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Australians Working Longer, Retiring With More Money
The number of older workers with jobs in Australia has almost doubled in a decade, transforming workplaces and adding almost a million employees to meet the nation’s skills shortages. New data from the Bureau of Statistics shows that, on average, 1.93 million workers aged 55 and over were employed in 2011, almost double the 1.01 … Continue reading
Thelma Etim: The Gender Pay Gap Gains Are At Risk Of Erosion
Amid the bleak economic outlook, women in the UK had a little something to smile about just before the festive season got under way. This was owing to the Office of National Statistics’ (ONS) revelation that the gender pay gap had narrowed markedly. Figures showed it had dropped below 10% for the first time after … Continue reading
Windsor, Ont., poised to get 500 new manufacturing jobs – Windsor – CBC News
Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis confirmed Thursday the city is close to landing 500 much-needed manufacturing jobs. Francis called talks between BYD Company Limited and the City of Windsor “pretty advanced.” He also said that Windsor is “further ahead than other cities” when it comes to convincing the Chinese electric bus builder to set up shop. … Continue reading
The BLS Thinks These Jobs Will Grow a Lot. I Think They’re Wrong.
In a post at The Atlantic, Jordan Weissmann draws a couple interesting graphs using data from the BLS’s recently-released projections of job growth to 2020. Weissmann concentrates on those jobs that require only a high-school diploma or less, and points out the surprising stat that 63% of all US jobs created (12.8 million total) will be … Continue reading
Merck KGaA to cut costs, jobs | Reuters
German drugs and chemicals group Merck KGaA announced plans on Friday for a cost-cutting programme across all its businesses that may include job cuts. “Over the next two years Merck needs to address unprecedented market shifts, increasing competition in key product areas and existing inefficiencies in its own organization to ensure the long-term success of … Continue reading
Recession has Portugal urging citizens to leave to find work – USATODAY.com
For nearly 600 years, Portugal had one of the greatest colonial empires in Europe, commanding trade centers in Africa, South America and China. Ana, a 28-year-old unemployed Portuguese woman, waits in line in Lisbon on Jan. 3 to discuss her unemployment benefits. Austerity measures have made it difficult for many Portuguese to find work. Now, … Continue reading
Austerity in Europe Puts Pressure on Drug Companies
Profits at pharmaceutical companies have been declining or showing little growth for the last year as austerity measures across Europe lead to cuts in health care spending. Some analysts say this trend could continue until at least 2014. Budget cuts mean that many European governments are not willing to pay as much for pills. But … Continue reading
Young people will pay price of inaction on OAS: Finley | CTV Ottawa | CTV News
Human Resources Minister Diane Finley says immediate action is required to ensure younger Canadians won’t be struggling to support the nation’s rapidly aging population. Speaking to Toronto’s Canadian Club on Tuesday, Finley stressed the urgency of revamping Old Age Security lest younger Canadians be confronted with higher taxes or fewer social programs in the future. … Continue reading
Companies Move Manufacturing Jobs Back to America – ABC News
A factory sits empty. It’s not in the Rust Belt, nor is it part of a manufacturing exodus that has cost the U.S. thousands of jobs. It is a factory in Shenzhen, China, and the American company that once employed Chinese workers is now packing up, coming home and bringing the jobs with them. John … Continue reading
China | Hu Jintao stresses employment
More effort needs to be put into bolstering China’s job market, President Hu Jintao has said. Hu, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks Monday at the 32nd group study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Increasing employment is key to guarantying and improving … Continue reading
Is America Overworked?
It’s midnight on a Wednesday and I’m sitting at my keyboard after a 10-hour day trying to finish an article on whether Americans work too much. This is a prank, right? Sadly, it’s more like a typical day for most freelance writers, and we’re becoming part of the norm. With an increasingly competitive job market, … Continue reading
Top 10 skills and competencies: teamwork : graduate jobs, careers, recruitment TARGETjobs
The message from employers is clear: academic qualifications alone are not enough to get you a graduate job. They want to see evidence of your employability skills – the competencies that will enable you to contribute well in the workplace. But what are these key skills, and how do you show you have them? To … Continue reading
UK | CIPD calls for end to row over ‘unpaid’ work experience | 24 February 2012 | Stock Market Wire
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is warning that recent headlines, which associate voluntary unpaid work experience with slave labour, are in danger of discouraging employers from offering placements and denying young people a route into permanent employment. Good quality work experience provides an invaluable way for young people to build key skills … Continue reading
Help Wanted: Skilled Manufacturing Workers
The U.S. economy is gathering momentum and the key driver is manufacturing. Not only is our industrial sector growing, but after more than a decade of losses in manufacturing jobs, we are actually going in the other direction. We added 50,000 manufacturing jobs in January on top of 32,000 the month before. This is a … Continue reading
President Obama proposed a job creation tax credit in his budget, but it is bad policy | Business | TIME.com
A tax credit? For small businesses? To create jobs? And raise wages? Wow! What a great idea! What’s not to like? Quite a bit, in fact. In his fiscal 2013 budget proposal, President Obama has suggested a temporary 10% tax credit designed to spur job creation and wage growth among small businesses. It’s a fine … Continue reading
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