Author: Carl E. Van HornPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692163184
Category : Human capital
Languages : en
Pages :
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Investing in America's Workforce
Author: Carl E. Van HornPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692163184
Category : Human capital
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Education and the American Workforce
Author: Deirdre A. GaquinPublisher: Bernan Press
ISBN: 1598889524
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
In a time of changing technology and cultural shifts, it is difficult to measure some aspects of the workforce. Education and the American Workforce brings together a comprehensive collection of employment and education information from federal statistical agencies. This publicationis a compilation of data about employment and education from federal statistical agencies. The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Together, these agencies produce a wealth of information about the American workforce. Education and the American Workforce includes information about the jobs that people hold—the occupations that they pursue and the industries where they work—and the education levels that people have attained. The geographic location of jobs is important. People often move to locations where jobs are plentiful, moving away from areas where jobs have decreased as technology and trends have changed. The education level of a local population can have an impact on the type of jobs available, with employers establishing businesses where they expect to find employees with appropriate educational credentials. This book uses the American Community Survey (ACS) to provide data on jobs and education in states, metropolitan areas, counties, cities, and congressional districts. The local area detail is necessarily less specific than the national data but the occupation categories use the same SOC categorization, grouped to protect the respondents’ privacy. These sections include ACS data about the labor force, educational attainment, and field of degree, often by age, gender, race, and Hispanic origin. Also included are some personal and household characteristics that are relevant to employment and education, such as health insurance and computer access. Some examples of interesting data found inside Education and the American Workforce include: With no formal educational requirement and a median salary of $22,680, 4.5 million people are employed as retail salespersons, the most of any single occupation. Cashiers and food preparation/serving workers account for another 3.5 million each. There are 2.9 million registered nurses, the most numerous of occupations that require a bachelor’s degree. The biggest numeric decline is expected for Postal Service mail carriers, dropping by about 78,000 in ten years. When combined with other Postal Service occupations—such as clerks, sorters, postmasters, and others—a decline of 140,000 jobs is expected for the Postal Service. Among the 75 largest counties, Bronx County, NY had the highest number of residents age 25 and over with less than a high school diploma at 29.4 percent while Montgomery County, PA had the lowest percentage at 6.2 percent. Meanwhile, New York County, NY and Fairfax County, VA had the highest percentage of residents with a bachelor’s degree or higher at 59.9 percent followed by Montgomery County, MD at 57.9 percent among the 75 largest counties. Nationally, between 2011 and 2015, 29.8 percent of the population had a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Human Capital
Author: Anu K. MittalPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143790579X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
With a workforce of about 35,000, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides engineering services for civil works and military programs in the U.S. and overseas. Recently, the Corps¿ focus has shifted to also support contingency operations, such as responding to natural disasters. To meet its mission and emerging priorities, the Corps must have effective human capital planning processes to ensure that it can maintain its workforce. This report examines the: (1) extent to which the Corps has aligned its human capital plan with its strategic plan; (2) extent to which the Corps has the information necessary to identify and meet current and future workforce needs; and (3) challenges the Corps faces in meeting its workforce needs. Includes recomm. Ill.
Workforce Development
Author: William J. RothwellPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1475849354
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Many people who work in Workforce Development in Community Colleges have not had the benefit of courses or a degree program in Workforce Development. For that reason, when they join a community college, they often need a primer on the purpose, goals and nature of workforce development. This book is intended for that purpose. It can help newly-hired community college staff members, administrators, and even board of trustees members on the important workforce development mission of a community college.
More and Better Jobs in South Asia
Author: The World BankPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821389130
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
South Asia has created nearly 800,000 jobs per month during the last decade. Robust economic growth in large parts of the region has created better jobs -- those that pay higher wages for wage workers and reduce poverty for the self-employed, the largest segment of the region s employed. Going forward, South Asia faces the enormous challenge of absorbing 1 to 1.2 million entrants to the labor force every month for the next two decades at rising levels of productivity. This calls for an agenda that cuts across sectors and includes improving the reliability of electricity supply for firms in both urban and rural settings, dealing decisively with issues of governance and corruption, making access to land easier for urban informal firms and strengthening transport links between rural firms and their markets. It requires improving nutrition in early childhood to avoid cognitive impairment, intensifying the focus on quality of learning in education systems, equipping workers with the skills that employers demand, and reorienting labor market regulations and programs to protect workers rather than jobs. The continuance of high economic growth to help improve job quality is not assured. But the region s demography can provide a favorable tailwind. The growth of workers exceeds that of dependents in much of the region. The resources saved from having fewer dependents can be shifted to high-priority investments in physical and human capital accumulation necessary to create productive jobs in countries with an enabling policy framework. But the demographic window of opportunity is open for only the next three decades, a fact which lends urgency to the reform agenda. This book will be of interest to policy makers, their advisers, researchers and students of economics who seek solutions, not only to the challenge of creating more and better jobs in South Asia but globally as well. It is the first title in South Asia Development Matters,a new series that will serve as a vehicle for in-depth synthesis of economic and policy analysis on key development topics for South Asia.
Griggsville-Perry Community School District No. 4 V. Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
Author: Education and Workforce Development in the Washington, DC Area
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
CORP 2011 Proceedings/Tagungsband
Author: Manfred SchrenkPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 3950311017
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 725
Book Description
District of Columbia Appropriations for 1999
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 2188
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