Essays on Labor Shortage

The article "Despite Recession, High Demand for Skilled Labor" by Louis Uchitelle highlights the need for skilled labor despite the soaring unemployment rate. The unemployment rate has risen to 9.4 percent, the highest in 30 years (Uchitelle np). This increase is mainly due to a recession. Interestingly tough employers are looking for qualified workers even during the hard times according to the government's standard employment data. These jobs take years of experience to attain the required skills. For instance, it is tough to find an experienced person in welding. It takes a minimum of ten years to produce a ...

Today’s ageing Workforce and Labor Shortages

Canada is witnessing a change in its work force – the percentage of workers aged above 45 has changed from 27% in 1993 to 40% in 2010; a phenomenon that is compelling the experts to re - examine the common beliefs about an aged work force. The Canadian demography is heading towards an increase in senior population with its baby boomers – those born between 1946 and 1965(Parkinson, McFarland & McKenna, 2015), reaching retirement age. Parkinson et al, (2015) predict serious implications on the Canadian economy, Government policies and the well being of Citizens unless significant adjustments are made to address ...

Abstract

The paper explores the research on the global pilot shortage in aviation, in relation to human resource management on the sector and airport industries affairs as the area of concern. Consequently, it also evaluates how the industry safety is compromised, resulting in few airlines benefiting commercially (Jehn, 2009). Also, it points out the distinct sectors of the airline industry as major carriers and regional affiliates in regard to their individual efficiency on pilot’s employment.

Background Introduction

The impact of shortage in trained pilots and efforts to keep the cockpits staffed to meet the passenger demands for flights is discussed in ...

Introduction

Germany is a leading and developed country of the Europe and has a remarkable influence on the economic structure and policies in the Europe. The country has an area of 357021 square kilometers and a population of 81.4 million people. The economic structure of Germany is social market structure. The country is rich in highly technical and skilled workforce, low levels of corruption and high capital stock. The major reliance is on the exports, and the country is the third largest exporter in the world. The economy of Germany is largest in the Europe, and the makes a fifth ...

Article Summary

Japan is presently facing a shortage of both skilled and unskilled labor. The shortage has occurred from three primary reasons. One is the ageing population. Japan is facing a situation of falling demographic dividend as a higher percentage of the population is at the dependent age group of 65 years and above. The percentage of population in the workable age group of 16 to 65 years is lower in Japan. Secondly, strict immigration laws in Japan does not allow the gap between labor demand and supply be filled with foreign workers. Thirdly, there is a mismatch between the skill ...

World War II made a deep impact on the USA. Although no direct battles took place on the American soil, all phases of American life were affected by the war. The USA took extraordinary efforts to match tactics and strategy with the allies and waged war against the Axis powers consisting of Germany, Japan, and Italy. Within a matter of few years, the country turned into an "arsenal of democracy" producing and supplying the weapons used in the war. The country experienced a total overhaul of social and economic patterns that set a new trend of life in the USA (Unger and Tomes ...

Introduction

The history of colonialism in America commences with the arrival of English settlers in America. The English settlers decided to immigrate to America for a variety of reasons. Some of them wanted to start fresh lives and get away from oppressive rule in their homeland.. Others were in search of religious and political freedoms. Still, others immigrated to America looking forward to acquiring their own land, which they could not obtain back at home. Many others went to America looking for fresh opportunities for themselves as well as their families and future generations. Other just craved for adventure and were ...

California Lutheran University

Rayan Azhari Chapter I

Introduction

Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. ...

Rapid changes are continuously occurring in the business world and affecting organizations globally. Projected trends in human workforce need to get addressed adequately, and this can only occur through conducting proper research. All this contributes to the sustenance of the future workforce. The transitioning of workforce from the old generation to the young generation is an issue that raises concern in organizations. As older generations approach retirement, the organizations prepare for the loss of valuable skills and work experience. The challenge is the inadequately prepared workforce expected to come in to take up the available roles. Human resource ...

Chapter I

Introduction Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. Effective succession planning ...

The Garment Industry has been faced with a lot of challenges in many countries across the world. First, Labor shortage is a common problem to the garment industry not only in New York but also in the third world countries. It is accelerated by the fact that few people are skilled to work in the textile industry. In other countries, people simply do not like working in the textile industry which leads to low manpower in the industry. This affects the production in the sense that there are few people to carry out the processes leading low to output. Inadequate labor ...

The Garment industry, also known as the textile industry, is concerned with the manufacture of cloth and yarn as well as subsequent design or clothing manufacturing and distribution. Raw materials used in this industry are either natural or synthetic. Natural materials include cotton and silk while synthetic materials are manufactured in a chemical process in the laboratory through combination of polymers. The textile industry though very crucial since without it human beings would still be walking around in hides and skins, has been faced with numerous challenges not only in New York but even in other places across the world. ...

Introduction

This research paper examines China’s national policy of restricting families to producing only one child, using research based on credible internet sources. The paper includes discussion of why and when the policy was implemented, its effect on the people of China and China as a nation, and whether it is a policy that should be or will be continued.

The Research

Kane and Choi (Oct. 1999) provide a comprehensive overview of China’s “One Child Policy in their paper published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). They report that it was a government policy first introduced in 1979; because the Chinese government was concerned ...

Introduction

War changes a lot of things. Every time a country goes through a war, some of the major changes take place in that country. Two big wars of all time in the world history are World War I and World War II that brought significant changes in the dynamics of the world. The effects of these two world wars were felt even in the United States. The country experienced both good and bad impacts from these wars. From the time of George Washington’s presidency, the US followed a policy of neutrality to the issues in mainland Europe. George Washington was clearly against ...

Just as any other country in the developed world, Canada is having an aging population. The aging population is because of two main factors. One of the factors concerns life expectancy that has increased. The other factor is because the baby boomers that were born from 1946 to 1965 are attaining the age of retirement and hence, going home with their skills. The lower rate of birth in the country has made the subsequent generations be lesser. One of the consequences of the population that seems to be aging is reduced growth rate in the labor force. Further, there ...

There are various obligations on employers when they relate with their employees according to the American laws. They range from tax to monetary relationships such as salary and wages as well as associated benefits with the employment. However, the main issues in this relationship is the certainly according to law whether the employee is recognized as an employee. The main relationship therefore involves compensation, safety and standards at the workplace, fair wages, benefits, and pension and retirement benefits (Singh, 2011). The relationship also covers the actions and the responsibilities the employee and the employer have in a legal perspective (Herbert ...

Introduction

For the last few years, the proportion of aging population has continued to form a large portion of the total American population. This proportion is expected to rise in the near future as more people attain the age of retirement. There are about 78 million Americans who were born from 1946-1964 (Powell, 2010). This group commonly known as baby boomers has began attaining the age of retirement early this year and they are expected to continue in this trend for the next 18 years. For a long time this generation is known for its passion to remain young and many people ...

The Black Death

Introduction

The Black Death stands out as one of the most destructive pandemics to occur in human history that claimed many lives in Europe between 1348 and 1350. The underlying cause of the pandemic has been a controversial subject, characterized with different perspectives concerning the explanation for its cause. The first reports of the Black Death were in Europe during the summer of 1346 and this occurred in the town of Caffe in the Crimea. The city of Caffa was under siege by the Tartars who would launch corpses infected with the disease over the walls of the city with ...