Job Mobility Trends

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Education

Job Mobility Trends

This paper explains how job mobility has been affected by technological change, education and structural unemployment.

784 words () | 3 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper shows how job mobility has been significantly affected by technological change, by changes in education patterns, and by structural unemployment. The paper points out that those who plan their careers well in advance and who determine to upgrade their education at every opportunity, stand a better chance of success than others.

From the Paper:

"There can be little doubt that technological change has impacted job mobility. On one hand, those who possess the technological skills the marketplace is looking for can expect to be given a bevy of employment opportunities that other workers can only imagine having. At the same time, rapid technological change causes undeniable hardship for men and women who may not possess the technological literacy and skill-sets needed in a workplace that is profoundly more sophisticated (and diversified) than it was even a couple of generations ago."

Sample of Sources Used:

Eckert, Henry, and Patrick Veneau. "Vocational Baccalaureate Holders: What Positions in the Company?" Training & Employment, 18 (1994): 1-5.
Hart, Peter E. "Types of Structural Unemployment in the United Kingdom." International Labour Review, 129.2 (1990): 213-228.
Yankow, Jeffrey J. "Migration, Job Change and Wage Growth: A New Perspective on the Pecuniary Return to Geographic Mobility." Journal of Regional Science, 43.3 (2003):483-516.