June 15, 2017 Apprenticeships pave the way to the American dream Critics may say that apprenticeships aren’t an effective way to close the skills gap – but in restaurants, we know they work, because we’re already doing it.
June 13, 2017 Boomerang kids: One way to avoid having your adult kids living in your basement? Learn real skills in high school Pursuing career-specific courses in high school can help young people land and keep good jobs in fields where there is currently a high demand for workers and an abundance of well-paying jobs — fields like health care, information technology, manufacturing and agriculture.
May 24, 2017 160,213,000: Number of Americans in labor force hits record high The number of Americans either working or looking for work in the past month hit a record high of 160,213,000, according to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
May 23, 2017 A recruitment war is coming As Washington debates what actions to take to rev up economic growth, the free-market private sector, which waits for no one, is witnessing the beginning of a new trend.
May 23, 2017 Why Trump, his team and Congress should listen to America's business leaders Just over one hundred days into a new administration, what are American businesses thinking? What do they need to succeed? What public policies will help them spur greater economic growth?
May 23, 2017 There's no such thing as a limited bailout: An important lesson from the United Mine Workers of America How did one particular coal-mining union—the United Mine Workers of America—manage to secure an unprecedented federal bailout? And what’s the lesson here?
May 9, 2017 Steve Forbes: In Arizona, conservative government creates jobs While all eyes on are on Washington these days to see how well the bold Trump agenda advances, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey is quietly creating a case-study in how to achieve economic growth and create the jobs of the future.
April 21, 2017 Stuart Varney: No, Millennials are not lazy One third of young adults 18 to 34 live at home. This is a much higher proportion of stay-at-homes than previous generations.
April 15, 2017 If we really want to create jobs, THIS is the most incredible, powerful tool we have Education is the most powerful job creation tool our nation has. As robots and automation continue wiping out manual labor jobs, we have an obligation to all our young people – regardless of family income – to prepare them for college and the jobs of tomorrow.
April 7, 2017 US adds just 98K jobs; unemployment falls to a low 4.5 percent U.S. employers added just 98,000 jobs last month, the fewest in a year, though the unemployment rate fell to a nearly 10-year low of 4.5 percent.