In the midst of a changing employment market there is a new class of jobs emerging—occupations with solid job growth and earnings potential. We call these “grey collar” jobs and at their core they are more skilled occupations than, say, garbage pickup or construction (and absolutely no disrespect to those jobs)—but less technologically advanced than […]
The Guide to Job Availability by Industry
As posted on FosterEDU blog The economy is continuing its slow recovery from the 2008 collapse as the average industry has increased its workforce by just over 1 percent since 2002. Though overall job growth has been sluggish, it doesn’t mean job growth isn’t occuring — it’s just not evenly distributed. Some job sectors, like healthcare […]
Bridging the Skills Gap
Bloomberg News: Frank Britt, Penn Foster CEO on Bridging the Skills Gap Penn Foster CEO, Frank Britt, appeared on Bloomberg TV’s Street Smart with Trish Regan to talk about the U.S. Department of Labors’ May 2014 Jobs Report. While the unemployment rate is holding steady at 6.3%, and over 200k new jobs were created, the real […]
