«Teachers
hired during recession periods appeared to be somewhat more effective than those teachers hired in more secure times, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
A new study finds that teachers
hired during recession periods are more effective in math than teachers who are hired in more secure times because stronger applicants apply for teaching jobs when the economy is not doing well.
And when looking at exam results, pupils on average did better in classes taught by teachers
hired during a recession.
Thanks to the layoffs and freezes on
hiring during the recession, the storm was temporarily delayed in arriving.
While other professions have cut down on
hiring during the recession, the number of programming jobs has shot through the roof.
Yes, companies ARE still
hiring during this recession, but there's one commonality to the leaders they bring on board: the ability to make an impact to revenue or costs.
Not exact matches
No one was
hiring biogeologists when Ron Neilson completed his Ph.D.
during the 1980s
recession.
During the
recession, employers took a more conservative approach to their business operations, and scaled back their
hiring activity.
The education profession is not immune to larger economic forces, and, just like with all other employers, school districts don't
hire as many teachers
during recessions.
While the declines are not good news for schools — it means they're competing for a smaller number of candidates — a recent paper found that teachers
hired during the recent
recession tended to be stronger than those
hired during better economic times.
Turnover tends to rise
during economic expansions, when employers are
hiring, and it falls
during recessions, when
hiring dries up.
During the depths of the
recession, employers stopped
hiring and few people left their employment voluntarily.
Education
hiring actually grew 2.3 percent
during the
recession, but then fell off a cliff when the money ran out.
Credentials issued to new teachers are at an historic low at the very time districts have increased their
hiring to expand programs and restore teaching positions eliminated
during the
Recession.
Yet as the economic conditions for public schools changed
during the recent
recession, so did perceptions of the group, which charges districts and charters $ 2,000 to $ 5,000 for each corps member they
hire.
One hypothesis is that schools could be pickier in their
hiring during an economic
recession, with fewer spots to fill and more candidates.
But when companies need to make tough choices
during the
recession, some are wondering whether the Pregnancy Discrimination Act actually hurts women by deterring businesses from
hiring them to begin with.
It is one thing when nearly every firm is letting people go due to a
recession, but it looks like very poor management when a firm
hires during a recovery only to discover that it really did not have the workload to support additional employees.
Today, while US and UK firms are still very cautious in their
hiring, due mainly to the slow recovery from the Great
Recession in the West, firm management is not going to impose
hiring freezes on their Asia offices
during an upturn in the market where certain groups may be understaffed.
They entered the workforce
during the
Recession when no one was
hiring.
Moreover, Simply
Hired found that there were 6.2 unemployed people per job
during the
recession, and in June 2013, that number dropped to 3 per job, as evidenced in the chart to the right.
Hence, the need for
hiring marketing managers remains high even
during times of
recession.