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 the US economy such that the only good job prospects are in the construction industry. In ...

(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 divas are models of good behavior, and not all Millennials are tech wizards - but ...

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 companies in 2008 and that 14% of employers plan to provide incentives for older workers to stay ...

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 average (according to one measure anyway) than their much younger counterparts.'' He laments ...

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 following the manufacturing industry in the age of globalization knows this is true. US ...

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 surveyed thought they had a good chance at landing a high-paying job, and relatively large ...

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 inherently lack commitment and tend to take a short-term view of employment. ...

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, grew up in the working-class Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn before ...