Tag: Jobs
Retailers like Walmart are embracing robots – here’s how workers can...
Beth Humberd, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Scott F. Latham, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Walmart recently said it plans to deploy robots to scan shelves,...
Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to...
Alan Montague, RMIT University; Alan Nankervis, RMIT University; John Burgess, RMIT University; Nuttawuth Muenjohn, RMIT University; Ros Cameron, Australian Institute of Business, and Timothy...
Skilled blue-collar jobs are growing – though women aren’t getting them
Eric Hoyt, University of Massachusetts Amherst and JD Swerzenski, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the press, the phrase “blue collar” is often used as shorthand...
Why cities should stop playing Amazon’s game and quit offering companies...
Amihai Glazer, University of California, Irvine
New York City should count its blessings.
Amazon’s decision to walk away from its plan to build a new headquarters...
First-generation college students earn less than graduates whose parents went to...
Anna Manzoni, North Carolina State University and Jessi Streib, Duke University
When discussions take place about first-generation college students, often the focus is on how...
Why fewer kids work the kind of summer jobs that their...
Elliot Lasson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Back in the day, most teens had some sort of job lined up for the summer. For some,...
What can we learn from the way graduates are decorating their...
Sheila Bock, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
For college students across the country, commencement formally marks the transition from student to graduate. Per tradition, most...
What is full employment? An economist explains the latest jobs data
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The latest jobs report has gotten a lot of analysts, policymakers and talking heads once again asking whether...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
