Good Jobs Without Degrees, Moral Fiber, Food Myths

Good Jobs Without Degrees, Moral Fiber, Food Myths

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 289

  • Dec 5, 2017 7:37 pm
  • 2:25:04 mins

30 Million Workers Without a Bachelor’s Degree Have Good Jobs (19:36) Neil Ridley is the Director of the State Initiative at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Some say that a college diploma is the new high school degree.  Manufacturing jobs are disappearing, so does that mean there are fewer jobs for high school graduates?  Neil Ridley shares research that shows that you may not need a college degree to get a good paying job. Liana Tan - Bedtime Stories (1:18:48) Did you know, according to a survey conducted by Littlewoods, only 13% of parents read to their kids at night every day of the week? A bedtime story used to be a popular way for parents to bond with their kids, but in a single generation, the tradition has dramatically declined. A few of our producers got together to keep the tradition alive and are going to treat us with their own retelling of a bedtime story with a millennial twist.   Moral Fiber: Awakening Corporate Consciousness (1:25:21) Shawn Vij has over 25 years of Industry and consulting experience. He has worked in various leadership positions for Ford Motor Company, Ernst & Young, VISA, Deloitte Consulting, Microsoft, and Intel Corporation. Leaders in today’s cutthroat business world don’t often value respect, honesty, or compassion. However, these values are essential and must be present in the business world if leaders want to succeed. Shawn Vij, author of Moral Fiber: Awakening Corporate Consciousness, shares with us the five core values all leaders should have to be truly successful.  Food Myths (1:57:00) Ron Hager, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Exercise Sciences in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University. His area is expertise is Chronic Disease Prevention. Dr. Hager busts food myths and explains the true nutritional value of wholesome food.

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