5 Years of Healthy Job Growth in San Diego
For the fifth year in a row, San Diego has boasted healthy job growth. In fact, according to the California Employment Development Department, the city’s unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent in December from 4.3 percent in November and 4.8 percent earlier in 2016. The numbers are impressive and far below California’s overall 5.2 percent unemployment rate. Continue reading…
Graziadio Dean David Smith on the Economic Impact of the New Rams Stadium
Dean David Smith of the Graziadio School of Management at Pepperdine University recently shared his views on the new stadium that will be built for the Los Angeles Rams.
The stadium, which is projected to earn the city’s economy over a billion dollars in revenue, will also create roughly 40,000 jobs for Los Angelenos. With the possibility of both the Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers using the field for home games, the new project has been dubbed “NFL Disney World”.
Working Full-time While Completing Your MBA
Finding the Time for an MBA
Completing your MBA is a challenging and rewarding proposition, but for some people it can seem like an impossibility. It is not easy to drop everything you are doing for a year or two so you can go back to school on a full-time basis, especially if you already have a job you enjoy or are working to support a family. However, those who find themselves in this situation are not without hope. While not as ubiquitous as the classic MBA, a number of schools are offering FEMBA (fully-employed MBA) programs. These programs allow students to complete their MBAs without compromising their current positions. Continue reading…
Grace Lemmon Talks Business Trends With Kellstadt
Grace Lemmon, DePaul’s assistant professor of management and alumna, has studied how trends involving women in the business world have effected today’s workplace. Among these trends impacting the business worlds are: more women in the corporate ranks, multiple generations in the workforce and the bust- and-boom economic cycle.
Lemmon recently discussed what her studies revealed about today’s evolving workforce in a Q&A with Robin Florak from the DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. Here are a few excerts from that conversation: Continue reading…
