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21st Century Workforce: 'The Times They Are a Changing'

Pat Earley | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Maria Shriver, The Shriver Report, Women in the Workplace, Workforce, 21st Century Workforce, Living News
Pat Earley

Beginning with the belief that family is at the heart of our society, how we individually define our family unit becomes less important than how we define our roles as productive, ethical members of society.

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Social Security, Singled Out, Pay, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, A Woman’s Nation, Gloria Steinem, Nonfamily Households, Media, Childless Women, Business, Ideology, Consciousness-Raising, Friendship, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Politics, Compulsory Mothering, Singlism, Discrimination, Breadwinners, Health Care, Couples, Family, Women’s Media Center, Taxes, Connection, Single-Person Households, Wives, Compulsory Marriage, Money, Women’s Movement, Suze Orman, Shriver Report, Singles, Maria Shriver, Time Magazine, Mothers, Gender, Education, Oprah Winfrey, Career, Workplace, Unmarried America, John Podesta, Adrienne Rich, Living News
Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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The Missing Piece in a Woman's Nation

Linda Tarr-Whelan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Women, Women's Leadership, Women in Business, Women's Issues, Workforce, Women and Workforce, Nicholas Kristof, Maria Shriver, Business News
Linda Tarr-Whelan

The tipping point is what I call the "30% Solution" -- the point at which women's voices resonate fully to add the affirmative difference of shared experiences and values.

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My Meet the Press Minute

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Meet the Press, Maria Shriver, Employee Benefits, The Shriver Report, Center for American Progress, Business News
Trish Kinney

There are millions of workers employed by small and medium size businesses that are not flush with profits and simply cannot afford flexible schedules and paid family sick days.

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Recession Creating A Lost Generation; Young People Can't Find Jobs

BusinesWeek | Peter Coy | Posted 10.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security, Salary, College Graduates, Youth, High School Graduates, Unemployment Rate, Young Workers, Recession, Wages, Retirement, Graduate Degrees, Workforce, Old Workers, Salaries, Unemployment, Lost Generation, Retirees, Part-Time, Unemployment Numbers, Baby Boomers, Pensions, Economy, Full-Time, Business News

Bright, eager -- and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to y...

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Transformation Is About the Little Things

Jon Younger | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Human Resources, Employee, Business, Management, Business News
Jon Younger

It's the little things that make or break the ability to attract, develop and retain excellent performers. For example, it doesn't take much budget to hold lunch and learn sessions.

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An Accidental Lesson in Responsibility

Michael Parrish DuDell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Snuggie, Ronald Reagan, Michael Moore, Sacrifice, Nonprofits, Capitalism: A Love Story, Bernard Madoff, Living News
Michael Parrish DuDell

The truth is the future of our society lies in the apathetic hands of my generation and the one below. And quite honestly that frightens me.

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The Workforce is Aging, but Where Are the Age-Friendly Employers?

Mark Miller | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Aarp, Aging, Unemployment, Employers, Age Discrimination, Business News
Mark Miller

The Great Recession is pushing older workers to postpone retirement, but will employers accommodate them?

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Rethinking the Value of Work

Gloria Duffy | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, U.S. Economy, Jobs, Labor, Unemployment, Work, Economy, Recession, Business News
Gloria Duffy

Our workforce needs to develop a more skeptical attitude towards schemes that promise leaps in wealth but are hollow at the core, and likely to leave workers stranded before long.

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Workers Pay the Price in an Era of Declining Job Quality

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Safety Laws, Latinos, Wage Laws, Occupational Fatality Rate, Recession, Competition, Labor Protections, Labor Day, Employers, Labor Laws, Health Insurance, National Council of La Raza, Health Care, U.S. Department of Labor, Business News
Janet Murguía

When employers violate wage and occupational safety laws, they effectively devalue hard work and workers' lives. It is simply outrageous and unacceptable that a country like ours allows people to work to death.

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On Labor Day, Goodwill Sees Reason for Hope, Time to Build Skills

Jim Gibbons | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Labor Day, Work, Economic Crisis, Recession Fears, Jobs, Community, Economic Recovery, Goodwill, Health Care, Recession, Business News
Jim Gibbons

Many local Goodwills around the country are placing people in employment opportunities in diverse industries such as technology, healthcare, food services, banking, computer programming and manufacturing.

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Job Training: Often Misunderstood But Too Important to Dismiss

Brandon Roberts | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Political News, Politics, Poverty, Unemployment, Economics, Working Poor Families Project, Employment, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Workforce, Job Training, Business, Policy, Economy, No Worker Left Behind, Business News
Brandon Roberts

States' retraining efforts should use a sector-based focus with the goal of transitioning displaced workers into positions that the stimulus will support, in infrastructure and emerging fields.

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Who's Missing in the Big "Green" Conversation?

Ben Hecht | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Workforce, Green-Workforce, Green Collar Jobs, Green Collar Economy, Green Rebuilding, Report, Green Economy, Living Cities, Green News
Ben Hecht

Many cities seem to be missing the critical aspect of including low-income and under-served urban areas as part of their efforts to reduce their carbon footprints.

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Ryan Grim

Employment Plunges: Fastest Rate Drop On Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Workforce, Low Employment, Unemployment, Employment, Politics News

The deeper the United States gets into the economic crisis, the further back the media's "since dates" get for various economic and employment indicat...

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Create Jobs Now, but Build Skills for the Future

Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Competition, Workforce, U.S. Economy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Infrastructure, Global Economy, College, Economy, National Infrastructure, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Skilled US Workers, Barack Obama, Business News
Julian L. Alssid and Davis Jenkins

Unless the stimulus can be leveraged to revitalize our education and workforce systems, the downturn will likely accelerate the recent trend in which the only good jobs go to those who have training beyond high school.

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Help the Poor by Revitalizing the Federal Workforce

Max Stier | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Workforce, Economic Stimulus Package, Homelessness, Housing, Employment, Recession, Low-Income Housing, Stimulus, Poverty, Housing and Urban Development, Economy, Politics News
Max Stier

The foundations, the nonprofit sector and the states can play important roles in dealing with poverty, but the federal government by far is the biggest and most important player on the block.

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Globally Savvy... Young Americans Are Not

Jennifer Kushell | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Competition, Workforce, Economy, Employment, Opportunities, Globalization, Jobs, Students, Jennifer Kushell, Ysn, Ukraine, Business News
Jennifer Kushell

The government and corporate world aren't the only ones in the US who need to clean up their acts and step up their games... so do millions of young people.

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