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A recent Oxford University study argues that jobs are at risk of being automated in 47% of all occupational categories over the next 20 years.

Couple that with the fact that the proportion of American adults participating in the labor force recently hit its lowest level since 1978, and you can see there is an unemployment crisis looming.

How are governments and schools prepared to deal with this looming crisis?

Joining me today to discuss this is Joyce Gioia, one of this country’s most sought-after experts in human relations and employment trends.

Joyce Gioia is a sought-after expert in human relations and employment trends. Her company—The Herman Group—tracks the trends of the job market in this country. We discuss an unprecedented event in human workplace history—workers 55+ outnumber workers aged 25-34 in the workforce and what it means for society.

Guests include UCSB professor Doc Searls explaining the new era of consumerism; comedian Michael Ian Black extolling the freedoms we have in America; Rebecca Coffey helping us make sense of the Aurora, CO shooter John Holmes; gun control law expert John Lott, Jr. explaining his controversial theory of how more guns mean less crime; and Joyce Gioia commenting on a titanic shift in today’s workplace where older workers outnumber younger ones.

Joyce Gioia is a sought-after expert in human relations and employment trends. Her company—The Herman Group—tracks the trends of the job market in this country. We discuss how today’s unemployment figures fit her 2011 predictions she made the last time she was on the show.

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Friday, June 3, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.

Joyce Gioia is a sought-after expert in human relations and employment trends. Her company—The Herman Group—tracks the trends of the job market in this country. We’ll discuss her Top 10 Employment Trends for 2011.