By Laurie Tema-Lyn
of Practical Imagination Enterprises, Reva Dolobowsky of Dolobowsky
Qualitative Services & Marcia Mogelonsky of Mintel International
Group © 2001, Dolobowsky, Tema-Lyn & Mogelonsky
Work isn't
work the way it used to be. In California, the trendsetter in
so many things work related, only one-third of workers have "traditional
jobs" -- defined as single, permanent full-time day-shift
work paid for by an employer at the employer's site. And only
22 percent have been doing this type of work for more than three
years. What are the rest of the workers up to? About 12 percent
hold more than one job and about 33 percent work more than 45
hours per week.
Most California
workers are moving on up -- 40 percent have been in their current
position for three years or less; in the past year 59 percent
have received a raise. But it's not a rosy picture for everyone
-- 20 percent of workers have been laid off in the past three
years.
Economists
are watching the California situation carefully -- it's the heart
of the New Economy, and trends there can be harbingers of things
to come for the rest of the country.
