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McKinsey’s findings on progress in gender parity
Today women comprise 29% of the C-suite, way up from 17% in 2015. Yet improvement in representation has been notably slower at the entry and manager levels.
Today women comprise 29% of the C-suite, way up from 17% in 2015. Yet improvement in representation has been notably slower at the entry and manager levels.
Despite indications of Silicon Valley’s fall from grace as startup mecca, the reality is that the Bay Area has increased its share of tech startups in recent years.
Insights on worker sentiment, from the Glassdoor Employee Confidence Index (Daniel Zhao) – Sluggish hiring is likely dampening worker sentiment as laid-off workers and new hires find it difficult to get their foot in the door and even employed workers feel stuck in their jobs.
US labor productivity has soared in the last five years, far more than other countries. The U.S.’s comparative advantage in technology likely played a key role. Other factors include a more flexible labor market, stronger investment in innovation, and a robust government stimulus that helped fuel a faster post-pandemic recovery.
Low-Wage Workers as Percent of the Workforce, by State (Visual Capitalist) – For the past 15 years, the federal minimum wage has remained unchanged, with its real value now at its lowest point in 67 years.
Hundreds of millions in new funding opportunities for skills training have been announced in recent days.
Join leading from UTSA, NJIT and UC Santa Barbara for a live brainstorming and think tank-style session, to discuss the AI-enhanced campus of the future.
Burning Glass looked at major employers and ranks them by % share of payroll working in occupations likely to be disrupted by AI. The results are eye-opening, especially for the Financial Services industry.