"workforce growth" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the increase in the number of employees or workers in a company or industry. Example: The company's strategic plan aims to achieve a 10% workforce growth by the end of the fiscal year.
The predicted workforce growth from this fiscal year to the next is slight, about 0.5percentt.
However, as populations age in the developed world and China, workforce growth is slowing and even declining in some regions.
That figure is far lower than what is needed to keep up with normal workforce growth and to lower the nation's unemployment rate.
Together with the birth bulge which preceded the introduction of the One Child policy in 1980 this increase drove workforce growth of 33 percent in 30 years and helped to fuel the export sweatshops of southern China.
During the next 15 years, 80% of the native-born workforce growth in North America--and even more in much of western Europe--is going to be in the over-50 age cohort.
While there are some low-skill jobs that will still be in high demand — think home health and personal care aides, positions that cater to America's aging population — rapid workforce growth is poised at the highly-skilled levels.
During his 16 years in the House, Mayor Walsh was a leader on job creation, smart growth, workforce development, addiction services, and civil rights.
Most of the workforce's growth in recent years has occurred at the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and Veterans Affairs.
There are more white Americans than Hispanic Americans, for example, so as a percentage of the workforce, the growth in employment among Hispanic Americans really stands out.
First, recall that most of the federal workforce's growth in the last decade has occurred at four departments — Defense, Justice, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security — four departments tied to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the country's intensified response to terrorism.
"We were pleased to have productive conversations with the President about investing in the future of the American workforce, the growth of emerging technologies and our ongoing commitment to working with the U.S. government," Google said in a statement to my colleague Tony.
