The working life : the labor market for workers in low-skilled jobs / Nan L. Maxwell.

Maxwell presents the results of her groundbreaking survey of 405 employers, which queried them about jobs requiring no more than a high school education and no more than one year of work experience. These data allow her to establish the link between skills and low-skilled jobs and to reveal the curr...

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Main Author: Maxwell, Nan L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Summary:Maxwell presents the results of her groundbreaking survey of 405 employers, which queried them about jobs requiring no more than a high school education and no more than one year of work experience. These data allow her to establish the link between skills and low-skilled jobs and to reveal the current state of the labor market facing low-skilled workers. The data also highlights the knowledge and skills that employers require in low-skilled jobs and the abilities that individuals who apply for those jobs bring to the table.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 193 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.
ISBN:9781429454902
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0880994495
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9780880992978
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Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized