One of the biggest issues coming out of the Great Recession that continues to plague businesses is a lack of qualified applicants for many semi-skilled to highly skilled positions in a variety of industries. Business leaders, economists and politicians have been talking about the skills gap for several years, yet the reality of jobs going […]
If you had to describe your life with just one word, chances are good you’d be tempted to say “stressful.” A July survey conducted by National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health found that more than 60 percent of Americans feel stressed and more than 25 percent say […]
As the economy improves and businesses begin to see an increase in sales, employers are now struggling to boost employee morale in a work force experiencing burnout. According to Labor Department estimates, the U.S. economy generated the same output in the fourth quarter of 2010 with 7 million fewer workers compared to three years ago. […]