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Canada | National Volunteer Week | 13 M volunteered in 2010
Statistics Canada says more than 13 million Canadians did volunteer work in 2010. The agency says that number accounted for 47 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15. Volunteers devoted almost 2.1 billion hours of their time, which Statistics Canada says is the equivalent of almost 1.1 million full-time jobs. Ten per cent … Continue reading
Illinois | Manufacturing is back in Metro-east
Those words were projected on the PowerPoint slide before a gathering of metro-east manufacturers, economists and analysts at a forum last week at America’s Central Port in Granite City to discuss the state of metro-east manufacturing. Contrary to popular belief, these experts say that although the manufacturing sector here and across the country has shed … Continue reading
UK | Youth | Year Gap | 7,000 To Be Subsidised By Government
The government is set to hand out huge subsidies to 7,000 students and young people who want to take time out with a gap year within the next three years. The overseas volunteer gap years include work in water conservation, teaching and improving awareness about HIV. Charities involved in the placements include the British Red … Continue reading
Hilton | 110 new hotels by 2014 across Europe, leading to 8,500 new jobs
Among the jobs on offer are hotel managers, chef apprentices, engineers and “cocktail mixologists”, otherwise known as bar staff. Ben Bengougam, vice president of HR, Europe, said: “We’re looking for people with a good work ethic and a passion for delivering excellent customer service. In return, we provide a fun, exciting, varied and supportive environment … Continue reading
Discouraged jobless mothers | More mothers stay at home
The layoff notice was not a complete surprise. At the shipping centre in Denver where Jeanine Maez filled mail orders, the trend had been toward paperless transactions. But how Maez reacted to being unemployed in 2004 was a revelation, even to herself: She decided not to look for a new job in favour of staying … Continue reading
U.S. | Measuring the increase in income inequality before-tax and after-tax
Social scientists and philosophers have been concerned with issues surrounding the distribution of income or income inequality for over 200 years—the economist and philosopher Adam Smith discussed these issues as early as 1776. Academic writers have been writing on income inequality measurement issues for at least a century. Policy makers have also long been interested … Continue reading
Trends in Canada’s Payroll Taxes
This short paper is the first in a new Caledon series, caledon social statistics. Using a combination of illustrative graphs and explanatory text, the series will explore social programs, tax benefits and trends in low income and other major social and economic indicators. In addition to income taxes, Canadians pay employment-related taxes, known as payroll … Continue reading
Geithner | Romney words on women job losses are ‘ridiculous’
Top Obama administration aides pushed back Sunday against a charge by Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney that women have suffered the brunt of the weak economy during the president’s tenure. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner called Romney’s claim that women have accounted for 92% of the jobs lost since Obama took office “ridiculous and very … Continue reading
11 Tips to ace a job interview over Skype
If you will be interviewed for a job via Skype and a webcam, here are 11 tips: Prepare Rehearse Use top technology Ready your résumé Ready your workspace. Tape interviews Be friendly Engage interviewers Speak slowly It ain’t over until it’s over Request travel reimbursement. Source: via How to ace a job interview over Skype … Continue reading
China | Skill Gap | A structural problem
Because of the slowdowns in both the global and Chinese economies, the shortage of laborers has eased slightly, especially for export-oriented companies. “Although it is still not easy to recruit suitable workers, the situation now is much better than it was at the start of last year,” said Zhang Kuifeng, general manager of a Hangzhou-based … Continue reading
Pennsylvania – Economic future depends on producing more college graduates
A new report finds that the main culprit is the state’s insufficient rate of higher education. In Pennsylvania, 38.6 percent of the state’s nearly 6.7 million working-age adults hold at least a two-year degree, according to the 2010 Census data. In Somerset County that is only 24.75 percent…. “Help Wanted,” a report by the Georgetown … Continue reading
UK | Skills crisis writes Insider deputy editor Ben Pindar
Insider deputy editor Ben Pindar looks at the prospect of a skills crisis in the burgeoning digital sector. Earlier this year, I wrote here about how a skills crisis was holding back businesses in the region, particularly in the manufacturing sector. The piece followed an interview with Prime Minister David Cameron challenging him to tackle … Continue reading
Skill Gap | Arizona | 77 percent employers say “very difficult” or “somewhat difficult” to find qualified computer scientists
According to federal figures, there were nearly 3.5 million job openings in the U.S. in February. About 700,000 of them were in the West. With nearly 262,000 Arizonans looking for work, why don’t the jobs and the prospective workers match up? In everyday terms, the economy needs more software programmers and physical therapists and skilled … Continue reading
Toyota began axing 350 jobs in Melbourne
Dozens of sacked Toyota workers who were marched from their workstations by security guards will fight to get their jobs back. Toyota began axing 350 jobs at its Altona plant in Melbourne on Monday in response to weak export sales impacted by the high Australian dollar. Most of the workers were unwillingly retrenched and 80 … Continue reading
U.S. | The number of people not in the labor force at an all time high
The “official” unemployment rate ticked down to 8.2% in March, and the actual unemployment rate ticked down to 14.8%. That’s nice. Except for the fact that people who are willing & capable of working are leaving the workforce en masse… The number of people not in the labor force is now at an all time … Continue reading
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