Older Workers Driving Employment Growth, Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace, Inclusion, and more... 

Baby boomers should be hanging it up and kicking back. Instead, they’re still driving U.S. job growth. Americans 55 and over made up about half of all employment gains in 2018, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by The Liscio Report, a research publication for investors. That’s an eye-popping share considering that demographic made up only a quarter of last year’s labor force -- which includes people working and looking for jobs.

Joining CBS 6 to talk about the market outlook for 2019 is Miriam Dushane, Managing Partner at Alaant Workforce Solutions. We are at the beginning of a new year, and that often means a fresh start when it comes to hiring. Employers may be looking to build their workforce, and employees may be seeking new opportunities. Miriam Dushane, Managing Partner at Alaant Workforce Solutions joined CBS to talk about what we can expect in the Capital Region.

For a Connecticut mold supplier company, the key to closing the skills gap for skilled manufacturing workers has been more about emotional intelligence than hard skills development, reported Modern Machine Shop. Emotional intelligence helps staff members recognize triggers that hold them back from success in their own work and in their interactions with others. It also helps them understand the emotions of others, leading to empathy and better team collaboration…

Nearly every major company has announced plans to push for more diversity and inclusion. Millions of dollars have been pledged, initiatives born, and organizations created. Yet despite many well-intended efforts, we're oftentimes left wishing that progress would come more quickly. It turns out that talking about diversity and inclusion is much easier than actually living diversity and inclusion.

The skills gap – a decades-old labor enigma where workers are available but need reskilling – is about to metastasize into a skills vacuum, according to IDC's Futurescape 2019 report. By 2022, the demand for artificial intelligence, the internet of things, blockchain and cybersecurity skills will exceed the supply of workers creating a shortage of 900,000 highly-compensated jobs…

Companies are caught up in the cycle of technical debt, struggling to adopt more agile, cloud-based technology. Others, with some foresight, are modernizing quickly. Industry leaders are paying close attention to how technology initiatives are accomplished, keying into methodologies like DevOps. For some organizations, how work is accomplished is taking on greater importance than who accomplishes the work…

Are you in search of the best possible job? Look no further than software developer, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual list, which ranked the position as its top pick for the new year. The publication's Best Jobs of 2019 list takes seven factors into account, including median salary, employment rate and stress level…