The factors contributing to industrial employment have been a continuous issue that affects not only recent graduates but also job-seeking employees. It is known that outsourcing causes a loss of jobs when companies relocate overseas and there are many variables that cause outsourcing to take place: change in global demand, increase in safety regulations, and the overall work experience each prospective employee presents to the industrial workplace.<br/>Studies have shown that global demand greatly influences whether companies continue to do business in a particular region or move elsewhere in hope of a greater profit. When major corporations relocate to other countries, the job market is adversely affected including the loss of positions in management or production manufacturing. In the same regard to increasing profits, chemical companies are hesitant on constructing new chemical plants due to the increase of safety regulations regarding environmental impact and working conditions. Many industries have to determine if the initial cost of construction is worth the greater overhead expense in regulations for new plants. Federal regulations also affect the safety of each employee. There is a fine line between the assurance that each employee will be safe under working conditions and potentially having an unprecedented amount of regulations that begins to impede upon the efficiency of production. Due to the increase of regulations within the workplace, there are greater liability concerns among interns as well as newly employed individuals who lack work experience. The potential encumbrance of unexperienced employee accidents is a major restraint among many industrial corporations as the difficulty for hiring experienced individuals becomes a challenge. With these issues at the forefront of the job market, the contents of this study illustrate a variety of solutions that can shed light on the adjustments that need to be met within industrial corporations and job-seeking employees.

Demand, regulation, and experience: The hindrance factors involved in American industry employment

251st National Meeting (2016)

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