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Sony | 10,000 Jobs will be cut
Sony Corp. plans to reduce its work force by an estimated 10,000 jobs, or roughly 6% of its global total, as part of a broader restructuring plan by Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai, people familiar with the matter said Monday. The cuts could be made over the next two fiscal years, ending in March 2014, though … Continue reading
Skills Gap | Will It Chill a Warming Job Market?
According to the Society for Human Resource Management’s Jobs Outlook Survey for the second quarter of 2012, 58 percent of respondents have some level of confidence in the U.S. labor market and expect job growth for the April-to-June 2012 time frame. That’s up sharply from 34 percent of respondents in the fourth quarter of 2011. … Continue reading
Unemployment Stat | Tea Party | Can we call this the “truth in government statistics” law?
There are lies, damn lies and then there are the unemployment statistics given to us by the Obama Regime. If you believe the unemployment numbers the Obama Regime is giving us, I have some ocean front property in Nashville I would like to sell you. However, if at least one Republican (Rep. Duncan D. Hunter … Continue reading
Employer | Facebook Password | What to Do ?
Could you imagine a job interview during which your interviewer asks you for your Facebook password? Well folks, it’s happening and you should know what to do when it happens to you. Let’s go over some things you can do to protect yourself on a job interview. Don’t forget: You have the right to a … Continue reading
Skills Gap | B.C. and Alberta | You can’t just put up a help-wanted ad or hang out a shingle
News that oilsands recruiters have been appearing at British Columbia’s junior hockey games isn’t going over well with the resource sector on this side of the provincial border who are chasing the same pool of skilled workers. B.C.’s mining, forestry and energy sectors are expecting to need as many as 10,000 people over the next … Continue reading
Vocational Education in Sri Lanka
The NVQ system provides a strong basis for quality vocational training but the devil is in its implementation. First, there has to be a hunger and appreciation for quality learning and training rather than certificate collection. That means learning problem solving and practical skills that make one employable. Secondly, a test of employability is critical. … Continue reading
Taiwan | Low pay means a brain drain
Low salaries are the main reason that Taiwan has failed to retain local talent and attract skilled foreign workers, Pan Shih-wei, deputy minister of the country’s Council of Labor Affairs, said Friday. Pan made the remarks in response to a comment by Singapore’s deputy prime minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who recently singled Taiwan out as a … Continue reading
Emirates | More Europeans Coming for Jobs
With euro zone unemployment at an all-time high, big influx of job-seekers in UAE and region expected As the euro zone unemployment rate hits all-time high, the number of candidates looking to come to the UAE and the region has gone up. This may be good news for employers who are looking for a bigger … Continue reading
Indiana | Wage gap | One of the largest
April 17 is national Equal Pay Day, when women and men around the country recognize the wage gap between working women and men and offer remedies to address pay inequity. According to the 2010 Census, women are paid on average 77 cents for every dollar their male counterparts are paid for the same work. But … Continue reading
Vets Unemployment : 10.3%
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Veteran unemployment data for the month of March. The unemployment rate for one closely watched group, Iraq and Afghanistan-era Veterans (or Gulf War II-era Veterans), was 10.3 percent. While this reflects a higher number than in February, the trend over the past 27 months—since January 2010—remains downward … Continue reading
Greeks | Unemployment | The greatest fear
Unemployment is the Greeks’ number one fear for the future, according to an ALCO opinion poll appearing in the latest issue of Crash magazine. Specifically, 42 percent of those questioned said that unemployment was their biggest fear for the future, in a nationwide poll sampling 1,200 adults from March 20 to 27. The second most … Continue reading
The “end welfare as we know it” and the Great Recession
Perhaps no law in the past generation has drawn more praise than the drive to “end welfare as we know it,” which joined the late-’90s economic boom to send caseloads plunging, employment rates rising and officials of both parties hailing the virtues of tough love. But the distress of the last four years has added … Continue reading
Malaysia | 60% of jobs by 2020 would need skilled workers
There will be 3.3mil job opportunities by the year 2020 and 60% of it requires highly skilled workers. Deputy Human Resource Minister Senator Datuk Maznah Mazlan said as such, SPM school leavers were encouraged to take up skills training to build up a highly-skilled workforce in facing the transformation era. “We have moved beyond the … Continue reading
Lockheed Martin | 450 to 500 layoffs in Salina
Lockheed Martin announced on Thursday that it will lay off 450 to 500 workers in its Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) Division . The division has a facility in Salina. Lockheed Martin says it will first offer a voluntary layoff program followed by an involuntary one… Source: Read More @ 450 to 500 layoffs announced for … Continue reading
Microsoft, Silatech launch Egypt job portal
Qatar-based Silatech has partnered with Microsoft to launch MasrWorks.com, an online employability portal for Egypt that supports workforce development for the country’s youth. MasrWorks is available in both Arabic and English, and provides resources ranging from online career guidance, employability and entrepreneurship training, to specific work experience and job opportunities. MasrWorks represents the first stage of … Continue reading
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