Videos
YouTube Generation Looks For Jobs
October 31, 2011 5:00 amIn the UK, employers and recruitment agencies are experimenting with video as a way of expediting the search for potential employees. If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department. Have any comments or questions about our MBT Mid-Day Report videos? Or do you have a video you'd like to see featured in one of our deployments? Email me at Mike.
Globalization: The Good And The Bad
October 28, 2011 5:13 amThomas Friedman, longtime proponent of globalization and foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times , now argues that globalization is closing the gap between the United States and other countries. He believes other countries are catching up rather quickly and the U.S. is in decline. How can America turn things around? If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Michael Moore: Outsourcing Should Be 'Illegal'
October 27, 2011 5:26 amFilmmaker Michael Moore considers jobs to be "natural resources" and says outsourcing should be illegal. Moore cites job cuts and outsourcing at GM in the 1980s as a prime example of why domestic jobs need to be preserved in the United States. Do you agree with his stance? If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Why Entrepreneurship Is America's 'Secret Sauce'
October 14, 2011 5:15 amHow do we get Americans back to work? More importantly, how does the United States put a system in place that supports businesses efforts to create jobs? Gillian Tett, U.S. Managing Editor for the Financial Times and Steve Case, CEO of Revelation, try to answer these questions in a roundtable discussion with the hosts of MSNBC's Morning Joe.
Bill Clinton: How To Create Jobs Now
October 11, 2011 6:51 amGetting companies to invest cash, flushing out foreclosures, and promoting budding industries are the keys to creating jobs now, says former President Bill Clinton. If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Is A Double-Dip Recession Imminent?
October 3, 2011 12:19 pmJust about everyone has an opinion on the current state of the U.S. economy and its prospects for the near future. In this video, ECRI managing director Lakshman Achuthan says the U.S. is heading into a 'mild' recession due to a slowdown in manufacturing and exports. Do you agree with his assessment? If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
IMF Says Economy Entering 'Dangerous Phase'
September 29, 2011 4:21 amNot too long ago the International Monetary Fund came out and said it felt the global economy was entering "a dangerous phase." In this video, IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard expands on the IMF's position and offers some additional thoughts on the economic crisis affecting the United States and Europe.
Young Adults Facing Major Jobs Crisis
September 27, 2011 9:21 amRecord numbers of young adults are struggling to find regular employment. As NBC's Brian Williams states in this video, it is perhaps the greatest generational struggle in decades. What are the prospects for the future? Is there any reason to be optimistic? If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Talking Employment With 'The Jobs Czar'
September 22, 2011 4:36 amJeff Immelt is a pretty busy guy these days. His day job is that of CEO of General Electric. But he's also the Chairman of President Barack Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Therefore, there aren't many people better qualified to speak on the employment situation in the United States today.
N.J. Jobless Take Up Residence In 'Tent City'
September 16, 2011 5:31 amA lot of unemployed individuals have it bad in these uncertain economic times. However, there is a new low in the sour U.S. economy. Some unemployed people in the New Jersey area have taken up residence in "Tent City." It is a community of jobless/homeless individuals established five years ago by a reverend who lives in a converted school bus.
99 Weeks Of Unemployment... And Counting
September 8, 2011 12:03 pmIn Philadelphia, Steve Nathan and Rita Calicat have not been able to find work, and struggle to cope after reaching the limit of 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. Their stories are all too familiar to those who have exhausted -- or are close to exhausting -- their own jobless benefits. If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Economist: U.S. Never Came Out Of Recession
September 6, 2011 9:04 amKen Rogoff, an economics professor at Harvard University and a former chief economist with the IMF, discusses the country’s current economic predicament. According to Rogoff, there is a large overhang of debt in the economy and the United States has never actually come out of the Great Recession.
How Do We (Re)Train Unemployed To Go To Work?
August 22, 2011 5:51 amMuch has been made of the unemployment rate in the United States. Yes, it is difficult to find work. However, several companies around the country have a number of open positions they can't fill because they are unable to find workers with the skills to do the work (well). So how do we get jobless Americans trained to fill these positions? If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Tough Times Never Stopped In Many Small Towns
August 18, 2011 8:41 amWall Street may just be waking up to signs of a slowing economy, but in small towns like Tehachapi, California tough times never stopped. If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Economist Likens Global Economy To Stalled Airplane
August 11, 2011 5:25 amIs a double-dip recession a possibility, or even a probability, for the global economy? Nouriel Roubini, Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, says it is a 50-50 proposition right now. Roubini compares most of the economies in the world to a stalled airplane which has decelerated to the point where a freefall is imminent.
Japan's Quake Brought Back To Life On Giant Globe
August 8, 2011 5:20 amVisitors to a Tokyo museum can now see the March 11 tsunami that devastated northern Japan as though they were watching it from outer space. If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Face It, The U.S. Business Cycle Is Stuck
August 4, 2011 4:13 amIs the U.S. economy in another slowdown? There is evidence that may be the case. Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute sits down with CNN Money's Poppy Harlow to discuss the evidence out there and offer some perspective on why the business cycle in the United States "is stuck.
Will That Status Update Cost You Your Job?
July 29, 2011 5:29 amYour employer may require credit and criminal history checks. Now your social media history may get the same treatment. Some companies are now using services to check a potential employee's social media background. If you're having trouble watching this video, try downloading the latest version of Flash Player or contacting your IT department.
Are The Long-Term Unemployed Facing Discrimination?
July 29, 2011 5:26 amAre the nation's unemployed being discriminated against if they've been out of work for a significant amount of time? CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano reports on the challenge to find work for people that have been unemployed for more than six months. Then, Chris Wragge talks to John Challenger, CEO of the job placement firm, Challenger, Gray and Christmas, Inc.
Do You Trust Your Employer?
July 18, 2011 6:35 amA new Maritz poll sought to determine how much the average employee trusts his or her company's leaders. Let's just say the results weren't all that encouraging. Maritz's Rick Garlick sits down with MSNBC anchor and Jansing & Co. host Chris Jansing to discuss the disconnect between employers and their employees.
