Essays Tagged: "bureau of labor"

Workplace Diversity

hey can use flexibility as a cost-effective strategy to accomplish business goals. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than half of US workers work other than a 5-day, 40-hour week and n ...

(8 pages) 1636 2 4.7 Mar/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Unemployment in the United States has fluctuated due to economic conditions through the decades.

employment are found in the CPS, the Current Population Survey. In the beginning of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor releases the appropriate figures of how man ...

(5 pages) 402 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Ergonomics.

umulative Trauma Disorder (CTD) also known as Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI). According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Repetitive Stress Injuries account for more than half of all work-relate ...

(3 pages) 58 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Wage Discrimination in the Workplace (Note: Received a Grade of B)

ars that more women than men are skeptical about their job prospects. As of March 2, 2004, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the 2003 annual unemployment rate standing at 6.0% is at its ...

(7 pages) 255 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Corporations

manufacturing and IT jobs are loss to foreign countries that provide cheaper labor.According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, "Long-term unemployment is at its highest in over a decade". Th ...

(4 pages) 140 1 3.9 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The old image of elderly person on being one, who is in firm, stays at home, and leads a thoroughly depressing life is rapidly changing as an image of the 21st century.

ess to pay.By the year 2010, one of every seven Americans will be 65 or older according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic estimation. By 2030, 20 percent of the U.S. population will be elderly.Old ...

(3 pages) 74 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Current State of the U.S. Economy

EmploymentAccording to Bureau of Labor Statistics (Utgoff, 2003, November), nonfarm payroll employment rose by 126,000 in O ...

(6 pages) 140 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Supporting Our Children- Parent Involement

as been a dramatic increase in single parenting, specifically single mothers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, nationally, there were about 5.8 million single mothers in the work forc ...

(4 pages) 72 1 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Service Marketting

ervice jobs now account for 79% of all jobs and 74% of gross domestic product. And according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, service occupations will be responsible for all net job growyh through t ...

(5 pages) 131 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Internet Job Search and the Effect on Unemployment Duration

ns are addressed by evaluating data of unemployment durations during the last twenty years from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Job search methods of unemployed workers changed in the 1990's with the i ... rror term. All of these variables affect the duration of unemployment.I compiled data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of households ...

(10 pages) 91 1 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

A website evaluation for Pfizer's Guide to Careers in Pharmacy (www.pfizercareerguides.com).

and elderly people living longer than ever before is continually increasing. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, employment in pharmacy is projected to increase faster than the aver ...

(6 pages) 79 0 1.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Current Business Research Synopsis

tates. If the work is moved outside the United States, it is considered “offshoring”. The Bureau of Labor Statistics Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program tracks the mass layoff data collecte ... ust provide the rational to the appropriate State agency. This information is then collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the data is used to determine the reasons for the job eliminations af ...

(3 pages) 82 0 0.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Untitled

utives are only interested in power and money.II Future Trends: Will career prospects brighten? The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the US workforce has in the past rapidly increased in the 7 ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Challenges of Unemployment          The all American dream – go

hat there are no jobs, it will help you stay objective. According to the U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics, in surveys conducted. "The number of discouraged workers was 355,000 in ... ld you go? Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 19, 2002;PageE01).U.S. Department of labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics).(ftp://146.142.4.23/pub/news.release/empsit.txt Technical information: H ...

(5 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Labor Market Research

I will be primarily using information found from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics website, http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291111.htm, to research how nu ... s at $38.84 an hour; however, on average a nurse in California will make about $36.12 an hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007).If a nurse specializes they also make more money than those who wo ... f course the hourly rate is different depending on the area where one works within California (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007). A nurse will make more money if they work in general medical and ...

(4 pages) 118 0 5.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Labor Market Research

iscuss the labor market for nurses in the state of Georgia. I will use the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau's Bureau of Labor Statistics website for most of my statistical information. While conducting ... more at $29.66 an hour; however, on average a nurse in Georgia will make about $27.57 an hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007).If a nurse specializes, they also make more money than those who w ...

(3 pages) 84 0 5.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Outsourcing Jobs to Foreign Countries

to boost the economy by creating new jobs and keeping the unemployment rates low. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in 1944 was only 1.4 percent. Business was growing ... ufacturing sector were outsourced to third world countries. The unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, went from 3.5 percent in 1969 to as high as 9.7 percent by 1982 (2006, p ...

(5 pages) 31 0 3.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Effect of Outsourcing on Middle-Class American's

to boost the economy by creating new jobs and keeping the unemployment rates low. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in 1944 was only 1.4 percent. Business was growing ... ufacturing sector were outsourced to third world countries. The unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, went from 3.5 percent in 1969 to as high as 9.7 percent by 1982 (2006, p ...

(9 pages) 69 0 3.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Economic Indicators Paper - BUS ECON I

0 (Financial Forecast Center, 2008 and U.S. Economic Outlook, 2008).Producer Price Index (PPI). The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a monthly report that shows the trends within the wholesale mark ... r 14, 2008, fromwww.economist.com.New Residential Construction in October 2008. (2008). U.S. Census Bureau News.(2008). Retrieved December 13, 2008 fromhttp://www.census.gov/const/newresconst.pdfU.S. ...

(5 pages) 173 0 5.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation

f 139,269 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics" (Mass, 2007, para1). No matter what term is used, companies have to be v ...

(6 pages) 100 0 3.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers