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Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor | Pew Social & Demographic Trends
The Occupy Wall Street movement no longer occupies Wall Street, but the issue of class conflict has captured a growing share of the national consciousness. A new Pew Research Center survey of 2,048 adults finds that about two-thirds of the public (66%) believes there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between the rich and the … Continue reading
29,500 long-term unemployed Michigan workers lose benefits
Nearly 30,000 “long-term” unemployed workers in Michigan—those out of work for more than 6 months—had their Extended Benefits (EB) assistance abruptly disqualified as of February 18. The EB assistance is the last extension program available for workers who have exhausted all other forms of emergency unemployment compensation. The disqualification comes as a result of new … Continue reading
Work Sharing Provision an Essential Part of Payroll Tax Cut Bill – Economic Intelligence (usnews.com)
This week, Congress passed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that carried the essential provisions of work sharing bills proposed by Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. Rosa DeLauro. The bill would have the federal government pick up some of the expenses associated with state work sharing programs, thereby giving them … Continue reading
Republican Study Committee | Who Killed the Jobs? – Power Line
This chart tells you just about everything you need to know as you prepare to vote in 2012. Prepared by the Republican Study Committee, it depicts the percentage of Americans in the labor force from January 2005 (commonly known as the “good old days” through January 2012. The decline in the number of working Americans … Continue reading
White House predicts 2 million more jobs in 2012 – Feb. 17, 2012
The United States economy is on the road to recovery, the White House said Friday, with stronger job growth expected this year. But income inequality and Europe’s debt crisis could still pose challenges, according to a report released by President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. Before Obama even took office, America had lost 4.4 million … Continue reading
USAjobs.gov struggles after feds take it back from Monster.com – Computerworld
User complaints mount as site’s availability takes a hit. Former operator Monster offers free job ad postings to government agencies “The federal government’s central website for posting thousands of federal job openings, USAjobs.gov, has seen performance problems and complaints about searches since the government took it back this month from Monster.com, which had been running the … Continue reading
LinkedIn | Most overused profile words | Most Important Part of Your Profile | Mistakes Killing Credibility
Most overused LinkedIn profile words of 2011: creative, organizational, effective – PC Advisor If you were really as “creative” as your resume claims, you’d use different terminology to showcase your skills, according to LinkedIn’s 2011 list of most overused words and phrases. The online professional network, whose membership has ballooned from 85 million a year … Continue reading
5 scariest debt and unemployment charts from the new CBO report « The Enterprise Blog
The Congressional Budget Office has released its updated 10-year budget and economic forecast. Actually, the CBO offers two forecasts. It has a baseline forecast, which assumes current law stays in place. It also has an “alternative” forecast which assumes current tax and spending policy stays in place as is—even if the law says it must … Continue reading
Income Inequality is Bad for Society. Really Bad. – Sociological Images
Societies with more income inequality have higher infant death rates than other societies: Societies with more income inequality have higher rates of mental illness than other societies: Societies with more income inequality have a higher incidence of drug use than other societies: Societies with more income inequality have a higher high school drop out rate than … Continue reading
OECD: Matching skills to new needs is an important challenge for member countries
“It is not just more of the same education that is needed” says the OECD, “the nature of the skills in demand is changing too.” The author adds: “The steepest decline in the demand for skills has recently occurred in routine cognitive task input, involving mental tasks that are well described by deductive or inductive rules… … Continue reading
Breaking New Ground: Building a National Workforce Skills Credentialing System
An ACT (American College Testing up to 1996) report introduces the need and associated benefits for establishing a national workforce credentialing system, as we know of no other set of activities more important than getting a critical mass of state, national, and public and private workforce leaders to co-construct this foundational framework to address … Continue reading
US Government has been a significant drag on growth for more than a year now – NYT
The chart here offers one of the better recent snapshots of the American economy that you will find. The blue line shows the rate at which the government — federal, state and local — has been growing or shrinking. The red line shows the same for the private sector. Quarterly change at seasonally adjusted annual … Continue reading
Filling the void Panel describes need for more skilled workers in Georgia – The Marietta Daily Journal
A panel of workforce and education experts said Thursday that there needs to be a collaborative effort among students, parents, educational leaders and businesses to create more employment in Georgia and fill the growing void of unskilled workers. “We’re at a unique time in our economy,” said Glenn Rasco, vice president of community and economic … Continue reading
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