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Foreign workers forced out by gov’t policy – News – The Prague Post
When Olga S., 33, left her village in west Ukraine nine years ago in search of a job in the Czech Republic, finding work was the easy part of her experience. She did not speak the language and was given a low-skill job at a Prague bakery. She slept at a boarding house for migrant … Continue reading
Transcom Closing Sault Operations – Shifting Jobs to Philippines – LOCAL2 Sault Ste. Marie
Another call centre will shudder operations in Sault Ste. Marie as of July of this year. In a press release yesterday, Transcom announced it was closing four North American operations, including the one in the Sault putting 169 employees out of work. Local2news has learned that employees were given termination notices on Thursday. In a … Continue reading
Ottawa’s focus on Alberta oilsands is killing manufacturing jobs in Eastern Canada, economists say – thestar.com
You know that old saying, “When the U.S. sneezes, Canada catches a cold.” It still applies. The United States remains our biggest trading partner. What happens there affects everything from our tourism to our exports. But now, Canada is facing a bigger threat to its economic health. It’s called Dutch Disease — and it’s complicated … Continue reading
A New Push For Vocational Education in Chicago and the U.S. – The 312 – February 2012 – Chicago
Yesterday the city announced a $479 million capital plan to support the city colleges’ “College to Careers” program, which, in part, would rebuild and expand Malcolm X College, “including a new Allied Health Academy that will strengthen ties to the Illinois Medical District.” As Deanna Isaacs of the Reader noted in its wake: According to … Continue reading
India | Now, a college degree in vocational education – Times Of India
For years, India’s basic collegiate education had been segregated into three distinct academic islands: the masses pursued humanities, the ones with shining score cards took to the sciences and the rest who wanted to pick up the tools of trade, opted for commerce. Now students can venture into a fourth dimension: a bachelor’s in vocation … Continue reading
Ireland reveals plans to cut dole queues – CTV News
Dublin has unveiled far-reaching plans to cut dole queues by targeting those at risk of long-term unemployment, introducing penalties for people who do not take up training, and inviting the private sector to provide job placements. The plan copies several ideas already in place in the U.K., France and Australia, including immediate on-the-spot assessments for … Continue reading
Canada / Older workers flood into job market
Older workers have flooded into the job market since the recovery that began in the summer of 2009, TD Economics said Thursday, eclipsing other age groups in terms of gains made in the labour market. The report said Canadians aged 60 years and over account for about one-third of all net job gains, “a striking … Continue reading
UK | Podcast | Fairness means giving people what they deserve, Cameron to tell Tory conference | Politics | guardian.co.uk
David Cameron once said that “fairness means giving people what they deserve”. It’s not a million miles away from the old slogan of “A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work”. This week a Tesco store caused outrage when it advertised a permanent unpaid position on its night shift for applicants to the government’s … Continue reading
Global Economic Growth Momentum Turns Positive – IDEX Online News – IDEX Online Research:
Composite Leading Economic Indicators (CLI) in February points to a positive change in momentum for major geopolitical entities, according to the OECD. Previously, there has been little overall change in the Composite Leading Indicators, most of which were in negative territory. The Composite Leading Indicators’ positive momentum is being driven primarily by the United States … Continue reading
Canada’s pattern of immigration spreads east and west – The Globe and Mail
What is rapidly changing is the distribution of new immigrants within Canada. From 1991 to 2006, Ontario attracted 54.5 per cent of the immigrant population (using Census data for those years). During that same period, the Maritime provinces attracted less than 1 per cent of immigrants, even though the region’s population was more than 5.5 … Continue reading
Centrica, British Gas Parent, Cuts 2,300 Jobs – International Business Times
Centrica, parent company of British Gas, slashed 2,300 jobs to save £500 million ($784.9 million) on the heels of disappointing profits brought by a mild winter that cut household energy consumption. The utility saw a 30 percent drop in annual operating profit at British Gas to $819.5 million, or $78.58 per household, after winter arrived with … Continue reading
Tucson Police Hiring 50-100 New Officers – Arizona Public Media
The Tucson Police Department will hire 50 to 100 new officers by the end of this year to fill its growing employment void, a department spokeswoman says. “We realized as a department that we are losing a lot of people due to attrition, whether it be retirements or people finding other places to work,” Officer … Continue reading
Appleton Papers to cut 330 jobs in West Carrollton – Dayton Business Journal
Appleton Papers Inc. plans end paper production in West Carrollton and cut 330 jobs. The Wisconsin-based company announced Thursday it reached a tentative 15-year deal worth $3 billion to buy its uncoated base paper from Domtar Corp. Appleton plans to continue operating a thermal paper coating operation locally, which employs about 100 and launched at … Continue reading
Stopping the ‘Reverse Brain Drain’ | KQED News Fix
The U.S. Immigration Service held a summit today in Silicon Valley to tackle a “reverse brain drain” of American-trained entrepreneurs returning to their native countries to start companies. More than 100 leaders from high tech, academia and government met at Moffett Field to discuss the “Entrepreneurs in Residence” initiative. “The best and brightest from all … Continue reading
Co-Workers Get a Chance to Change Places – WSJ.com
Employers are mixing it up. Jobs, that is. Some U.S. businesses are giving employees the chance to complete a stint in a different department or temporarily swap places with a colleague overseas. Companies have long provided job rotations for higher level executives to give them a sense of how different departments operate, but now they … Continue reading
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