The Economist: The Future of Jobs
The Great Mismatch
Published on 1. March 2012
50 pages
978-0-241-96315-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Penguin Economist Special reports delve into the most pressing economic issues of the day: from national and global economies, to the impact of trade, industry and jobs. Written to be read on a long commute or in your lunch hour - be better informed in under an hour.
Globalisation and technology are changing the structure of the labour market. Now, companies have the choice to recruit from further afield and without the need for traditional office workers. Matthew Bishop explores how companies can, and will, recruit employees in the future and how individuals can get ahead in this era of change.
Sections include:
The great mismatch
Labour-market trends: Winners and losers
Bottom of the pyramid
Self-help: My big fat career
Free-for-all
Companies' concerns: Got talent?
The role of government: Lending a hand
A better balance: More feast, less famine
Globalisation and technology are changing the structure of the labour market. Now, companies have the choice to recruit from further afield and without the need for traditional office workers. Matthew Bishop explores how companies can, and will, recruit employees in the future and how individuals can get ahead in this era of change.
Sections include:
The great mismatch
Labour-market trends: Winners and losers
Bottom of the pyramid
Self-help: My big fat career
Free-for-all
Companies' concerns: Got talent?
The role of government: Lending a hand
A better balance: More feast, less famine
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,31 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-241-96315-9 (9780241963159)
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Matthew Bishop is the US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist. Mr. Bishop was previously the magazine's London-based Business Editor.
He is the author of several books, including most recently, "The Road from Ruin", with Michael Green, about how to improve capitalism following the crash of 2008 and subsequent economic downturn, was published by Crown in February 2010. It was described as "provocative and refreshing" by the New York Times. According to Professor Robert Shiller of Yale, "The Road from Ruin" will be "remembered as a serious, highly readable book of the broadest intellectual scope. Its insights will help all of us reshape the future and enable both citizen and policy maker alike to separate real reform from the grandstanding bluster so prevalent today."
He is the author of several books, including most recently, "The Road from Ruin", with Michael Green, about how to improve capitalism following the crash of 2008 and subsequent economic downturn, was published by Crown in February 2010. It was described as "provocative and refreshing" by the New York Times. According to Professor Robert Shiller of Yale, "The Road from Ruin" will be "remembered as a serious, highly readable book of the broadest intellectual scope. Its insights will help all of us reshape the future and enable both citizen and policy maker alike to separate real reform from the grandstanding bluster so prevalent today."
