With continuing but gradual reductions in the number of jobs created since January, a “soft landing” for the U.S. employment market looks increasingly possible.
Despite declining perceptions of the value of a college degree for most Americans, the numbers don’t lie. And the numbers say that the value of a four-year degree is a 14 percent return over a 40-year period.
The job market reports 236,000 jobs added for March 2023,with an unemployment rate at 3.5 percent (at or near historic lows). It’s a creditable, if uninspiring set of numbers, with growth mostly in the usual places.
CompTIA's annual analysis of the U.S. IT workforce is loaded with good news. One example: Median income for IT workers is double the standard U.S. median income.
President Joe Biden is still trying to deliver on his campaign promise of student loan forgiveness. Congress is demanding to have a say in the matter. How might the public benefit from writing off $400 billion worth of student debt?
Community colleges are a boon to the regions they serve by preparing local workers for useful and meaningful employment for local employers. Bringing Head Start centers to such campuses makes almost too much sense.
Ed Tittel says February's "jobs added" tally was not as big a surprise as the count that emerged from January, but that it was still plenty impressive. Steady as she goes!
