College TuitionEvery fall U.S. News and World Report does its annual review of America's Colleges. Their regular listing of information about America's colleges includes current tuition and fees. This and other college guides are excellent sources of tuition information but college guides are publishing what is really the sticker price. Your tuition could be quite different; it depends on your opportunities for bargaining.When it comes to tuition the most important schools to watch are the state's flagship public universites. In Virginia, that...
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Wednesday, 11 April 2007
Service Jobs - Professional, Scientific, Technical
Posted on 11:51 by Unknown
The North American Industry Classification Manual defines the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services sector as “establishments that specialize in performing professional, scientific and technical activities for others.” Lucky for us they go on to explain that establishments in this sector use processes where human capital is the major input. “Establishments rely on employee skills and knowledge to deliver expertise to clients.” In 2010 there were 7.42 million jobs in professional, scientific and technical services.Most of the professional...
Saturday, 7 April 2007
Education Services
Posted on 10:52 by Unknown
Education Services Long ago Americans decided to have a system of mass education financed with public funds. It was a smart choice. No society has ever managed to attain high literacy rates without publicly supported compulsory education. This smart choice also meansmillions of professional college trained service jobs. The educational services industry has 13.5 million jobs; that is teaching and all the other jobs at public and private schools as well as trade schools, training academies, tutoring and educational support. Teaching positions in...
Thursday, 5 April 2007
Service Jobs - America’s Service Economy
Posted on 12:01 by Unknown
Introduction (Revised 2011 with 2010 data)The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports industry data by North American Industry Classification (NAICS) and occupational data by the Standard Occupational Classifications (SOC). The connection between employment by industry and employment by occupation is maintained with BLS staffing patterns, i.e. what percentage of an industry’s employment uses this or that occupation. Maintaining employment data by industry and by occupation allows a break down of new jobs in a two-step process. The first step breaks...
Sunday, 1 April 2007
Free Trade, NAFTA and the Saga of North Carolina
Posted on 12:33 by Unknown
Those on the side of free trade support their case with logical reasoning. Roughly speaking they argue free trade benefits everyone because American industry has rising productivity where increasing efficiency saves many hours of labor, which can be released to other uses. When economists see growth in output in manufacturing with falling employment they say "Wow, this is terrific because the economy is producing more goods with less hours of work and now other people can be released for jobs producing more goods and services and growth in other...
Contents
Posted on 10:18 by Unknown
Blog contents - Topics in large, bold blue, titles in Red-Italic, links in blue.I. Working in the free-for-all Inflation and Wages for 2006 to 2012 Inflation and Wages for 2006 to 2012The $9.00 an hour minimum The $9.00 an hour minimumWages and the Wal-Mart Effect (1,508 words) Wages and the Wal-Mart Effect Where will you work in the free for all (791 words) Where will you work in the free for all America's Jobs in a Recession America's Jobs in a RecessionObama's failure on jobs (1084 words) Obama's Failure on JobsOvertime Rules(2,885 words) Overtime...
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