[p2p-research] Job Losses and Productivity

[Maria Droujkova]

 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Ryan <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Once again...the same thesis...appearing in a different place.
>
> Millions of workers who have already been unemployed for months, if not
> years, will most likely remain that way even as the overall job market
> continues to improve, economists say. The occupations they worked in, and
> the skills they currently possess, are never coming back in style. And the
> demand for new types of skills moves a lot more quickly than workers —
> especially older and less mobile workers — are able to retrain and gain
> those skills.
>
>
Is this happening to school teachers and administrative stuff? It would make
sense as education becomes disintermediated - much like the job of a travel
agent, the job of someone "providing information" is now done by students
themselves, using online tools. The demand for mentors remains high, but
students increasingly seek them directly, as well.

Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
http://www.naturalmath.com

Make math your own, to make your own math.
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