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Workforce 2020 : Work and Workers in the 21st Century

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This book is a masterpiece of research. So much is said very succinctly. It is vast in scope, breath and depth yet very understandable. Everything is supported by research. Numerous charts are extremely well done, informative and simple to understand. If you want to plan your career or help guide someone elses future, you must read this book. It has vital information about job trends, types of jobs, and what they pay. You will not be sorry about reading this book.

Book was printed in 1995 and is very outdated and is past due for an update. I bought this book because it was required for a class. Even my professor thinks it is way outdated.

If you're not required to purchase this book I would say you could make better use of your money.

This book describes the future workforce to policy makers. It gives individuals making career decisions some objective, long-range data about the future. Projections include fastest-growing occupations, ethnic and age mix of the workforce, needs of employers, and income to be expected.

As reviewed in Annotated Bibliography of Learning A Living, A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding A Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia by Dale S. Brown

I enjoyed reading this book. In the first chapter, the authors discuss the forces that are shaping the future of American economy. These forces include rapid technological change, globalization of the U.S. economy, rapid economic growth for developing nations, deregulation and liberalization, demographic change, and the aging of baby boomers. In the second chapter, the authors discuss the changes in work, compensation, and occupations. They believe that technological innovations are the main force that changed the nature of America's work and workplaces. The most significant change will be the gender shift in the workplace.In chapter three, the authors discuss three significant changes in the workforce. They believe that the workforce will no longer be "aging" because many workers, who were born during the baby boomer generation, will be retiring, and they will be replaced by a smaller of "baby busters" generation. Gender and ethics will continue to shift gradually. By 2020, about the half of the total workforce will be comprised of women. White non-Hispanic will represent 68% of the workforce, 14% will be for Hispanics, 6% percent will be for Asian, and 11% for black. In chapter four, the authors summarize the important issues that are related to the American workforce future and provide four steps that help to overcome the future challenges. The first step is to understand the future challenges. Second, there is a need for expanding the pool of workers by activities such as encouraging the self-employed, home, and online jobs.The third step, which is the most obvious route to alleviating an impending labor shortage, is increasing workforce participation. Policymakers should make work attractive. The last step is providing job training and education to produce enough workers to fill the available opportunities and to decentralize local enterprise.