If the winner allocates federal money for job training programs, then this book makes a compelling argument that workers need to be taught how to use and understand mobile technology in order to be competitive in an increasingly cutthroat labor market.
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Yet, there's still good money to be made in the labor and service industries, commonly referred to as "blue-collar" jobs.
She wants her women to be able to stop doing manual labor in the fields and learn skills like sewing.
President Obama has been in favor of granting more H-1B visas, and loosening policies that would allow foreign graduates to stay on and work in the U.S. Many multinational tech companies, including Microsoft, have called for more H-1B visas to be issued to fill gaps in the skilled labor pool.
Slave labor in Brazil is not to be confused with slave labor of old.
And whatever program we create needs to be flexible, growing in good times to accommodate rising labor needs and shrinking back in down times when demand subsides.
Now, I can understand that there are going to be limits to labor force participation within a population and that not everyone in a society is going to be physically or mentally able to work, but still, if there are no jobs and no work, what are people doing?
This in turn gives individualized organizations the chance to be much more selective in hiring (larger labor pool) and it can aid in retention, a key to sustainable effectiveness and long-term success.
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With many American stocks still quite appealing on a valuation basis, and Washington steadily expanding the monetary base in an attempt to support the labor market, high net worth individuals might be well served in the long run to carefully adjust their portfolios sooner rather than later.
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Though in-house programs tend to be more expensive and labor-intensive than educational partnerships or bringing in external trainers, they are usually "much more customized and tailored to your organizational needs, regardless of whether it's a very technical training or even about business negotiation, " says Donna Weiss, managing director at the Corporate Executive Board.
Most of the increase, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, can be attributed to a jump in prices excluding food and energy prices, despite seeing gains in both of those categories.
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Nevertheless, in order to increase the number of labor organizations and members in the long run, unions must be able to adapt to external economic pressures and be easier to organize.
To be fair, many Republicans would point to those same labor ties in criticizing Gephardt.
To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation.
At the same time however, such innovations free up labor to be used in areas where there is greater value added.
It is not Apple-bashing , or China-bashing, to suggest that significant labor unrest in China would be a big issue for Apple and its ability to deliver its products.
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You only need one or two international hiccups for all the potential savings in outsourced labor costs to be eroded.
But you don't have to be in the Philippines long to feel the social toll that this policy of exporting labor also exacts.
The Committee is concerned that, without further policy accommodation, economic growth might not be strong enough to generate sustained improvement in labor market conditions.
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Top union leaders are said to be among those urging Gore to choose Gephardt, who aligned himself with organized labor in opposition to Clinton Administration efforts to secure House passage of permanent normalized trade relations with China two months ago.
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We will never be able to compete based on labor costs in this globally connected world.
The weekly jobless claims reports have been over the troubling 400, 000 mark for the past two months, showing that the U.S. labor market continues to be marred in stagnation.
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White House sources told CNN that Yene's allegations had been reviewed by Senate investigators prior to her confirmation as labor secretary in May 1997 -- and that they were found not to be credible.
While the shadow inventory and a clogged up foreclosure pipeline present challenges, if the economy improves to the point where the labor market begins to seriously recover, it should be possible to overcome those obstacles in the medium-term.
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To deal with unemployment by eliminating monopoly unionism, featherbedding, and inflexibilities in the labor market, and be prepared, where residual unemployment persists, to cope with it locally, placing the political and humanitarian responsibility on the lowest feasible political unit.
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To be sure, labor groups have made some gains in Barack Obama's Washington.
One day, this choice might even be extended to the millions of women who labor in India's fields and factories.
There is thus a possibility that the countries which have traditionally exported labor to Russia will no longer be in a position to do so.
Moreover, the decrease in employment will be greater in the long run than in the short run, as employers shift to labor-saving methods of production.
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So, if your son just broke a bone or if your wife is in labor, you may be able to justify aggressive driving.
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