Tamara Erickson, one of the authors of the Harvard Press book Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills And Talent” testified before the U.S. Senate last year on workforce trends. Her main points:

The workforce is older, and limited in availability. There will be a shortage of skilled workers of traditional work age [...]

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The effects of cuts in the permanent workforce are starting to show.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report on Continent and Alternative Employment Arrangements has documented that in 2005 more than 10 million workers – about 7.4 of the employed – were independent contractors (an increase from 6.4 in 2001). An increasing number of workers are [...]

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Art Schoeck will speak September 19th to YoungBucks, the premier young professionals club of the Buckhead community (Atlanta). The topic is on leadership development using behavioral style analysis.

The mission of YoungBucks is to “bring together young professionals to foster leadership development, personal enrichment, netweaving and community involvement.”

YoungBucks meets the third Monday or Tuesday of each [...]

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Career Counseling Myths

Most people get useful career counseling in high school and college.WRONG! In a survey of 17,000 corporate employees, less than ½ of 1% say they received any useful help in deciding their careers while in school.
Career decisions should ideally be based on solely on our skills (what we’re “good at”).WRONG! People get degrees [...]

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