Future Jobs: Solving the Employment and Skills Crisis
Solving the Employment and Skills Crisis
Business & Finance, Career Planning & Job Hunting, Labor, Human Resources & Personnel Management
| Author: | Edward E. Gordon | ISBN: | 9781440829345 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | August 26, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Praeger | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward E. Gordon |
| ISBN: | 9781440829345 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | August 26, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Praeger |
| Language: | English |
A pervasive disconnect exists between the job/career culture and the present economic reality in America. This book offers powerful strategies for stemming the employment crisis and proposes comprehensive solutions for businesses, government, and job seekers alike.
• Explains how the current job skills crisis stems from a broad structural failure of the education-to-employment system and has sweeping societal and economic consequences
• Identifies the "hot jobs" of the current decade and the requisite skills and educational preparation needed to obtain them
• Describes how digital technology has permanently altered the nature of the U.S. and global job/labor market
• Provides information critical to a wide audience: businesses seeking to fill vacant jobs, community organizations and governments trying to attract new enterprises and retain current businesses, educators preparing students for careers, and students and parents concerned about job and career options
A pervasive disconnect exists between the job/career culture and the present economic reality in America. This book offers powerful strategies for stemming the employment crisis and proposes comprehensive solutions for businesses, government, and job seekers alike.
• Explains how the current job skills crisis stems from a broad structural failure of the education-to-employment system and has sweeping societal and economic consequences
• Identifies the "hot jobs" of the current decade and the requisite skills and educational preparation needed to obtain them
• Describes how digital technology has permanently altered the nature of the U.S. and global job/labor market
• Provides information critical to a wide audience: businesses seeking to fill vacant jobs, community organizations and governments trying to attract new enterprises and retain current businesses, educators preparing students for careers, and students and parents concerned about job and career options
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