221 Quotes by John Challenger

They are often geared at workers whose skills are obsolescent, out-of-date or minimal, especially if their skills seem to be in a condition that they may have a hard time finding a job.

There are lots of job losses, yet at the same time there is really extraordinary job creation,

Smaller to medium sized companies will be looking to beef up and build tech infrastructure just as big companies did in the last boom.

When you look at countries like India, you see that there's a strong focus there on ramping up the technical education of its labor force,

Smart companies will create more telecommuters so people can work from home,

The good news for workers is that job cuts during the summer months typically decline from the beginning of the year. If that occurs this year, we could see job-cut figures fall to their lowest level in several years.

Every town with a closing plant will see its local economy take a hit,

We see the same thing with job titles. People feel like the company didn't appreciate them or the job they did deserved a higher title, so they change the title.

The labor market is starting to look more and more like the one we experienced in the late 1990s. Companies are undoubtedly reluctant to increase their costs, but it has become necessary to boost salaries and special benefits in order to attract and retain the top talent.