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• Monday, July 14, 2008 8:32 AM

  The One-Dimensional World of Work

  This is a re-run from the old Emphasis Added, originally posted July 25, 2005 . It's in line with my current interests and seemed like it was worth a re-post. Imagine for a moment that technology, globalization and other “big trend” factors have transformed Read More... Posted by Rob | 2 Comments Filed under: Social Trends, workforce development, blue collar

• Monday, April 28, 2008 7:47 AM

  Five Ways to Be an Ambassador of Digital Culture in the Workplace

  ( crossposted at the excellent career guidance site Brazen Careerist ) The terms "tech-savvy" and "Millennial" seem joined at the hip, like "hopeless romantic" or "out-of-control pop diva." Of course, many romantics are nothing if not hopeful, some pop Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: Millennials, management, workforce development

• Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:31 AM

  Online Resources Growing for Older Job Seekers

  According to Aging Workforce News , the online job site CareerBuilder.com has launched a site specifically dedicated to workers 50 and older, driven by results of their recent survey which found that 22% of employers plan to rehire retirees from other Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: Boomers, workforce development, aging

• Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:27 PM

  Is America Getting Dumber?

  Clive Crook thinks it is. His piece on the Atlantic Monthly blog (entitled " The Dumbing of America ") notes a study that shows that, "For the first time in decades, and probably ever, workers retiring from the US labor force will be better-educated on Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: education, Politics, workforce development

• Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:13 PM

  More on Blue-Collar High Tech

  I saw this piece in today's Seattle Times, headlined " Industrial Work Force Short on Tech Savvy ." It's yet another reminder that the skills gap is making itself felt in the US economy, sector by sector, even in the midst of a looming recession. Anyone Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: futurism, workforce development, blue collar

• Friday, March 07, 2008 1:53 PM

  Will Millennials be as Picky in a Down Job Market?

  One of the main issues on the minds of employers is the well-documented willingness of young employees to up and leave if things aren't to their liking. According to a study by the Pew Research Center published in January, 2007, 72 percent of Millennials Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: economics, Millennials, workforce development

• Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:54 AM

  Generations and Life-Stages

  Dan has a post up at Future of Information Work on the question of whether Millennials are actually different in important ways from previous generations of young people (and young workers), or if they are just "troublesome" to employers because all 20-somethings Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: generational theory, workforce development

• Friday, February 15, 2008 12:59 PM

  The Digital Class Divide

  I just finished reading Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams , Alfred Lubrano's excellent first-person account of the divide in values separating blue-collar and professional classes in America. Lubrano, an award-winning journalist and NPR commentator, Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: organizational culture, Social Trends, workforce development, blue collar