The Benefits of an Unexpected Career
Right out of graduate school, journalism still a gleam in my eye, another recession prompted an early career detour into retailing. After a six month stretch while I finished my thesis, unexpectedly I became what generations had known as a floor walker. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: consumer spending, low wages, retailing, survivor jobs
Equal Pay
Yesterday was Equal Pay Day which comes from the amount of time women need to work into the following year to make the equivalent men made the year before. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: college graduates, equal pay, equal pay for equal work, female executives, gender parity, Huffington Post, McKinsey and Company, Wall Street Journal, women in business
Telecommuting as an Antidote to Stress
As unemployment dips slightly and hiring continues, as reported last week stress continues to be a major factor in those whose jobs were not eliminated during the Great Recession. Low pay continues to draw attention, but so does extensive commuting as some travel further afield to seek meaningful employment. A heavier workload is also a consideration if companies are expecting employees to have greater productivity. Read the rest of this entry »
Where the Female Executives Are–Country by Country
Overall the numbers of senior executives dipped in the last two years according to research from the Grant Thorton International Business Report, an annual survery of the views of senior executives of privately held companies by the accounting and risk management firm of the same name. The percentage of female senior managers dipped from 24% tin 2009 to 20% in 2011.
Thailand led with 45% of senior management positions held by women, followed by Georgia (40%) Russia (36%) Hong Kong and the Phillipines (tied at 35% )
The data revealed the countries of the G7 lagged behind Asia/Pacific. Great Britain(23%) and the United States(15%). Stil the United States did better than Germany (11%) and Japan (9%). What can we learn from the Pacific Rim?
Top Jobs for the Class of 2011
Back in January we reported 47% of accounting majors received job offers before graduation, followed closely by business majors, 45% of whom received offers.
Now the results of a new survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 3 have been released. Among the class of 2011 accounting majors are currently receiving the most job offers. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Accounting, career choice, Consulting, entrepreneurship, Financial Analysis, Investment Banking, Management Training, National Association of Colleges and Employers, Sales, Young Entrepreneur Council
Keys to a Successful Career
Even as we examined the influences on the rise of two black executives the EEOC was preparing to hold hearings about whether unemployed job applicants are being discriminated against.
With some employers only considering currently employed applicants, there are those who say denying jobs to the already-unemployed can also have a disproportionate effect on certain racial and ethnic minority community members. Algernon Austin, Director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy of the Economic Policy Institute, says that unemployment rates for African-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans are higher than those of whites. Restricting applications to the currently employed could place a heavier burden on people of color, he concluded. Read the rest of this entry »
A Million Jobs Here, A Million Jobs There, but Unemployment Remains High
It was just before New Year’s when Associated Press reporter Pallavi Gogoi broke the news that many U.S. companies are hiring…..overseas.
The Economic Policy Institute a think tank in Washington, D.C. estimates American companies created 1.4 million jobs overseas in 2010, compared with fewer than 1 million domestic jobs.
Now Ed Stoddard at Reuters is reporting that during the last two years as unemployment hovered at or near double digits, over 1 million immigrants found work. Many were here illegally.
The common denominator in both these stories is one of cost savings for employers.
Tags: Associated Press, Economic Policy Institute, hiring, immigration, job creation, outsourcing, Reuters
