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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524890603321

Autore

Maxwell Nan L.

Titolo

The Working Life : The Labor Market for Workers in Low-Skilled Jobs / / Nan L. Maxwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kalamazoo : , : W.E. Upjohn Institute, , 2007

ISBN

0-88099-449-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

331.1

Soggetti

Labor market

Unskilled labor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.