College Majors, Starting Salaries and Job Growth
The National Association for Colleges and Employers recently released a report that shows job growth and starting salaries by major. Salaries increased the most for business and computer science majors and barely budged in math and sciences. What does this say about the presumed shortages STEM professions (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math.)
Separately, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released data last week about job growth between 2010-2020 and anticipates much of the growth will be in health professions and education. And the report gives credence to education beyond a B.A. or B.S. with jobs requiring a Master’s degree are expected to grow over 21% faster than for any other education category.
Tags: Careers, college graduates, job creation
Taking People With You, Part Three
David Novak says that leaders need to recognize that they cast what he calls a “shadow of leadership.” And he says, whether the know or acknowledge it, subordinates emulate the behavior of leaders because they want to move up the ranks of the organization. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking People With You, Part 2
David Novak is clear. Leadership is a privilege and he says leaders need to be passionate about their employees. “Companies go awry when they think about profit first,” he says. Instead they get focused on the end goal, rather than employees and customers.
Tags: leadership, management
Taking People With You, Part One
About a decade ago I interviewed David Novak, the CEO of Yum Brands, more familiar to many readers as Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. Read the rest of this entry »
Confronting Abuse at Work
If your New Year’s resolutions include better job performance, one essential ingredient may be your relationship with your boss. Recently researchers at the University of Haifa (Isreal) examined how employees cope with the stress of abusive treatment by a superior. Read the rest of this entry »
Bouncing Back From Fiscal Adversity
This week’s Newsday carries the story of Kathleen King, founder of Tate’s Bake Shop in Southampton, New York. Eager to expand early in the last decade she entered into a partnership that soured. Reaching a court settlement she lost the use of her name on the business, mortgaged the store that housed the bakery and put her home up for sale. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: job creation
Women in Leadership? Maybe Next Year
The news from Catalyst a New York based non-profit that focuses on women in management, delivered gloomy news today. There is still little room for women at the top. There were no significant gains made over the last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: board of directors, corporate boards, employee attitudes, female executives, gender parity, hiring, leadership, management
Dissatisfied at Work? Is it Your Age?
If you are dissatisfied at work, it could be your age. In a study released this week by the Sloan Center on Aging and Work entitled Generations of Talent Study trains a spotlight on the effects of country, age and career stage among employees worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »
Does studying harder and longer mean greater success?
With all the attention being paid to the country’s competitiveness, theNational Survey for Student Engagement released today, shows students in the sciences devoting more time and attention to their studies than liberal arts, education, business and social science students. Read the rest of this entry »
Gender and Corporate Responsiblity
In a new study, Gender and Corporate Responsibility: It’s a Matter of Sustainability, conducted by researchers at Catalyst, a non-profit that focuses on the achievement of women and business and the Harvard Business School there is evidence that companies with more women in senior management positions may be better practitioners of corporate social responsibility. Previous research showed these companies, on average, financially outperform, those with fewer women in upper management. Read the rest of this entry »
