Underemployment

Soft skills: An essential tool for success Ashish Kumar Isher*** Dr. Jyoti Kachroo** Dr. S.P Singh* Abstract This paper focuses on why Soft Skills are crucial and compulsory and complement hard skills, which are called technical necessities of a professional. People misinterpret/misunderstood soft skills for communication skills. It is assumed that if one’s communication skills are good, he is fit for the job. Soft Skills are more than that. These are people skills. Soft skills are…

in regards to all the negativity towards us. I really like this next quote in particular when it comes to the topic of moving back home mainly because of, student debt and the idea of “life-long renting.” “You have no idea about student debt, underemployment, life-long renting[sic]. "Stop feeling special" is some shitty advice. I don 't feel special or entitled, just poor. The only thing that makes me special is I have more ballooning debt than you.” (Weinstein) Weinstein could not have said it…

Harvey believes that scholars that adopt a new theory quickly are vulnerable to use the work in an abusive way that will benefit their own thinking. An example of this misinterpretation can be the work of Lawrence Mead who, like Lewis, was concerned with poverty and how it affects society. In his work “The Logic of Workfare; The Underclass and work Policy” Mead examines the lower class in 1989 and focuses heavily on the number of jobs and their availability to the lower class. This writing is…

major factor in the instability of the island is the everyday people in Cuba were not as economically stable as one would believe. Sugar was the countries lifeblood providing the country with countless riches. However, “. . . unemployment and underemployment were high, especially during the so-called dead season when labor demand in sugar was low” (Eckstein, 1986, 503). The economic impact the sugar delivered was only felt for a short amount of time amongst those who labored in the fields. Money…

I knew at a young age that I wanted to attend a university. When I was in kindergarten, my dream was to become a doctor. During career week at my elementary school several parents came into the classroom and spoke about their careers. Several of the parents stressed the importance of doing well in school, going to college, and obtaining a degree. I did not fully understand what this all meant at the age of four, but this idea of attending a university after high school was something I would…

“Schizophrenia is a disabling disease in which those affected experience altered thoughts, perceptions, emotions, and behaviors” (Tsuang, Glatt, & Faraone, 2011, p. 27). Schizophrenia is estimated to be prevalent in at least 42 times in 19 countries (Tsuang et al., 2011). Continuing throughout an patients life span, schizophrenia is diagnosed in early adulthood and affects about 26 million people around the world (Nowak, Sabariego, Świtaj, & Anczewska, 2016). Not only does patients experience…

Summary of the “Yes” The Department of Defense is a part of the executive branch of the United States government that deals with national security and the Armed Forces. In the Department of Defense there are three subordinate military departments: The Department of the Army, The Department of the Navy, and The Department of The Air Force. The DOD is planned to have a unique role in the comprehensive response effort for the Ebola outbreak as discussed by Michael Lumpkin during the Senate…

Take-Home Final Examination POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT Spring 2015 Due by 5pm April 30 (by email or hard copy in my box in 327 Tarbutton) Identifications (40 points - 4 points each) In 3-5 sentences for each item, define and explain the relevance for development of 10 of the following as discussed in the course. You must include items with * (items 1-5). 1) globalization* Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views,…

within American society where it is replayed ad nauseam in the mainstream media where one would be hard pressed not to believe a great number of Black fathers are detached from family life due to incarceration, dependency issues, unemployment or underemployment. Mass media reports a subsequent breakdown of the Black family unit leaving behind children with a penchant for problems adjusting socially with their peers, poor school performance, delinquency, violence and other associated issues. The…

This qualitative phenomenological study on (a) the devaluation of foreign work credentials, (b) employment biases and disparities, and (c) the start of entrepreneurship offered an amalgamated view of China-born immigrants’ lived experiences in which the factors that affected their selections, and assisted them overcome self-employment barriers, if any, upheld by the Human Capital theory. This study permitted China-born immigrants who had significant experience that challenged the devaluation of…