Curt Eysink is an unpopular man. Less than three months after assuming his post as executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, he told a panel charged with overhauling the state's higher education system: "We're producing a workforce that we cannot employ in Louisiana." The apparent problem? Too many four-year college grads and not enough low-skill and vocational trade workers. …
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Job Loss Breaks Social Ties — Starting Over
Sociologists followed a Wisconsin graduating class for over 45 years and found that when career circumstances change for the worse, social ties tend to break. Hard times may be temporary, but the isolation may be permanent. Learn how to fight back.