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Employment Trends

Employment Trends. 4.03 (A) – Explain employment trends in terms of changing societal needs and economic conditions. Explain social changes that have promoted a need for service occupations. a. Women in the workforce b. Aging population c. Dual income families

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Employment Trends

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  1. Employment Trends 4.03 (A) – Explain employment trends in terms of changing societal needs and economic conditions.

  2. Explain social changes that have promoted a need for service occupations. • a. Women in the workforce • b. Aging population • c. Dual income families • d. Commuting distance/time increasing • e. Increasingly diverse workforce and customers • f. Concern for health/fitness • g. New ways of communicating • h. Concern for recreation/entertainment

  3. Explain how world events affect goods and services. • a. War • b. Natural disaster • c. Change of government structure • d. Embargo’s/tariff’s • e. Terrorism

  4. Explain how rapid technological advances have promoted a needfor technology producing occupations • a. Communication methods • b. Telecommuting • c. Manufacturing implications • d. Video/voice conferencing

  5. Explain employment trends in terms of economic conditions, including employment trends • Implications of the changing workplace a. Work trends timeline 1). Colonial Period (to late 1700’s) – Family owned farms (livestock, poultry, and grain) 2). Growth of a New Nation (late 1700’s to early 1800’s) – Town trades (shop owners, bankers, blacksmiths) 3). The Industrial Revolution/Progressive Era (late 1800’s to early 1900’s) – Industry development (steel, machinery) 4). Post War America (1945 through the turn of the century) – growth of service related industry (business, transportation, communication, personal) 5). Knowledge and Information Era (2000 to present)– growth of high technology industry/business (PC’s, Telecommunication, Internet, E-mail, CAD/CAM, World Wide Web) (http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/curricul.htm )

  6. Employment Trends (cont.) • b. Workplace 2000 1).Flexibility/creativityvs.endurance/loyalty 2). Feedback frequently vs. yearly 3). Rewards for performance vs. Automatic rewards 4). Team rated vs. individually rated 5.) Employee self-control vs. Managerial control 6). Continuous learning vs. ends at graduation (Workforce Development Institute)

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