8.05.2010

Changing Workforce

Remember when we used to make things in this country? Things like cars and car parts and electronics components and clothing and toys and farm equipment and on and on...

According to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about all we make these days is change and hamburgers.
Retail salespersons and cashiers had employment levels of 4.2 and 3.4 million, respectively; these two occupations combined represented almost 7 percent of total employment in the private sector. The third largest private sector occupation, combined food preparation and serving workers, with employment of 2.5 million, accounted for slightly more than 2 percent of total employment in the private sector.
You read that right, nearly 10% of the entire American workforce is comprised of sales clerks, cashiers, [fast-food] cooks, waiters and waitresses.

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