Thousands of organizations offer “certificates,” “badges” and other credentials to workers looking to boost their jobs skills and marketability. Are they worth it?
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Posted inPolitical Animal
Despite Trump’s Wish, Economy Adds Jobs
The numbers aren’t “getting worse and worse.”
Posted inEconomy
Donald Trump’s Empty Economic Plan
Trump’s ideas for job creation will do far more harm than good.
Posted inEconomy
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About U.S. Manufacturing
American manufacturing isn’t in as bad a shape as Trump claims.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Momentum Building for Green Jobs
We recently got some good news on the “green jobs” front. A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). More than 769,000 […]
Posted inEconomy, January/February 2016, Magazine
Benefits for the Rest of Us
The growing ranks of contingent workers need a new deal.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2015
Drive By
How companies like Uber work around regulations, avoid paying taxes, and shaft their workers.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2015
Stop Chiseling the Adjuncts
Colleges’ mistreatment of part-time professors shortchanges students too.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2015
Rethinking the Bachelor’s Degree
Many students must choose between a four-year program they’re not ready for and a job training program that will limit them. Time for a third option.
Posted inEconomy
Manufacturing’s “Branding” Crisis
Millennials could save U.S. manufacturing from a severe looming talent shortage – but they need to be interested first.
