state has been releasing studies that confirm that the skies leading the Perfect Labor Storm have darkened. …
Good News for the Class of 2008
College seniors fretting about finding jobs amid an ailing economy may want to come in off the ledge. The economy, it seems, is not deterring employers from recruiting college graduates…
Predictions about the Nature of Work
I received the following post this morning from fellow blogger Jim Kissane. For those of you who have been following, these reflect many of the trends I’ve…