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Michel Cournoyer
Apprenticeship – A US-EU Working Group on Employment and Labor discuss how to advance apprenticeship strategies in Europe and the United States
Two years ago, President Obama issued a bold challenge for America to double the number of registered apprenticeships within five years. The Labor Department has stepped up to the challenge, and the total number of apprenticeships is already up about 20 percent – a dramatic increase that shows employers and workers across the nation are … Continue reading
Tattoos in the Workplace – What does research say?
I took the liberty of looking into actual academic research on tattoos and employment from the last few years, and came up with some interesting conclusions and stats. Here are a few key findings from the research studies I reviewed that support that attitudes towards tattoos in the workplace may be changing: 86% of young … Continue reading
UK – Support for the over 50s should be at the heart of a full employment strategy Resolution Foundation says
The government should target encouraging over one million more people over 50 into work by the end of the parliament as part of its full employment drive, the Resolution Foundation says today (Saturday) ahead of a major report into securing full employment. The call comes ahead of the final report next week of the Foundation’s … Continue reading
US – Unemployment rates still above prerecession levels in 36 states
The recession is over, but it’s certainly not forgotten across most of the U.S.: Unemployment last year remained elevated compared with 2007 levels in more than two-thirds of the states. The Labor Department reported Friday that average annual jobless rates fell in 2015 from the prior year in 47 states plus the District of Columbia. … Continue reading
Women – What do I wear to an Interview? (infographic)
Over the past ten years, traditional job interview rules have been rapidly updated. Whether you are entering the employment market for the first time or seeking a new opportunity, you may need some guidance on gaining that edge. What to wear is one of the first concerns that comes to mind for interview prep. For … Continue reading
Unemployment in South Africa – Down to 24.5% and 66% are between 15 and 34
The country’s unemployment rate declined by a percentage point in the fourth quarter of 2015, to 24.5% of the population. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, the working-age population was 36.3 million, of whom 16 million were employed, 5.2 million unemployed and 15.1 million not economically active. Almost 66% of the unemployed were people … Continue reading
Skills Gap in Australia – 52% of employees with less than five years’ experience already see their qualifications as not being “very much” relevant to their work
The forces of disruption are not just being driven by start-ups and felt by business leaders – they’re driving change in the workforce and labour market. – Two-thirds of those with less than five years’ experience (early-career Australians) expect that their job will not exist, or will fundamentally change, in the next 15 years. If … Continue reading
Budget 2016 en Ontario – Université gratuite pour les moins nantis grâce au remaniement des fonds existants
Les étudiants ontariens au baccalauréat se plaignent depuis des années de payer les droits de scolarité les plus élevés au pays. Selon le ministre des Finances Charles Sousa, grâce au nouveau programme : Plus de 50 % des étudiants postsecondaires dont le revenu familial est de 83 000 $ ou moins ne paieront pas de droits de scolarité. 90 … Continue reading
Ageism – Some Boomers bad behaviors
Baby boomers can’t pin all the blame on ageism and hostile millennials. They also have to realize that they contribute to the problem by making it difficult for younger managers to want to work with them. The onus is on baby boomers to demonstrate their relevance in companies that skew increasingly youthful. And doing so … Continue reading
Canada – 28 to 34 year-olds are actually the wealthiest such generation in history Finances report says
28- to 34-year-olds are actually the wealthiest such generation in Canadian history says a new analysis from the federal Finance Department. “The current generation of young Canadians is, on average, wealthier than previous generations of young Canadians,” says the confidential report, though with some cautionary notes. “Young Canadians … born in the first half of the 1980s had … Continue reading
Innovation – Individual employees do not get the resources
While executive and management ranks clearly have the right tools at their disposal — encouragement, time, and resources — to do great work, individual employees seldom feel they do. “My supervisors do not seem receptive to new ideas and implementation,” one employee told us. Added another: “No matter what you do, [my boss] says it’s … Continue reading
Low Literacy in Canada – In 2012, 17% of Canadian adults aged 16 to 65 with 29% in a low-income household
In 2012, 17% of Canadian adults aged 16 to 65 had a literacy score corresponding to level 1 and below, meaning that they could only find single pieces of information in shorts texts or only had a basic vocabulary. About 13% were in the two highest categories of literacy skills (level 4 and level 5). The median household … Continue reading
NEET in UK – 11.8% or 853,000 young people (aged from 16 to 24) Not in Education, Employment or Training
There were 853,000 young people (aged from 16 to 24) in the UK who were Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), an increase of 5,000 from July to September 2015 and down 110,000 from a year earlier. The percentage of all young people in the UK who were NEET was 11.8%, up 0.1 percentage … Continue reading
France – Would be easier for companies to fire workers
France’s government is proposing a far-reaching set of labor law reforms. Set to be formally unveiled at a cabinet meeting next month, a leaked proposal is already rankling members of the ruling Socialist Party and the nation’s powerful union movement. The reforms would give employers more power to negotiate over bread-and-butter labor issues like work … Continue reading
US – Protecting Social Security and reducing unemployment, poverty, and the federal budget deficit as most important pool says
With mixed views of the national economy and their own financial situation, Americans want priority given to several different economic problems. In the latest poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, the public sees protecting Social Security and reducing unemployment, poverty, and the federal budget deficit as most important to them … Continue reading
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