Employment Trends
The current state of the U.S. labor market is generating a significant conversation about the availability of skilled talent especially in light of the manufacturing renaissance underway. The creation and implementation of a sustainable pipeline of talent is integral to both human capital and...
You've participated in a recent survey on work-life balance (it had been initiated by another council) and now a short report on it is available here. Highlights:
Work time has modestly increased over the past five years
Telecommuting is common
Work from home has had a modestly positive...
You've participated in a recent survey on work-life balance (it had been initiated by another council) and now a short report on it is available here. Highlights:
Work time has modestly increased over the past five years
Telecommuting is common
Work from home has had a modestly positive...
Several organizations, including the U.S. Armed Forces, have reaped significant benefits from using servant leadership to create a culture that values serving first and leading second. In contrast to traditional top-down approaches, servant leaders share power, put the needs of others first, and...
Introduction
As the U.S. economic recovery continues to struggle, policymakers and economists are increasingly focusing on a manufacturing renaissance as one catalyst to a brighter day. While over the short term the acceleration of tepid job growth is the priority, earnings growth must also be a...
A recent survey of senior executives shows that just under two-thirds have non-compete agreements in place for at least some of their employees in China. Engineering and sales are the functions most commonly covered by non-competes, given that they have knowledge of the company’s key business...
If the headline read “Surveys Show Students Not Challenged in School” you’d hear most Americans mutter in unison a discouraged “Well, duh!” Would the reaction be different if the crawl on the evening news said “Kids Know They’re Not Learning Anything in School”?
A study released this week sent...
Introduction
After three decades of job losses, the improved performance of recent years justifies cautious optimism for employment gains in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Concomitant with a moderately strong rebound in factory sector output growth from the deep 2007-2009 contraction, net...
Decline in March Amid a Strong First Quarter
Dan Meckstroth says that manufacturing production declined somewhat in March but this setback occurred following a surge in production during December, January, and February. In this audio report, MAPI’s Chief Economist discusses the manufacturing...
Inflation-adjusted manufacturing is reportedly growing about as fast as the quantity of overall gross domestic product. The resulting implication—that there is not a problem with manufacturing growth—is inconsistent with the record of job losses, plant closures, and persistent trade deficits in the...