#workforce

Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#benefits #business #companies #driving #employees

Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation. ↗

— Robert Reich

#comprise #haven #inflation #median #percent

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre. ↗

— Frances McDormand

#always #been #classical #debt #depression

We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is just entering the workforce. ↗

— John Thune

#ensure #entering #find #fixes #generation

Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#been #building #business #every #great

If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#future #growth #highly #increasingly #industries

Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#because #behind #california #china #competitive

When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#boast #country #day #economy #eligible

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon. ↗

— Michael F. Easley

#because #competitive #economy #education #making

Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#alone #anymore #businesses #capital #costs