the shortage of skilled workers. You may have heard the topic raised on some morning show or another‚ but likely thought little of it. However‚ the figures are quite shocking. According to one author’s research‚ “52 percent of skilled trades are expected to retire within the next 15 years‚ with 41 per cent of respondents indicating they will face a skills shortage in their industry within five years.” (Arnold‚ par. 12). The shortage of skilled workers in the coming decade poses
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want to become social workers‚ because there aren’t many other careers that can be so important to society. Social workers provide professional support and wide variety of services to people who have social difficulties. They work closely with their targeted population as well as with social care organizations and government institutions acting as mediators and social consultants. Therefore‚ because of the sensitivity of this position‚ the job interview for social workers includes: behavioral interview
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together to make it more efficient based on the needs of those involved. CareSafe provides services such as individual counseling‚ group therapy‚ home assessments‚ and parent consultation. As an example would be when an individual meets with a social worker there should be an appointment made at the time for future sessions so that the client already knows ahead of time when they need to be available. This can help with cut backs on materials and a
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LOW WAGE WORK What most Americans don’t know is that many of the workers keeping our nation pulsating are paid low wages‚ earning barely enough to afford essentials like food‚ health care‚ utilities and rent. Most of these low-wage contract workers are clustered in sectors and industries like apparel manufacturing‚ retail trade‚ basic construction‚ facilities support‚ security services‚ and education. There are over forty million jobs in the United States and one out of three pays their employees
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Exploring the differences in roles between Behavioural Support 1.2 Workers and Supporting pupils with special educational needs Workers The following NOS (national occupational standard) for STL (supporting teaching and learning) are relevant to those supporting pupils with special educational needs. STL unit Who is this unit for? STL12 Support a child with disabilities or special educational
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leg. Another source‚ Elizabeth Bentley‚ a factory worker says that many workers are extremely unhealthy from inhaling too much dust. She for instance is now having lung problems and has trouble breathing. Other sources are on the opposing side suggested that they were always treated right. For example Source G from Dr. Andrew Ure he states that children were never beaten. They were always happy and enthusiastic; they were never exhausted from worker after sixteen hours of work. In addition another
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This concept paper is about Overseas Filipino Workers. The author aims to discuss the advantages‚ disadvantages and other important information on working abroad. The main focus of this paper is to determine the reason/s Filipinos decide to work abroad and how the Philippine government supports and helps them. The author chose this topic to learn more about the subject and to be aware of the different problems experienced by Overseas Filipino Workers. She gives importance to this topic because
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compensation fraud. One example of workers’ compensation fraud was reported on by ABC News and involved Bruce Gilbert‚ a bus driver who “talked like a five year old‚ a problem his wife blamed on an ‘on-the-job’ accident” (Hunter). Gilbert’s wife claimed that her husband suffered from a “regressive mental ailment that effectively gave him the mental capacity of a child of about five” (Hunter). Over the course of 10 years‚ the Gilberts received approximately $774‚000 in workers’ compensation. A private investigator
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Era: Working Class Workers during the gilded age were marginalized by their working conditions‚ low income‚ and limited working hours. To overcome the marginalization for the working class‚ they created labor movements and went on strikes. Although the workers had created many strikes and labor unions‚ they were at the least successful. Workers were marginalized by the poor working conditions they had. A lot of the time the workers feared going to their workshops
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Certain organizations such as the Dislocated Worker Program are looking to retool workers who are unemployed by providing them with proper training for joining a new field of work. The program was created in 1998 by the Workforce Investment Act and is intended for workers who lost their jobs due to plant closures‚ company downsizing‚ or some other significant change in market conditions to be given the chance to have experienced training in another field. The goal of the program is to put those
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