Lawyer Layoffs: What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger
Pink slips, salary cuts, delayed starts and other woes hit the U.S. legal profession hard in this recession.
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At the Bleeding Edge of the Great Recession
Way back in November, our Lewis Beale predicted that Hispanics would be on the bleeding edge of the…
A Poverty Antidote Goes Global
Bill Strickland hopes to persuade 200 cities around the world to replicate his arts, education and job-training program.
Hispanic Workers at Cutting Edge of Recession
Latino unemployment already trends two-thirds higher than that of whites — an ominous portent for bad times.
Lose Your Job, Lose Contact With Your Community
Two troubling trends have reshaped the lives of Americans over the past few decades: Our jobs are less secure, and we are less likely to participate in social and community groups. A first-of-its-kind study suggests these phenomena are linked.
Reinventing Turnover in a Hollowed-Out Public Sector
With the public sector facing a potential staffing crisis, two scholars have some basic advice for reducing turnover: help public-sector employees like and trust each other more.