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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK QUARTERLY

Spring 2013 Vol. 57, Number 1

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2013/spring/home.htm

My career: Composer
PDF (1.00M)
Interviewed by Sara Royster

Brief items of interest to counselors and students.
PDF (872K)

You're a what? Online seller
PDF (840K)
Elka Torpey

How long do workers stay with the same employer?
PDF (815K)

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Monthly Labor Review

March 2013

Vol. 136, Number 3

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/03/mlr201303.pdf

[full-text, 149 pages]

Articles

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- FEBRUARY 2013 [29 March 2013]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm

Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in February.

Twenty-two states had unemployment rate decreases, 12 states had

increases, and 16 states and the District of Columbia had no change,

the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-seven

states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases

from a year earlier, 10 states had increases, and 3 states had no

change. The national jobless rate, 7.7 percent, edged down from

January and was 0.6 percentage point lower than in February 2012.

In February 2013, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 42 states

and decreased in 8 states and the District of Columbia. The largest

over-the-month increases in employment occurred in Texas (+80,600)

and California (+41,200). The largest over-the-month decrease in

employment occurred in Connecticut (-5,700), followed by Nevada

(-5,500). Utah had the largest over-the-month percentage increase

in employment (+1.4 percent), followed by Idaho (+0.8 percent) and

Texas (+0.7 percent). Rhode Island (-0.6 percent) and Nevada (-0.5

percent) had the largest over-the-month percentage declines in

employment. Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 49 states

and the District of Columbia and decreased in 1 state. The largest

over-the-year percentage increases occurred in North Dakota (+5.0

percent) and Utah (+4.1 percent). The only over-the-year percentage

decrease in employment occurred in Wyoming (-0.3 percent).

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES -- MAY 2012 [29 March 2013]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ocwage.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Computer network support specialists, with employment of 167,980 in May 2012, and

nurse practitioners, with employment of 105,780, were 2 of the largest new

occupations in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system, the

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These are 2 of 24 newly defined

detailed occupations shown in table A. National employment and wage information

for all occupations in the 2010 SOC is shown in table 1.

The data in this news release are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)

program, which provides employment and wage estimates by area and by industry

for wage and salary workers in 22 major occupational groups and 821 detailed

occupations. In addition, national employment and wage estimates for 94 minor

occupational groups and 458 broad occupations are available for the first time.

New 2010 SOC Occupations

  --Other large newly defined occupations include computer network

    architects, with employment of 137,890, and web developers, with

    employment of 102,940. Phlebotomists, who draw blood for tests,

    transfusions, donations, or research, had employment of 100,380

    in May 2012. (See table A.)

  --Some new occupations were quite small: genetic counselors, wind

    turbine service technicians, and solar photovoltaic installers each

    had employment of less than 5,000. (See table A.)

  --Several newly defined occupations earned high wages relative to the

    U.S. annual mean of $45,790. Nurse anesthetists had an annual mean

    wage of $154,390, nurse practitioners, $91,450, and nurse midwives,

    $91,070. Information security analysts had an annual mean wage of

    $89,290 and computer network architects, $94,000. (See table A.)

  --Orderlies, with an annual mean wage of $25,700, was among the

    lowest paid occupations new to the 2010 SOC. Phlebotomists ($30,910),

    ophthalmic medical technicians ($35,590), and community health workers

    ($37,490) also had wages below the U.S. average. (See table A.)

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)

THE FITA AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND OCEANIA TRADE MINI-PORTAL

RESOURCES FOR AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND OCEANIA COUNTRIES

http://fita.org/countries/anz.html

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)

THE FITA MIDDLE EAST TRADE MINI-PORTAL

RESOURCES FOR MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES

http://fita.org/countries/me.html

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

________________________________________________________________________

Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)

THE FITA AFRICA TRADE MINI-PORTAL

RESOURCES FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES

http://fita.org/countries/africa.html

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

________________________________________________________________________

Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)

THE FITA ASIA TRADE TRADE MINI-PORTAL

RESOURCES FOR ASIAN COUNTRIES

http://fita.org/countries/asia.html

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

________________________________________________________________________

Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)

THE FITA EUROPE TRADE MINI-PORTAL

RESOURCES FOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

http://fita.org/countries/eur.html

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)

THE FITA LATIN AMERICA TRADE MINI-PORTAL

RESOURCES FOR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

http://fita.org/countries/la.html

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.