Joblessness Rises: Are We on the Verge of Another Recession? | Economy
alternet.org – The White House must be telling itself there are still five months between now and Election Day, so the jobs picture could brighten. After all, we went through a similar mid-year slump in 2011 but…
Why the U.S. economy is stuck in the slow lane – USATODAY.com
usatoday.com – The recession officially ended three years ago, but the ‘recovery’ has been a frustrating mix of good and bad news. The oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange on Thursday. Oil prices h…
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Barack Obama’s bad economic ideas—Charles Gasparino – NYPOST.com
nypost.com – President Obama greeted last week’s rotten news on unemployment by saying the economy is facing “serious headwinds.” It took him three-plus years to figure that out? Last Friday’s crummy jobs repor…
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Breaking the negative feedback loop
blogs.reuters.com – With the past week’s dismal U.S. jobs data, signs of increasing financial strain in Europe, and discouraging news from China, the proposition that the global economy is returning to a path of healt…
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The Job Stall
wallstreetpit.com – The White House must be telling itself there are still five months between now and Election Day, so the jobs picture could brighten. After all, we went through a similar mid-year slump in 2011 but …
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Germany’s skilled worker shortage is growing | Germany | DW.DE
dw.de – When unemployment is high, apprehension builds each month ahead of the report by Germany’s Federal Employment Agency. But that has not been a problem in recent years. As the unemployment rate has d…
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Layoffs to Begin Monday at RG Steel – WKBN – 27 First News – Local News – Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana, Ohio – Sharon, Pennsylvania
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Fewer people lost jobs in mass layoffs at hospitals
ama-assn.org – Fewer people lost jobs in mass layoffs at hospitals in April than in prior months, according to a report released May 22 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mass layoffs are defined as at least 50 p…
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Tragedy of layoffs
koreatimes.co.kr – Dropouts from job market need better social care It was a casual yet noteworthy event. Michael Sandel, the Harvard political theorist famous here for his book “Justice,” visited a scene symbolizin…
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IT Skills: Jumping the Chasm – Computerworld
computerworld.com – Computerworld – Call it the tech industry’s version of a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: Businesses have job openings, but IT professionals are struggling to land jobs or move to bett…
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The Skills Gap Myth: Why Companies Can’t Find Good People | Business
business.time.com – Last week’s disappointing unemployment report has refocused attention on the question of why, despite modest signs of economic recovery in recent months, American companies aren’t hiring. Indeed, s…
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Changes to EI leave the job unfinished – The Globe and Mail
theglobeandmail.com – The federal government has undertaken the biggest overhaul of employment insurance in two decades but has done almost nothing to address the big structural problems at the core of the system. David…
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‘Decent work’ in Indonesia: What do the indicators say?
thejakartapost.com – Indonesia has come a long way since the economic and political turmoil of the late 1990s. Economic shocks aside, recent GDP growth has been robust, while macroeconomic stability has improved and bo…
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Crisis in Greece hits mental health
mole.my – One in four men, and one in three women, has endured recent bouts of depression. As the grinding economic crisis continues to batter people’s nerves, suicides and psychosomatic illness are both on …
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I Lost My Job | Watch Free Documentary Online
topdocumentaryfilms.com – I Lost My Job is a documentary film which sets out to explore the phenomenon which is affecting and due to affect many people’s lives – namely, technological unemployment. The documentary also exam…
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10 job search mistakes of new grads » The Commercial Appeal
commercialappeal.com – Although this year’s college graduates are facing a tough job market, they have an advantage over other job seekers, according to Andy Chan, vice president of career development at Wake Forest Univ…
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Toronto News: Why Chinese immigrants struggle with English fluency – thestar.com
thestar.com – Mandarin-speaking Zhenyong Li, who came to Canada in 1998, said he finds small talk in English more difficult than his engineering jargon. Zhenyong Li has no trouble speaking English in his enginee…
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5 Leadership Behaviors Loyal Employees Trust – Forbes
forbes.com – Is any relationship ever completely reciprocal? Not really, because one party always wields more power over the other. This is a human behavior dynamic that is tough to ignore, especially when we l…
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