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Economics: Among The Worst College Majors With The Highest Unemployment Rates
which degrees are the least likely to guarantee a job in 2012? According to Georgetown, here are the bottom 10, based on unemployment rates for recent graduates, cited in the study. 10. Economics Unemployment rate: 9.4 percent Starting pay: $48,000 9. Area Ethnic and Civilization Studies Unemployment rate: 10.1 percent Starting pay: $35,000 8. History … Continue reading
36% Of working-age Americans not currently working
What is the current percentage of working-age Americans, eligible to participate in the civilian labor force, but not currently working? Answer: 36.3 percent. That’s the worst labor participation rate in three decades, and it’s part of the worst employment picture we’ve seen since the Great Depression. Labor force participation is the number we should really … Continue reading
Canada | The Issue is Unemployment Not Labour Shortages
The federal government is basing labour market policy on the belief that, as Jason Kenney pithily puts it in today’s Globe, there are “large and growing labour shortages.” Hence moves to bring in even more temporary foreign workers at lower than average wages, and to push EI claimants into supposedly available jobs. Not that the … Continue reading
Greeks are pulling euros out | ECB stops providing liquidity to some Greek banks | Reuters
The European Central Bank has stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks as they have not been successfully recapitalized, the ECB said on Wednesday, confirming news earlier reported exclusively by Reuters. The news sent the euro lower against the dollar, fanning concerns among investors and in Greece that the country may have to leave the … Continue reading
Too Hot for TED : What if the typical family got today their 1980 share: 25% more or $13,000 more a year
If you’re plugged into the Internet, chances are you’ve seen a TED talk – the wonky, provocative web videos that have become a sort of nerd franchise. TED.com is where you go to find Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explaining why the world has too few female leaders, or Twitter cofounder Evan Williams sharing the secret … Continue reading
The Rule | A Career You Love
For those of us with Career ADD, one of the more interesting areas of life are what, where and how we choose to focus our attention. When we are in the “zone,” so to speak, we can focus for perhaps hours and hours on a subject that interests us. This is a huge clue. We … Continue reading
UPDATE – UK | Surprise Job Market positive results based on p/t working & self-employment
(ONS Press Release) – For January to March 2012: • The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 70.5 per cent, up 0.2 on the quarter. There were 29.23 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 105,000 on the quarter. The quarterly increase in employment was entirely due to more part-time workers. • … Continue reading
Canada | Fed Budget, Mammoth Bill and EI system
The Conservative government says Canadians receiving an income under the Employment Insurance program will be required to lower their standards when looking for work or risk losing their benefits. It’s a small step, but it should be the start of a major overhaul of a system that often seems to reward seasonal workers in regions … Continue reading
Youth unemployment around the world
Youth unemployment across the OECD: how does the UK compare? | News | guardian.co.uk.
T-Mobile | 900 new layoffs
When T-Mobile USA laid off thousands of workers in March, it wasn’t quite done handing out the pink slips. On Tuesday T-Mobile said it would enter into its next phase of restructuring, which means 900 more layoffs on top of the 1900 job cuts it has already made. via T-Mobile USA starts round 2 of … Continue reading
S. Korea | Unemployment rate (sa) stood at 3.4 percent in April
South Korea’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.4 percent in April, unchanged from the previous month, official figures showed Wednesday. The economy added 455,000 jobs in April compared with 379,000 a year earlier. via S. Korea jobless rate falls due to service jobs – Channel NewsAsia.
Survey | Older Workers are sticking with their jobs because they “want to”
According to the Older Workers & Money Survey released today by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., more than three-quarters (76 percent) of middle-income Americans who are between the ages of 50 and 69 say they are sticking with their jobs because they “want to” vs. being “stuck” in them because they can’t leave. Moreover, one … Continue reading
Credit Suisse | To fire 126 employees in the New York area
Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.VX) plans, according to a notification the bank sent to New York State’s Department of Labor on Tuesday. The layoffs, which will extend through August 6, follow the elimination of jobs of 109 people in New York earlier this year. The filing did not disclose the level of seniority nor the business … Continue reading
Indonesia | 2m skilled workers needed in over next 3 years
Indonesia’s private sector will need about 2 million skilled workers within the next three years to support growing business activities, according to the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin). Kadin said on Tuesday that the demand for workers was based on the projection of 13 business associations including the Indonesian Shipbuilding Association (Iperindo), Indonesian … Continue reading
Pinterest | 5 Ways to Use in Job Search
Most people use it to pin pictures of pretty clothes, interesting home decor, and drool-inducing food, but we’ve got another idea — use Pinterest for your job search. Here are five ideas of how to do just that: 1. Find Companies You Want to Work For 2. Put Your Resume on Pinterest as a Portfolio … Continue reading
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