California’s Labor Force Participation Rates
Increasing over the past few months, as the unemployment rate has declined nationally and in California, question has arisen: How much of the drop in the unemployment rate is due to a growth in jobs, and how much is due to workers leaving the labor force. The short answer is that there are elements of […]
California’s Young Tech Entrepreneurs and Job Creation
It’s a Fox and Hounds first principle that whenever you’re discouraged about California’s economic future, you just need to speak with one of the hundreds of thousands of California entrepreneurs. This is especially true of our state’s entrepreneurs in their twenties and thirties. These younger entrepreneurs span all sectors, and are particularly prominent in our […]
Globalization and the iEconomy in California
Over the past decade in California, we in the workforce community have been engaged in an ongoing debate regarding the impacts of globalization on California employment. Which manufacturing jobs are being “outsourced” to other countries, and which service jobs; and how is this outsourcing changing in California over time? Which manufacturing and service jobs are […]
Standing Up Against Domestic Violence and the Old Boys Political Network in San Francisco
(This week’s Fox and Hounds employment posting was to be on young entrepreneurs in California, and the jobs they are generating. However, that posting will have to wait. Over the past few days in San Francisco, a truly inspiring effort by courageous women and the District Attorney has taken place, that deserves the attention of […]
The Latest Data on Women and Men in the California Workforce
On January 3, 2012, “Work It” premiered nationwide on ABC television, as a midseason replacement, and attracted 6.2 million viewers. The two main characters are unemployed men who are told the Recession has led to greater job loss among men than women. They decide their best chance at employment is to masquerade as women, and […]
The Current Dispute Over High Speed Rail Job Numbers
Over the past two weeks, the San Jose Mercury News has raised new questions regarding the job projections associated with high speed rail in California (here and here). This questioning should be welcomed, including by the proponents of the project. Job projections are undertaken for most major infrastructure projects in California and the United States, […]
California Employment in 2012; and Presents from Mr. Peguese
The final EDD monthly employment release of 2011 last Friday, December 16 shows California gaining a modest 6,600 payroll jobs over the month, but a total gain of 211,000 payroll jobs from January 2011. Though the state’s employment recovery continues in fits and starts (a high 37,600 payroll gain in October), we’re definitely better off […]
Networking to Find a Job Today in California
We had the second meeting of the Autism Job Club this past Saturday, December 10, at the Friends House in downtown San Francisco. The main topic was networking to find a job. Networking is one of the three key elements of job placement in California today, along with mastery of the internet job boards/social media […]
The Phony Populism of Former Labor Secretary Reich
In recent weeks, former United States Labor Secretary and current UC Berkeley Professor Robert Reich has rushed around California, seeking media coverage as he urged on the participants at Occupy Los Angeles and Occupy Oakland. He has done so, even while it is clear that in Oakland particularly the nearby businesses were being hurt and […]
The Autism Job Club
On Saturday morning, November 19, a group of 40 of us gathered in a small classroom at the City College Campus in downtown San Francisco. This was the formation of the AASCEND Job Club, a Job Club for adults on the autistic spectrum. Earlier this year, an F&H posting on California autism activist Dr. Lou […]