Overview of the Job Market

Friday, November 12th, 10am-2:30pm

A Jobs Overview:  Where Are We Now? 10:00-10:30

Betsey Stevenson, Chief Economist, Department of Labor, live from Washington D.C.

The Trouble Spots: 10:30-11:00

David Crane, Senior Adviser, Governor Schwarzenegger, "Consumer Debt, State & Local Government"

Jobs and the Global Market:  11:00-12:00

Nick Hope, Director, Stanford Center for International Development, "China and U.S. Jobs"

John Zysman, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley, "The Service Revolution"

Lunch

The Fiscal Crisis and the Labor Market: 1:00-1:40

Edward Lazear, Former Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors & Professor, Stanford Business School 

Successful Careers in a Global Market:  1:40 - 2:45

Management Consulting and the Knowledge Market 

Lenny Mendonca, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co., Director of the McKinsey Global Institute

Chris DiGiorgio, California Managing Director, Accenture

Technology and Social Media 

Laura Ipsen, Vice President, Cisco

Elliot Schrage, Vice President, Facebook