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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
Productivity: A Beacon of Hope in Frightening Times
How to respond in a down economy. An Exclusive TrendWatcher Podcast with Mark Vickers, i4cp
 Mark Vickers
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.
Yes, it is scary out there. No one quite knows how close the economy is to teetering off some high cliff and being dashed on the sharp rocks of credit shortfalls, business contractions, weak dollars, high inflation, massive layoffs and a long-term business malaise...
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
Can Businesses Fix Our Schools?
90% of jobs in the fastest-growing job sectors will require some post-secondary education.
 Judy London
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 analyst Judy London, the lead author of this weeks’ article titled Can Businesses Fix Our Schools? TrendWatcher examines the business and social trends that are likely to influence the future of work.
"Last week, many recruitment professionals probably let out a collective sigh of exasperation. Once again, the SAT scores for the most recent U.S. high school graduates were stagnant and at their lowest levels since 1999 (Zagier, 2008; CollegeBoard, 2008). This was largely because more students - including low-income students - are taking the college entrance exam than in the past ("Average SAT," 2008). The expansion of this pool of college-exam takers is generally viewed as good news, but it highlights the fact that many would-be college graduates are starting off with a lower level of skills, especially reading skills."
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Monday, 29 September 2008 |
Study Shows that, Globally Speaking, Firms Have a Lot to Learn
Mark Vickers
Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series here 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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