Edward E. Gordon

Future Jobs (eBook, ePUB)

Solving the Employment and Skills Crisis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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. America's low unemployment rate overshadows the fact that more that 20 million Americans are still unemployed. Moreover, more than eight million jobs are vacant because employers cannot find qualified candidates. It is projected that if this imbalance between available positions and skills is not quickly addressed, more than 14 million jobs will be vacant by 2020, and that many more people out of work. In Future Jobs, historical economist Edward E. Gordon explains how increasingly complex technologies, global demographic shifts, and outdated education-to-employment systems are converging and may imminently cause a labor-market crisis. How can we ensure that enough people possess the skills necessary to holding the jobs of today and tomorrow? This book points to a solution gaining traction across the United States: Regional Talent Innovation Networks (RETAINs), alliances of businesses, educators, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations that successfully bridge the talent gap. Additionally, it provides information on the most promising jobs and careers of the next decade for early-career job seekers and for workers who are looking to change career paths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216184133
• Artikelnr.: 68347222

Autorenporträt

RONALD R. MORGAN is an expert in the psychology of learning and instruction. He serves as the director of the educational and school psychology programs of study at Loyola University of Chicago.

JUDITH A. PONTICELL is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University./e Her research focuses on adult learning, school effectiveness, and establishing educational partnerships in the workplace.

EDWARD E. GORDON is President of Imperial Corporate Training and Development and teaches at Loyola University in Chicago. Together they have co-authored Futurework: The Revolution Reshaping American Business (Praeger, 1994) and Closing the Literacy Gap in American Business (Quorum Books, 1991).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Kevin Hollenbeck Acknowledgments Introduction: The Jobs
Revolution Part I: Jobs and Careers 1 The "Good Jobs" 2 Career versus Jobs:
What Are the Issues? Part II: The Roadblocks 3 The Widening Job-Skills Gap
4 Career Culture-Business Culture Fantasies 5 The "Big Lie" Part III: The
Breakthroughs 6 Regional Talent Innovation Networks (RETAINs) 7 Future Jobs
at the Grassroots Part IV: The Future 8 A New Business Agenda 9 Government
Realignment 10 Falling Off the Talent Cliff Appendix I: Career Analysis
Scorecard Appendix II: Training Return-on-Investment: Human Capital ROI
Worksheet Example Appendix III: Comprehensive Career Academies Notes Index