The working class has been struggling the most because they don't have the best jobs out there and if you don't have a good job you are probably making minimum wage or something close to it. ... This is hard because not everyone has his or her ideal job and even if it's not what you want to be doing, that doesn't mean you aren't doing a good job. ... Americans know a raise in the minimum wage is one way to help make work pay. ... There some jobs are exempt from having to follow the minimum wage laws. ... If you don't have a high school diploma at all, th...

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Job Segregation Just as the overall labor market remains sharply segregated by sex, women executives are concentrated into certain types of jobs mostly staff and support jobs that offer little opportunity for getting to the top. ... A woman is locked out of jobs in the "business mainstream," the route taken by CEOs and presidents. However, even when women can get a line job, it is not likely to be "in a crucial part of the business" or the types of job that can "mark them as leaders." ... Over half (258) of Fortune 500 companies have more than 1 female corporate officer. 6% of corporate ...

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The net price (the cost after scholarships, grants and federal tax benefits) that in-state students at public colleges will pay in 2012 rose 4.6% to an average of $16,510. ... After graduating from college, they will receive a high enough salary in which they will be able to pay off any of their school loans. ... It is very clear that in such a diverse and competitive society that we live in today, college students must be able to receive the best education possible so that they can find a profitable job once they graduate and be able to live a high quality of life. ... Colleges are feeling mo...

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Men could no longer fill all of the jobs available. ... These jobs provided low wages and no skills. ... Women desired the higher pay that was being offered to them.8 The United States requirements for living increased. ... These women desire the job opportunities that provide higher pay. Females no longer desire low skilled jobs. ...

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It has had a huge impact on Americans immensely with lost jobs and many other struggles, but also has a way of adding jobs and reducing costs. ... Many jobs are coming from other countries to the United States and they are growing faster than jobs that are lost overseas. ... Furthermore, the pay is much higher for insourced jobs than those outsourced. ... Selvaggio states, "Everything from manufacturing jobs to research and development (R&D) positions, IT services, customer service jobs, and distribution centers were lost when the largest companies began sending these jobs offshore.... I...

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So you are forced to pay them in the form of task that they need completed. ... That decision kept you from many higher end job opportunities. ... One example is they take away jobs from American citizens. ... They take jobs from many of the poor. ... They do this by taking money from Americans, and not paying into the tax system. ...

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In addition to these industries, undocumented workers have established themselves as a fairly prevalent figure in known well-paying industries holding "34 percent of all jobs in drywall installation, 27 percent in roofing and 24 percent in painting" (Constable). ... Early in America's history, the agriculture business emerged as a profitable part of the American economy, and farmers and plantation owners quickly realized that one of the best ways to maximize their profits was to employ skilled workers who could meet daily quotas of crops picked but pay these workers nothing. .....

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Countless people are losing their jobs and are unable to find work. ... Death and illness can also be a major factor in not paying the payments. ... Start a savings account, paying something into it each pay period and don't touch it unless you absolutely need to. ... It's true; even if you make half of what your use to making, you still can't "pay half the bills." ... After she sold it, she had just enough money to finish paying what she owed. ...

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However, there have generally been many domestic jobs available for those willing to travel across borders (Hattery, 14). ... But when the men returned from war, there was a considerable decline in the women's labor force as the men reclaimed the jobs that were once theirs. ... This act permitted employers to pay higher wages to men than women performing the same job. ... Aside from jobs within the service sector, women continue to move in new directions. In recent years women have been pursuing higher paying jobs that were traditionally considered male occupations. ...

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We must remember that nurses are humans too and the amount of stress being placed on them increases fatigue, the chances of potential injury and job dissatisfaction.   ... Many factors including stress, job dissatisfaction, work overload, etc. contribute to this growing issue. ... Compensate employees not only through pay but by caring for their personal needs as well, which will decrease the amount of employees who resign, thus helping to decrease the shortage.    ... Job Dissatisfaction  Due to globalization, differences have occurred economically and socially, ultimately affecting ho...

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In some cases children are left behind in the care of their grandparents or uncles, while their parents go in search of a better job and a new life in order to support their family, or go back to their home country to resume their lives while their children get a better education, which causes many children separation anxiety. ... Subject B, while in high school worked because she was given the TPS, but she didn't have the luxury to spend her pay check on herself, she was to send it to her mother back home in Nicaragua. ... Subject B did not have as many struggles as Subject A, she was a...

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The percentage of the Mexican population employed in farming dropped to 16.4% in 2004, resulting in the loss of 2 million Mexican jobs (Scott et all., 2006). ... Disturbingly enough, a report titled "Do immigrants work in risker jobs" (Orrenius and Zavodny, 2005) found undocumented workers are less inclined than natives to refuse riskier tasks on the job and also less likely to report work related injuries out of the fear of losing their jobs. Everyone knows that it is a job in itself to find a job, but add the fact that you are undocumented and your options are very slim; the task ...

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This was because since women were prevented form gaining a good education they could not obtain a high-income job since this usually required academic success. ... Education meant a higher standing in society, better access to jobs and an ability to gain entry into the world of politics. ... Girls were educated in a variety of informal ways from factory schools for factory workers to home teaching from parents to fee-paying schools run by older women. ...

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No employer will pay his or her employee to become millionaires. The rich pay the poor people less money than they deserve so that they can make themselves more affluent. ... The changes in the level of demand have led to increasing threats of displacement of jobs and reduction in the level of wages for the unskilled employees. ... Research shows that even before the changes in employment demand resulting from globalization, the minority was always considered last for jobs positions. ...

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Once these prisons are built, states pay the firms a certain amount for each prisoner. ... For example, the Colorado Department of Corrections pays private corporations $50 per inmate per day making it a formidable cash cow. ... The jobs, which on the outside would pay much higher, only offer minimum wage. ... However, if corporations are going to profit and law-abiding citizens are losing jobs, the people doing the labor should somehow benefit. Besides, if it weren't for the lack of jobs on the outside, many of these inmates wouldn't be in prison. ...

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During the 1990's there was an economic recession was accompanied by anti-immigration feelings due to immigrants snatching available jobs because they were willing to work for lower wages. ... Also if a man in power doesn't have the citizen's support he isn't doing a superior job as a politician and won't be able to accomplish much while he is in office. ... There can't be 10 million immigrants coming into the country unless American jobs were to be uprooted and the economy to be in an even bigger downfall than it already is. ... The 18,000 people that work for ...

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The celebration of Chinese New Year has served various roles in America it helped to preserve Chinese heritage, it introduced Americans to their culture all while being morphed by new ideas and gave women the opportunity to be the ambassadors to their culture. The Chinese New Year is the result of i...

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(Page 10) Staying with the topic that over population and poverty combined causes social problems such as scarce jobs and resources for people but only that overpopulation is responsible for the conditions, which contribute to the overall lowering of the quality of life of human beings in society. ... In today's society, people get married at a later age because they have to keep working to obtain income that is needed to help pay for their necessities. ... In both the United States and Third World countries poor young males in particular are frequently forced to choose between a life of ...

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The educational setting introduces students to social networks that might last for years and can even help people find jobs after their schooling is complete. ... In an online CNN article, employers and experts were asked to weigh in on their various job-seeking experiences, placing emphasis on whether their social connections played a significant role in the process. Meredith Obendorfer, account manager at SparkPR, explained that the last fours jobs she has had were obtained through some kind of networking connections (Balderamma, 2010). Ashley Bodi, co-founder of Business Beware, also stat...

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He hypotheses that blacks experience an enormous amount of racial discrimination that often times prevents them from getting a certain job or being promoted in a job they have. He also states that the location of the jobs is a big factor. ... He says the jobs that do develop in the urban areas either demand high levels of education or are extremely low paying and the person would be better off staying on public assistance. Venkatesh also claims that there is adequate job advertising in these neighborhoods. ... Most respondents felt the whites had an unfair advantage when it came to acquiring j...

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The order indicated that federal contractors should take affirmative action to ensure job applicants and employees are treated "without regard to their race, creed, or national origin." ... The programs as they apply now are detrimental to the operation of the job market, to white males, and to the groups it is supposed to benefit. ... Nye states "that positive information regarding an employee's job qualifications should minimize assumptions of incompetence associated with affirmative action hiring programs. In other words, when co-workers have information that clearly describes an indiv...

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The order indicated that federal contractors should take affirmative action to ensure job applicants and employees are treated without regard to their race, creed, or national origin. ... The programs as they apply now are detrimental to the operation of the job market, to white males, and to the groups it is supposed to benefit. ... Nye states that positive information regarding an employee's job qualifications should minimize assumptions of incompetence associated with affirmative action hiring programs. In other words, when co-workers have information that clearly describes an individu...

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Poverty also includes not having a job, fearing the future, not being able to receive an education, and not being able to see a doctor when a person is sick. ... Some families may even live in a motel because it is cheaper than having to pay for an apartment or paying off mortgage for a house. ... It is very difficult to be hired for a job with just a high school education, and what happens if a child has no education at all. ...

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Also that they were concerned with the health of their soldiers and this way they could have sex with women in good hygienic conditions; this way no sexually transmitted diseases would enable them to do their job. ...

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However, long-term success at attracting investment, creating jobs, and reducing poverty depend on its ability to comply with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, resolving the thousands of Sandinista-era property confiscation cases, and opening its economy to foreign trade. ... Upon termination of a job (either by the employee or the employer), the employer must pay up to five months worth of salary, depending on the amount of time the employee was employed by the company. ... The majority of employees are unskilled laborers with agriculture comprising approximately 43 percent of...

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