Meier has been a job market expert and workforce system consultant for 20 years. Meier founded and built Chicago's largest independently owned employment consulting firm and has been consulting with state and regional Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) to reduce unemployment rates, shorten length of unemployment and improve performance of workforce investment boards across the U.S. Meier researches a variety of job and employment macro/micro issues, including labor market dynamics as well as workforce performance & accountability. He has taught and published on a wide variety of employment iss...