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TrendWatcher Podcast -Skill Levels Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 January 2009

Will Higher Skill Levels Emerge from Today's Economic Gloom?

Unemployment Hits 7.2%, a 15-Year High

Alice Graves, i4cp
Alice Graves
The nation’s employers shed 524,000 jobs in December, the government reported Friday, and a rapidly deteriorating economy promised more significant losses in the months ahead.

Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting.

Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Alice Graves, research associate at i4cp.

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TrendWatcher - Culture in Down Economy Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 December 2008

In a Down Economy, Don't Ignore Culture Issues

This is where things get sticky, with many companies stranded in the mire of a down economy that has finally been declared a recession.

Mark Vickers, VP Research, i4cp
Mark Vickers
Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting.

As the saying goes, a good economy is like a rising tide that lifts all boats. That rising tide helps float a lot of companies, sometimes even those encrusted and otherwise weighed down with organizational problems. In the bad times, however, the tide recedes and a lot of those problems beneath the proverbial waterline become both more visible and more treacherous.

Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Mark Vickers, VP of research at i4cp.

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TrendWatcher Podcast: Obama Reality Check Print E-mail
Saturday, 22 November 2008

Will Obama Radically Change Workforce Issues?

TrendWatcher #21 with Mark Vickers

Mark Vickers, VP Research, i4cp
Mark Vickers
First piece of advice: Stay calm. Nobody is really sure what a Democratic Congress and an Obama Administration will mean for workforce issues.

Second piece of advice: Calm doesn't mean complacent. Do some contingency planning. There could be a number of important legislative and regulatory changes coming down the pike - some with the potential to radically shift workforce trends in various areas.

Unionization: For many years, the percentage of U.S. workers who are union members has been in a general decline, with only the smallest of upticks in 2007. Today, just 12.1% of wage and salary employees are in unions (Smerd, 2008a). But some employers are getting nervous about the possibility that this trend will reverse itself if the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which Obama favors, becomes law.

Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting.

Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Mark Vickers, VP of research at i4cp.

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