Job Market Monitor
Archive for May 2012
In The News | Labor Market Mismatch and, Job Cuts Surge 67% in U.S., Teachers Layoffs Continue, Olympus Cuts 2,500 jobs, Benefits Cuts For Seasonal Workers in Canada and NJ and More
Unemployment is a labor market mismatch – Economics – AEI aei.org - After an unexpected upswing at the beginning of this year, the labor market appears to be back in the doldrums again. The month-on-month employment increases of 200,000-240,000 workers in December,… JobMarketMon US May Job Cuts Surge 67% From A Year Ago -Challenger – WSJ.com … Continue reading
In The News | SMEs in Gulf economy, Africa, Skills Gap, Layoffs, Flat U.S. Wages, Sunday papers axed, Improving EI and More
SME role in Gulf economy, jobs growth ‘woefully low’ gulf-times.com - Small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) contribution to the overall Gulf economy and employment sector is woefully low and need a big push for the region to enhance its economic diversification, the … JobMarketMon Flat U.S. Wages Help Fuel Rebound in Manufacturing – WSJ.com online.wsj.com - Joey … Continue reading
In The News | Cloud computing, Romney’s Bain Record, Layoffs, African Youth, College Grad, Older Workers, and Much More
Cloud computing: 14 million jobs by 2015? smartplanet.com - I’m not Convinced Cloud computing is about efficiency. Cloud computing is about replacing thousands of underutilized server rooms and IT departments with shared facilities with higher utilization r… JobMarketMon Romney’s Bain Record on Job Creation Attacked – Businessweek businessweek.com - President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign attacked Mitt Romney’s … Continue reading
In The News | Baby Boomers and the Unemployment Rate , Skills Gap, EI Changes, Layoffs, Older Workers and Plastic Surgery for a Job and More
Jobs: The number of baby boomers retiring is holding down the unemployment rate – UPI.com upi.com - President Obama can thank baby boomers at least in part for the drop in the U.S. unemployment rate, with the first post-World War II generation hitting retirement age at a rate of 10,000 a day. Une… JobMarketMon Macau labor … Continue reading
In The News | Veterans , Inequalities, Youth, China Middle Class, Layoffs, EI Changes, Grads and More
More Companies Hiring Veterans | fox4kc.com – Kansas City news & weather from WDAF TV – FOX 4 fox4kc.com - NEAR PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A company in Pennsylvania is on a mission to hire Veterans. A construction equipment company called Modern Group wants to hire men and women who have served in the U.S. ar… Inequality … Continue reading
In The News | Global Recession, Less Government Solves Unemployment, Layoffs, Migrants in UK and More
Marc Faber, Global Recession 2013 a Sure Thing | readtheticker safehaven.com - Marc Faber doesnt make 100% calls very often, sure he makes a lot of calls, but when he make a call that he says is 100% chance of occurance its worth making a note of. When you here a fundamental … JobMarketMon Business Young … Continue reading
In The News | Pensions in Canda, EI Changes, Layoffs, Interview Prep. and More
The Daily — Pension plans in Canada, as of January 1, 2011 statcan.gc.ca - Membership in registered pension plans (RPPs) in Canada amounted to 6,065,750 in 2010, an increase of 42,000 or 0.7% from 2009. Membership increased in public sector plans, but declined in private … JobMarketMon ‘It’s nonsense,’ worker says of EI changes – The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com - This time last year, Craig Carter-Edwards was … Continue reading
Higher education job growth continues to outpace overall job growth in US, but the gap is narrowing
Key findings from the report for Q1 2012: Although the growth rate of higher education jobs continued to outpace the growth rate for all U.S. jobs in Q1 2012, the gap has narrowed and the “market share” of higher education jobs was unchanged year-over-year. The number of advertisements for job openings in higher education continued … Continue reading
UK cities | An international comparison of unemployment
Unemployment has fallen for the second consecutive month to March. Yet the outlook remains fragile as part-time work and self employment increase in the absence of full-time job creation. The picture across UK cities continues to look very different. To highlight just how different we’ve compared ILO unemployment rates by city to countries around the … Continue reading
Krugman on Euro | Apocalypse Fairly Soon
Suddenly, it has become easy to see how the euro — that grand, flawed experiment in monetary union without political union — could come apart at the seams. We’re not talking about a distant prospect, either. Things could fall apart with stunning speed, in a matter of months, not years. And the costs — both … Continue reading
