President Carter’s domestic policy advisor, Stuart Eizenstat, and Robert Lerman, an Urban Institute Fellow, claim there is a skills gap in manufacturing that threatens America’s manufacturing comeback. [“Bring back the apprentice”, Washington Post, May 5, 2013, and republished on yahoo] Readers are asked to accept a citation from an unnamed survey that claims 600,000 jobs go unfilled because the skills gap is real and America needs an apprenticeship program. They worry “We are at risk of squandering this historic opportunity – mainly because firms...
Friday, 24 May 2013
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Executive Administrative Assistants
Posted on 13:53 by Unknown
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsStandard Occupational Classification #43-6011 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsSOC Definition--Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff. Examples of other common names in use—Executive...
Saturday, 11 May 2013
The $9.00 an hour minimum
Posted on 12:03 by Unknown
The Obama Administration recently proposed an increase in the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. The current minimum continues at $7.25 an hour where it has been since July 24th 2009, the date of the last of three planned increases passed by Congress. The proposed increase is a little over 24 percent over the three years from 2009 to 2012, more than inflation but still hardly a self supporting wage.At $9.00 an hour per full time employee the increase converts $3,640 [$1.75 x 2,080] of profit to cost per full time minimum wage employee. To employers...
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