Entries tagged with Jobs
The Jobs Market in the Next Decade
December 30, 2009
I am catching up on my reading and did this little analysis of US Bureau of Labor Statistics for jobs growth 2008-2018:
Seven of 10 jobs projected to have largest growth in next decade likely will not pay a living wage. Five of those…
With young adults 30 percent more likely to live within 3 miles of central business districts today (up from 10 percent in 1980 and 12 percent in 1990), access to jobs, educational opportunities, people and ideas, and the fact that new research points to real estate in more walkable neighborhoods…
Steep Job Losses Expected in Cities
January 19, 2009
A new forecast commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Mayors predicts heavy job losses in the nation's major cities and the metro areas they anchor. (That's not surprising since that's where most of our citizens and most of our jobs are.)
New York is expected to lose…
Gee, Why Didn't We Think of That?
January 14, 2009
PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES $503 MILLION-PLUS "PORTLAND JOB
CREATION AND ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE" TO FAST-TRACK AN ESTIMATED
4,985 PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
Plan also boosts housing development, business assistance and worker
retraining programs
January 13, 2009
PORTLAND, ORE. — Portland City Council at City Hall today announced a
Mayor Bloomberg's Response to Crisis
November 30, 2008
One mayor didn't wait for the federal government to act before announcing a major set of initiatives to help citizens weather the challenges brought on by the economic downturn in the global, national and local economies. New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's initiatives are designed to create jobs, support…
Which Jobs Are Growing the Fastest
April 20, 2008
These statistics continue to haunt me...
The U.S. Department of Labor projects that seven of the ten fastest-growing jobs from 2000-2010 do not pay a living wage. Of course, DOL doesn't put it that way. They use dollar signs to indicate the "earnings quartile" the job falls in. However, even two…
Good Jobs - The Be-All, End-All
January 27, 2008
Catching up on this week's reading, I found Bob Herbert's NYT column headlined "Good Jobs Are Where the Money Is." And he had very tough words for the Administration (and, by association, the House) on the economic stimulus plan.
"Economic alarm bells have been ringing in the U.S. for some…
Stimulus Proposal Released
January 16, 2009
The House Appropriations Committee has released information on the proposed economic stimulus package that has the following as its focus:
- Clean, Efficient, American Energy
- Transforming our Economy with Science and Technology
- Modernizing Roads, Bridges, Transit and Waterways
- Education for the 21st Century
- Tax Cuts to Make Work Pay and…