labor market

A guide to jobs that do not require a four-year degree; includes job descriptions and information on the market trends, salary rates, and training that is needed for each job.

Profiles 127 jobs for college graduates, each describing the nature of the work, working conditions, outlook, qualifications, advancement, and earnings; and includes a planning guide for conducting a job search, and a look at trends in jobs and industries.

Good pay and increased demand is projected for many jobs that do not require a four-year college degree, but require a specific technical skill. The nature of the work, working conditions, pay rates, training required, and related jobs.

Reporter Ron French draws on his investigations of American companies who have outsourced their production to four poor nations to explore how outsourcing is having a negative impact on the American economy and failing to boost the economies of the poorer nations.

Presents a comprehensive examination of globalization and its positive and negative effects on U.S. employment, wages, and management.

Draws from the post-graduation employment experiences of 150,000 college graduates to present information about employment outcomes of sixty college majors, providing information about the jobs graduates actually obtain, typical salaries, and future trends.

Presents advice on career management, cover letter and resume writing, and researching, and provides information--with government statistics--on over 250 jobs, covering working conditions, employment trends and outlooks, salary ranges, training, qualifications, advancement, and more.

Presents a collection of articles on the nation's economy with a specific focus on the quality and quantity of employment opportunities available to the American people.

Presents essays debating the ideas, policies and conditions that affect the U.S. workforce.