RE > It's not easy to read the tenure numbers - tenure could rise in a > weak job market, as people hold on to what they have, and fall in a > strong one, as they feel confident about changing jobs. The national > numbers don't show that much of a change between 1983 and 2000
And I believe I read recently that whereas firms for many years tried to layoff older and higher paid workers (who tended to have long tenure) they often now target younger/less skilled (who tend to have lower tenure). Eric
