To regain full employment—finding work for the currently unemployed and accommodating 15 million entrants into the labor force this decade—the US economy will need to create 21 million jobs by 2020.more
Europe is growing again, but the recovery is uneven and under threat from the continuing eurozone debt crisis. Europe has significant strengths on which to build but needs to address profound long-term challenges that could limit its future growth.more
With multiple pressures on growth and constrained public finances, Europe needs structural reform even to match past GDP growth rates. Parts of Europe have begun to reform with demonstrable success. more
With unemployment hovering just below 10 percent, job creation is now priority number one in Washington. But America’s jobs challenge is a marathon, not a sprint.more
The country has already attracted the attention of multinational companies; now it must address its shortcomings to reach its offshoring potential.more
To take advantage of the growing global market for offshored services, the country must do more to improve the suitability of its workforce.more
Brazil must address labor shortcomings and other issues if it hopes to capitalize on its considerable potential as an offshoring destinationmore
Fewer US jobs can be performed remotely than is commonly presumed. Rather than trying to stop globalization, the goal must be to facilitate and ease the changes it brings.more
Despite China's apparently vast labor supply, multinational companies are finding few graduates have the necessary skills for service occupations.more
The Philippines is in a strong position to capitalize on the opportunities of offshoring. However, the government and private sector must work to strengthen both some perceived and real weaknesses.more
A three-part series explores the impact of offshoring services on specific industries and economies, wages, employment and how companies should select offshore locations.more
James Manyika and other McKinsey experts discuss the underlying causes of the jobs crisis and some of the ways business and government can cooperate to create the millions of jobs that are needed.more
The Committee for Economic Development hosted a forum to mark the release of MGI's report on jobs and the future of the American workforce.more
Big data will become a key basis of competition and a catalyst for productivity growth and innovation—but where is the deep analytical talent?more
The number of new jobs created in the EU-15 countries between 1995 and 2008—more than the United Statesmore