shape v.— «Each weekday United Hispanic workers “shape”—search for work—by driving throughout Manhattan and the Bronx and visiting job sites.…As the shape van wound down to ground zero and back to the Bronx, a picture of...
box-checker n.— «Noley and Chenault have a name for those who would use spurious ties to tribal heritage to further their employment opportunities. They call them “box-checkers.” According to Chenault, some job candidates simply “check...
mock-checker n.— «Noley and Chenault have a name for those who would use spurious ties to tribal heritage to further their employment opportunities. They call them “box-checkers.” According to Chenault, some job candidates simply “check...
on ramp n.— «According to the Harvard Business Review, 43 percent of professional women with children stop working for at least 2.2 years. Ninety-three percent of them would like to return, but they face road blocks. Only 40 percent find...
informationalization n.— «It is not clear why expansion of total tertiary employment is “unhealthy” (P. 63) while increasing employment in “informationalization” (knowledge industries) is “healthy...
rule of 90 n.— «Many boomers are approaching what’s called the “rule of 90″—the sum of age and years of employment required to qualify for a full pension under the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association system...