Recruitment

In a tight market, job seekers are willing to jump through hoops to obtain employment. Recently, reports of employers asking candidates for their social media log-in information have raised questions about access, privacy, and the transparency of the internet age.

Statistics show people over the age of 45 have a harder time finding jobs — how older job seekers can Botox their resumes.

Yesterday we spoke about the growth in low-wage and low-skilled jobs in the U.S. Listeners weighed in, sharing their own experiences with taking jobs for which they’re either overqualified or underpaid…or both.

What should college be for? To answer that, we talk with Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce and Amy Slaton, an associate professor at Drexel University and a scholar of the history of education politics.