Shaping the Future of Work (15.662x)

1.2 Challenges and Opportunities as You Enter the Workforce

• « Video: The Millennial Generation’s Views on their World of Work
• 1.2.1Video: A Message from U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to the Next Generation Workforce
• 1.2.2Video: Animated Version of the Evolution History of Work
• 1.2.3Video: A Message from AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler
• 1.2.4Video: A Message to HR Professionals from Professor Lee Dyer
• 1.2.5Video: A Message from Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
• 1.2.6Video: The Millennial Generation’s Views on their World of Work
• 1.2.7Video: Current Challenges and Opportunities
• 1.2.8Video: All Innovations Are Local
• 1.2.9Video: Managing Societal and Workplace Conflicts: Interview with Mary Rowe
• » Video: All Innovations Are Local

What are the current challenges and opportunities facing today’s workforce? Professor Kochan examines these questions in the following video. After you finish watching, there are attentiveness questions directly below. These questions will assess the extent to which you have mastered the content covered in the video.

Video: Current Challenges and Opportunities: Today’s Labor Market in Perspective

Attentiveness Question 1

Productivity grew more than wages check

Productivity and wages grew at about the same rates close

Productivity grew less than wages close

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Explanation Productivity grew more than wages

Attentiveness Question 2

1930 close

1960 close

1980 check

2008 close

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