Pool Tables & Snack Machines Are Out: Remote Working Is The #1 Perk Employees Want

Remember the days when in-office happy hours and pool tables were the coolest thing employers could offer? It’s 2022 and employers need to find new ways to attract and retain workers in a post-pandemic world. Today, the comfort and convenience of working from home - wearing sweatpants all day and avoiding long commutes - is the top benefit employees value most. The Covid-19 pandemic showed us that many jobs can be performed from home, and employees aren’t ready to go back into the office. Before Covid (B ...

Manufacturing Employment. A short history.

There was a time – actually, spanning many decades – when manufacturing led the growth of the world’s largest economy. Back in 1920 approximately 40% of the jobs in the United States were in manufacturing and other blue-collar fields. Today, that figure is only about…wait for it…20%. Quite a fall. Equally astounding is the fact that manufacturing as a share of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has dwindled from 27% to 12%. It’s no wonder there have been so many layoffs in manufacturing. What ...

Top 100 NJ High Schools 2022

U.S. News and World Report – Top 100 High Schools In New Jersey 2022

And The Winner Is… U.S News and World Report recently released the 2022 edition of their annual top 100 high school rankings for the country. As with previous years, New Jersey scored well, being home to a handful of those top schools. In addition to public high schools, they also ranked the best charter schools, magnet schools, and STEM schools in the country. The criteria to rank these schools was the same it's always been for previous years, being college readiness, college curriculum breadth, readin ...