The jobs where the gap is biggest pay more, on average, than the jobs where the gap is lowest.
On average, women are paid significantly less than men even when they are doing the same jobs. But the gap varies dramatically for workers in different jobs.
Continue reading… “Jobs with the biggest (and smallest) wage gaps between men and women”
Last year, out of the 92,000 new jobs added in the Bay Area, Silicon Valley accounted for 46 percent, or 42,000 jobs.
The prodigious job growth that has made Silicon Valley stand apart from the rest of America continues, George Avalos of the Oakland Tribune reports.
Continue reading… “Silicon Valley dot-com boom is back”
Graduates in China say no thank you to factory jobs.
Guangzhou, China, a city with a population of 15 million, is the hub of a manufacturing region where factories make everything from T-shirts and shoes to auto parts, tablet computers and solar panels. Despite the factories offering double-digit annual pay increases and better benefits, many are desperate for workers.
Continue reading… “Chinese college graduates reluctant to pursue blue collar jobs”
American factories are hiring again, but they’re not hiring union members.
Factory workers had a good month in July in Anderson, Ind., where a Honda parts supplier announced plans to build a new plant and create up to 325 jobs. But in the Cleveland suburbs it was a grim month, where an industrial plastics firm told the state of Ohio it was closing a plant and laying off 150 people.
Continue reading… “Unions are being left behind as manufacturing bounces back from the recession”
Unemployment rate for petroleum engineers is .06%.
Petroleum engineers, detective supervisors, and animal breeders all have one thing in common. They are extremely employable. They’re among the occupations with the lowest jobless rates over the last two years along with dentists and nuclear engineers, according to the Wall Street Journal’s study of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Continue reading… “Jobs in the U.S. with the lowest (and highest) unemployment rates”
“The third billion”
Globally, there are 380 million entrepreneurs today. For every 19 people you meet – one will be an entrepreneur. What are the other 18 doing? What are they doing that makes money without them creating/inventing opportunities? One might think they all have jobs, but they don’t – only 61% of world’s population have any sort of a job.
Continue reading… “By 2020 a billion entrepreneurs will be women”
73% of workers are stressed out at work.
“I am soooo stressed out right now!” When is the last time you heard someone say that? Probably just three minutes ago, right?
According to a recent work-stress survey by Harris Interactive for Everest College, nearly three-fourths (73 percent) of workers are stressed out by at least one thing at work.
“These models will predict your likelihood of separating from your employer based on everything we know about you and the position.”
You did everything by the book when you went in for that job interview. But, after going through all the effort, would you feel slighted if the interviewer made the ultimate decision about whether or not to hire you based on an algorithm?
Software engineers now outnumber farmers and have almost caught up with lawyers.
Over the last two years Shawn and Stephanie Grimes have spent much of their time in pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation.
Continue reading… “Boom in app development lures coders but it’s tough to make a living”
We are seeing more and more where the mom has the anchor job in the family and the dad either doesn’t work or works in a flexible job.
After Gail McGovern’s daughter Annie was born, she and her husband established what came to be known as the “kitchen calendar rule.” McGovern worked for AT&T overseeing 10,000 employees; her husband ran a large unit of Hewlett-Packard. They both needed to travel regularly for work, but one of them also needed to be home for Annie.
There have always been part-time workers, especially at restaurants and retailers but employers today rely on them far more than before.
The Fresh & Easy grocery store chain has opened up 150 stores in California since it was founded five years ago. It has positioned itself as a hip and socially responsible company.
Continue reading… “More Americans working part-time as hours shrink and shift”
Everyone knows that software experts make big bucks.
Glassdoor published its most recent software engineering salary report last week. It found that it pays to code. Google and Facebook employees earn a base salary of ~$125K, not counting benefits, 401k matching, stock options/grants, etc., and even Yahoo! developers pull in six figures. Everyone knows that good engineers are awfully hard to find. Demand has skyrocketed, supply has stagnated, prices have risen. Basic economics.
Continue reading… “It pays to code, but how long will that last?”
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