Sentences with phrase «educated labor force»

Many may know Seattle as being home to tech giants or for having a well - educated labor force.

With four major hubs of higher learning in the area, the educated labor force is growing in Marshall County.

A well - educated labor force, good universities, a business - friendly climate, financial incentives, low taxes, and a vibrant social scene all help.

Nations can no longer afford to be left behind in educating their people because today's technologies are produced by well - educated countries and are designed for an educated labor force.

Amazon says «a highly educated labor force is critical and a strong university system is required.»

Minnesota also has the 15th lowest business - tax rate in the nation, along with a highly - educated labor force of 1.6 million people, making it a worthwhile option for any entrepreneur.

The real task is to educate a labor force that can turn this change to human advantage.

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While about two - thirds of the world's illiterate adults are female, research shows that educated mothers are more likely to participate in the labor force.

In spite of its comparatively high cost of living and labor expenses, Washington, D.C., counts a young, highly educated work force.

This group — America's most diverse and educated generation — also is the largest in the U.S. labor force.

Even though the current Millennials ages 25 to 32 are better educated than the generations of young adults who preceded them, 14 the survey found only one significant generational difference in the overall perceived value of their education in preparing them for a job and career — some 41 % of Millennials ages 25 to 32, 45 % of Gen Xers and 47 % of Baby Boomers say their schooling was «very useful» in getting them ready to enter the labor force.

People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]

With such obstacles minimized or eliminated, people can stay in the workforce longer, with better - educated workers having an increased likelihood of staying in the labor force, past the traditional retiring age.

By contrast, college - educated men are doing comparatively well in today's labor force, which makes them more desirable as marriage partners.

The Fund's Slavery Footprint project aims to educate the public on the pervasiveness of forced labor in the global economy.

Assuming that, as research seems to indicate, being redshirted has no net long - term impacts on skill level, we can estimate the cost of losing that year in the labor force for a college - educated male who retires at age 67.

We assume that 2.5 percent of the labor force retires each year and that these workers are replaced by better - educated ones, implying that the labor force does not fully reach its ultimate new skill level for 50 years (10 years of reform followed by 40 years of retirements).

A few years ago, the Department of Labor and the National Equal Pay Task Force asked software developers to create an app to educate users about the pay gap and provide tools to combat it.