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No Let Up in Employee Stress

Towers Watson the global human resources consulting firm is out with a new survey today. Its findings won’t surprise any employee who is experiencing stress on the job. It’s a trend that is being noticed by many employers as well and it is continuing unabated. Read the rest of this entry »

Hiring Vets

It’s been widely reported  that Michelle Obama traveled to Florida this weeky to announce that more than 2000 businesses have participated in the Joining Forces Initiative  and have hired or trained 125,000 veterans and militiary spouses in the last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Having It All–A Generational Saga

With the death of screenwriter Nora Ephron  at 71 and the appointment of Marissa Mayer  the CEO of Yahoo at 37  the conversation about Having It All by Anne-Marie Slaughter, a 53 year old Princeton University professor and former State Department official took an interesting twist.

Eighteen years separated Ephron’s graduation from Wellesley College in 1962 from Slaughter’s graduation from Princeton University in 1980. Ephron headed first to the Kennedy White House and then to New York City to the Newsweek mailroom. (Newsweek didn’t hire women writers then. The Ivy League didn’t accept female student either.) While Slaughter headed to Oxford University after graduation for further study and then a degree at Harvard Law School, Mayer graduated with honors from Stanford University and then took an M.S. in Computer Science. She became the 20th employee at Google.

To what extent is each woman a product of her times? And is it possible the question of having “Having It All” is defined and interpreted anew each generation?

Peter Cappelli and Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs

Longtime readers of this blog will recognize Peter Cappelli. He was interviewed here in December 2010.. And now he’s back with a new book called Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs. Read the rest of this entry »

Motherhood and Inequality

Eduardo Porter at The New York Times makes a case this morning that of. Motherhood Still a Cause of Pay Inequality.

This follows another recent Times story about men being attracted to pink collar jobs  by his colleagues Shaila Dewan and Robert Gebeloff. Read the rest of this entry »

Certificates Instead of College, Who Benefits?

 In a new study released today by the  Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows that certificates are the fastest growing form of postsecondary credentials in the U.S., increasing from six percent n 1980 to 22 percent of awards today.

Certificates are more affordable than college, usually taken less than a year complete and can mean a higher salary.

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Global Dissatisfaction in the Workplace

Employees around the world are questioning their career goals. Many are searching for new opportunities. Others plan to stay with their current employers but are seeking greater fulfillment. Read the rest of this entry »

Are Companies Ready for Baby Boomers to Retire?

Earlier this week the Society for Human Resource Management and AARP  released a poll that showed U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits aimed at closing the skills gap when the baby boomers retire. Read the rest of this entry »

An Income Gap for Baby Boomers During Career Transitions

New research from Civic Ventures, a San Francisco think tank aimed at baby boomers who want to combine work with social purpose illuminates some of the challenges to doing so. Read the rest of this entry »

Intern Hiring Up, Wages Down

For those students who anticipate having summer internships in 2012 the National Association of Colleges and Employers National Association of Colleges and Employers has mixed news. Read the rest of this entry »

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