Thursday, November 09, 2006

2006 Workforce Trends


The Herman Group, workforce futurists based in North Carolina, published their 2006 workforce trends list. These trends include:

1. Intensifying competition for qualified workers.
2. Gradually increasing attention to employee retention.
3. Increasing investment in older workers.
4. Shift in retirement plans to lifetime lifestyle funding.
5. Continued off-shoring of some work, coupled with return of other work.
6. Larger investment in corporate training.
7. Growth in telecommuting.
8. Expansion of staffing industry.
9. Heightened flexibility in work arrangements.
10. Employer dissatisfaction with product of schools.

Read details at:

2006 Workforce Trends by the Herman Group. [The Herman Group - Anita Cambell]



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