Jobs: The number of baby boomers retiring is holding down the unemployment rate – UPI.com
upi.com – President Obama can thank baby boomers at least in part for the drop in the U.S. unemployment rate, with the first post-World War II generation hitting retirement age at a rate of 10,000 a day. Une…
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Macau labor shortage seen as hurdle for casino expansion – DailyHerald.com
dailyherald.com – HONG KONG Macaus $34 billion gaming industry has an obstacle. With 28 million visitors and 21 percent economic growth last year, Macau is confronting a severe labor shortage. The Chinese city, o…
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N.S. employers experience skilled workers shortage
atlantic.ctv.ca – The federal government says changes to the Employment Insurance system are meant to encourage more Canadians to work but some employers say the real problem is that there aren’t enough skilled work…
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Office workers flood market
news.com.au – SKILLS shortages in engineering and IT have been increasing while mid-level office workers are facing a tougher labour market, a survey has found. The Clarius Skills Index, which measures supply an…
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Manufacturers push skills certificate as good jobs go unfilled – Today’s News – TheSunNews.com
myrtlebeachonline.com – WASHINGTON — The U.S. unemployment rate remains above 8 percent, and every politician extols the importance of job creation. Yet each month thousands of manufacturing jobs are there for the taking…
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Tough times ahead: News Ltd set to cut up to 400 jobs
smh.com.au – NEWS LTD is poised to announce major job cuts as it restructures its print publishing business to ensure its survival in a digital future. Up to 400 editorial jobs are set to go as part of a cost-c…
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Older workers getting plastic surgery to keep their jobs
theprovince.com – Jennifer stared in passive horror at the aging train wreck in the mirror each morning. Only when customers started treating her like a liar did she get spooked enough to seek plastic surgery. Jenni…
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Milke: Canada must share its wealth – and its jobs – with others
calgaryherald.com – It seems everyone has advice on how Western Canada should manage its resources. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair blames the oilsands for Dutch disease, the notion that high resource prices cause a hollowi…
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Is there such thing as a bad job? Yes, but we can’t be fastidious
digitaljournal.com – Toronto – As the Canadian federal government makes significant changes to the Employment Insurance system, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s comments of there is no such thing as a bad job must be qu…
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More Companies Hiring Veterans | fox4kc.com – Kansas City news & weather from WDAF TV – FOX 4
fox4kc.com – NEAR PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A company in Pennsylvania is on a mission to hire Veterans. A construction equipment company called Modern Group wants to hire men and women who have served in the U.S. ar…
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Inequality wasn’t the answer: in fact, it was our downfall | Heather Stewart | Business
guardian.co.uk – At last week’s OECD forum in Paris – a gathering of the great and the good from the world of economics and public policy – much of the focus was on the drama being acted out in Brussels, as Europe’…
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Jobs for the youth require much more than wage subsidy – Business News | IOL Business
iol.co.za – continually lost in the ongoing row about the mooted youth wage subsidy is the context in which the idea is being proposed. Not just the national, but the global context. It is a context in which t…
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Cedefop | Publications | Publications Details
cedefop.europa.eu – The latest in Cedefop’s series of studies on the benefits of vocational education and training discusses how this factor varies among sectors and contains evidence of spillover effects among workpl…
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Education leaders to step up campaign against TAFE funding cuts – ABC Gippsland Vic – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
abc.net.au – Gippsland TAFE providers will step up its campaign against state government funding cuts. Gippsland Trades and Labour Council secretary John Parker said cuts to TAFE providers would lead to poor tr…
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China’s Missing Middle Class
eurasiareview.com – Two parallel narratives surround globalization and the trade imbalance between China and the United States. One side moans that competition with China has squeezed traditional U.S. manufacturing jo…
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Job outlook shows improvement for most grads in Midwest
tulsaworld.com – ORU grad pursues teaching career to make a difference Starting job search early pays off for grad hired by Samson Tips on job searches, interview etiquette help newcomers to workforce
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How will Iowa fill half of work force? : Quad-City Times: Quad Cities, IA/IL
qctimes.com – Most of Iowa’s new jobs this decade will be open to applicants without four-year college degrees. A new report from Iowa Workforce Development pegs the strongest career potential in professional jo…
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Chronic unemployment for young people huge problem in Europe | Detroit Free Press
freep.com – LONDON — Several months after graduating from a technical college, Mohammed Aden remains unemployed, despite sending out a flurry of résumés for entry-level jobs in electronic engineering, his cho…
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Jobless European recovery highlights need for reform — OECD | GMA News Online
gmanetwork.com – PARIS – Europe is set for a rebound to growth the latest forecasts show, but unemployment will keep on rising, a conundrum that highlights the difficult economic reforms that still need to be made…
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Canadian Pacific Railway strike leads to 2,000 layoffs
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Would you like EI with that?
thechronicleherald.ca – Somewhere in Alberta there are 350 experienced food counter attendants who are collecting employment insurance. While they languish, according to Human Resources Minister Diane Finley, 1,261 tempor…
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Brain drain of bright Afghan women taking place amid fear of Taliban return: Report
newkerala.com – The lack of commitment by the Afghan Government to promote equality and to tackle the high rate of ill-treatment of women, is raising fears they will be at the bottom of the political agenda in the…
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Lloyd’s of London preparing for euro collapse – Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk – A spokesman for Euler Hermes, Bettina Sattler, told Bloomberg: “The outcome of the new elections in June remains highly uncertain. Consequently, the situation is further deteriorating. The risk of …
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Paul Krugman Destroys Every Republican Argument for Austerity
politicususa.com – By: Jason EasleyMay 26, 2012see more posts by Jason Easley On Bill Maher’s Real Time Paul Krugman went head to head with Arthur Laffer, and destroyed every conservative argument for austerity. We a…
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