Archive for the 'Labor Market' Category

Are Today’s Applicants Dumber?

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

A recent press release from Wonderlic, Inc., reporting on a new study of company data, says applicants today aren’t as smart (lower cognitive ability) as similarly-educated applicants of yesteryear. The data is from the company’s well-known Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT). The WPT measures cognitive ability, which the company says has been proven [...]

IT Jobs Outlook, From Dept. of Labor

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

What IT jobs will remain stateside despite the offshoring of many?

What IT specialties will be the fastest growing in coming years?

Where in the US might an IT job search by a job seeker or a recruitment effort by an employer or recruiter be most fruitful?

Some answers are available from the mind-bogglingly massive website maintained [...]

Much Employee Creativity Unused on Job

Friday, September 21st, 2007

The following is a guest post from The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, with a few of my thoughts appended thereafter. (Do I sound like a lawyer there, or what?)

At a time when many economists and futurists are pointing to creativity and innovation as one of the cornerstones of U.S. competitiveness in the years ahead, [...]

Teens May Need to Look Hard for Summer Jobs

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

To all the parents who’ve been stopping by the blawg lately to read about family responsibilities discrimination: we’ve got some bad news for your teenage children. The Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University has predicted historic low teen employment rates for this summer, despite job growth for older adults.

The Problem

According to the [...]

What Millenials Want Out of Work: A Baby Boomer Rejoinder

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Two weeks ago, I highlighted a post by Alexandra Levit, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap. In “What Millennials (Generation Y) Want Out of Work,” Levit suggested that the current generation of twenty-somethings “is entrepreneurial and relishes challenging work and high levels of responsibility. They are driven not so much by money, but by a sense [...]

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