Future Jobs

Solving the Employment and Skills Crisis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvEdward E. Gordon

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A pervasive disconnect exists between the job/career culture and the present economic reality in America. This book offers powerful strategies for stemming the employment crisis and proposes comprehensive solutions for businesses, government, and job seekers alike.More than 30 million Americans are unemployed, underemployed, or have given up on looking for a job. Undoubtedly, the massive economic downturn after the financial crisis of 2007–2008 is a key factor in this situation. But the U.S. job market has stalled because our nation is failing to produce workers with the right skills, not because we cannot create enough jobs for the workers. Future Jobs: Solving the Employment and Skills Crisis offers an economic and historical perspective on the evolution of jobs and careers, explains how technology has permanently altered the U.S. job/labor market, and provides practical information for businesses seeking qualified workers, educators preparing students for careers, unemployed or underemployed individuals, and those interested in changing careers.The book examines the problem of the mismatch between individuals' skills and employers' job needs from the perspectives of both employers and employees or prospective employees, offering comprehensive regional solutions to the issues each group faces. The author reveals the most promising jobs and careers of the next decade for early-career job seekers and workers with established careers looking to change their path, and provides potential solutions to the jobs and skills disconnect in America, including education reform, business and government policy changes, and regional public-private partnerships.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-08-26
Mått156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor228
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareKevin Hollenbeck
ISBN9781440829338
UtmärkelserWinner of Bronze Medal in Business/Career/Sales 2015

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Foreword by Kevin HollenbeckAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Jobs RevolutionPart I: Jobs and Careers1 The "Good Jobs"2 Career versus Jobs: What Are the Issues?Part II: The Roadblocks3 The Widening Job-Skills Gap4 Career Culture—Business Culture Fantasies5 The "Big Lie"Part III: The Breakthroughs6 Regional Talent Innovation Networks (RETAINs)7 Future Jobs at the GrassrootsPart IV: The Future8 A New Business Agenda9 Government Realignment10 Falling Off the Talent CliffAppendix I: Career Analysis ScorecardAppendix II: Training Return-on-Investment: Human Capital ROI Worksheet ExampleAppendix III: Comprehensive Career AcademiesNotesIndex

Edward Gordon brings a good deal of data, insight, and clarity to a hotly debated topic: the skills required by the workers of the Postindustrial Age. . . Future Jobs maps out the dimensions of an underappreciated crisis confronting not only the United States but also many of the world's developed and emerging economies: the rapidly growing shortage of adults who possess the basic skills to qualify for high growth, information-intensive jobs of what the author calls the age of 'cyber-mental work.' . . . Future Jobs makes a convincing case that there is an urgent need to provide tens of millions of U.S. workers—both the unemplyed and employed—with advanced cognitive skills. . . He concludes that the only effective means by which America can timely address its workplace skills crisis is through local initiatives: employers collaborating with educators, government, and civic leadership to provide millions of individuals with the specific skills required to perform the jobs of our Cyber-Mental Age.