Article here.
Nothing in the article about the quality of the jobs that were lost compared to what they were replaced with, as I'm willing to wager there are a lot of people who re-entered the workforce at a level well below where they left it. My opinion, unsupported by data, is that you've got a lot of men whose jobs were eliminated that are re-entering the workforce in jobs previously held by women.
I wanted to call attention to this: "Nearly 80% of the public-sector jobs eliminated since July 2009 were held by women, ABC News says."
By Karen Datko on Wed, Mar 23, 2011 5:14 PM
More than 1.1 million of the 1.3 million U.S. jobs created in the last 12 months have been filled by men, ABC News reports. It appears the "mancession" is over.
ABC News also says, "Looking at the data since the end of the recession in July 2009," -- yes, that's when it was officially over -- "men have gained 600,000 jobs while women have lost 300,000 jobs." Post continues after video.
In other words, men are more than catching up in the job-loss department. Lorraine Mirabella of The Baltimore Sun put it this way:
As the nation begins to crawl out of the deep recession, women are regaining jobs at a much slower pace than they lost them. Women accounted for one of every three lost jobs in the recession, but they're filling just one in every 10 jobs added. And unemployment for women is on the rise.
It's a stunning reversal for female workers, who were on track to equal men in the workforce in number, if not in pay. So many men had lost jobs that by October 2009, women comprised 49.96% of the workforce -- very nearly a record in U.S. history.
However, The Christian Science Monitor reports, "October turned out to be the high point for women and their job share has been slipping ever since, as male-dominated industries like manufacturing recovered and female-dominated ones like education were cut as cash-strapped states slashed budgets."
Nearly 80% of the public-sector jobs eliminated since July 2009 were held by women, ABC News says.
The Sun adds:
Professional and business services have become the big employer of men in the recovery, with job gains three times as great as women's gains in those sectors. Another sector with large gains for men has been transportation and warehousing. And women are still losing manufacturing jobs.
Not only that, but experts say men have moved into fields, like health care, once dominated by women.
There are many theories about why women who were laid off are having difficulty rejoining the workforce. For instance, there's a perceived tendency by some employers to view men as the primary breadwinners for families -- and thus more deserving of a job -- even though unmarried women are the head of 30% of U.S. households.
And perhaps the recession didn't spare women as much as some people think. "Female leaders at the most senior levels of companies were three times more likely to lose jobs than men during the recession, according to Catalyst, a nonprofit organization focusing on women and business," ABC News reports.
More than 1.1 million of the 1.3 million U.S. jobs created in the last 12 months have been filled by men, ABC News reports. It appears the "mancession" is over.
ABC News also says, "Looking at the data since the end of the recession in July 2009," -- yes, that's when it was officially over -- "men have gained 600,000 jobs while women have lost 300,000 jobs." Post continues after video.
In other words, men are more than catching up in the job-loss department. Lorraine Mirabella of The Baltimore Sun put it this way:
As the nation begins to crawl out of the deep recession, women are regaining jobs at a much slower pace than they lost them. Women accounted for one of every three lost jobs in the recession, but they're filling just one in every 10 jobs added. And unemployment for women is on the rise.
It's a stunning reversal for female workers, who were on track to equal men in the workforce in number, if not in pay. So many men had lost jobs that by October 2009, women comprised 49.96% of the workforce -- very nearly a record in U.S. history.
However, The Christian Science Monitor reports, "October turned out to be the high point for women and their job share has been slipping ever since, as male-dominated industries like manufacturing recovered and female-dominated ones like education were cut as cash-strapped states slashed budgets."
Nearly 80% of the public-sector jobs eliminated since July 2009 were held by women, ABC News says.
The Sun adds:
Professional and business services have become the big employer of men in the recovery, with job gains three times as great as women's gains in those sectors. Another sector with large gains for men has been transportation and warehousing. And women are still losing manufacturing jobs.
Not only that, but experts say men have moved into fields, like health care, once dominated by women.
There are many theories about why women who were laid off are having difficulty rejoining the workforce. For instance, there's a perceived tendency by some employers to view men as the primary breadwinners for families -- and thus more deserving of a job -- even though unmarried women are the head of 30% of U.S. households.
And perhaps the recession didn't spare women as much as some people think. "Female leaders at the most senior levels of companies were three times more likely to lose jobs than men during the recession, according to Catalyst, a nonprofit organization focusing on women and business," ABC News reports.
I wanted to call attention to this: "Nearly 80% of the public-sector jobs eliminated since July 2009 were held by women, ABC News says."
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