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Michel Cournoyer
Skills Gap in US – An employer-driven talent supplier recognition and certification system is needed US Chamber of Commerce says
There is no time to waste. The skills gap continues to worsen while government policies to improve employer responsiveness through accreditation reform continue to fall short. More employers and business and industry associations now see the need and opportunity to explore an employer-led solution during a time of growing debate on the role of government … Continue reading
Job Report in Canada, January 2016 – Employment was virtually unchanged in January (-5,700 or 0.0%) and the unemployment rate edged up to 7.2%
In the 12 months to January, employment increased by 0.7% (+126,000). Over the same period, the unemployment rate rose from 6.6% to 7.2%, as the labour force grew at a faster pace than employment. There was little change in both full-time and part-time employment in January. However, compared with 12 months earlier, full-time work increased by 172,000 (+1.2%) while part time was little changed. … Continue reading
Canada – Immigrant wives―especially the younger ones―participate less often in the labour market than Canadian-born wives
Immigrant wives―especially the younger ones―participate less often in the labour market than Canadian-born wives Of all immigrant wives aged 25 to 54 whose husbands were aged 25 to 54 and were employed as paid workers, 76% participated in the labour market―i.e., they had a job or actively looked for one―from 2010 to 2014 (Table 1). … Continue reading
College-Educated Immigrants in US – Has grown at more than twice the rate of U.S. born
The number of immigrants with higher education has grown at more than twice the rate of the same population among the U.S. born. Between 1990 and 2000, the college-educated immigrant population increased 89 percent from 3.1 million to 5.9 million, and a further 78 percent between 2000 and 2014 (from 5.9 million to 10.5 million, … Continue reading
Unemployement in Europe – The great divide
Europe is stuck in a jobs crisis. Eight years on from the financial crash, unemployment remains the biggest threat to the social fabric of the single currency’s weakest economies. The latest round of labour market data show the average unemployment rate in the 19-country bloc fell to 10.4pc, its lowest level since September 2011.But the … Continue reading
ILO – The challenges world economies will face by 2017 (video)
The weak growth of 2015, coupled with slowdowns in major economies, spells trouble for the world of work in over the next few years. ILO researchers Veronica Escudero and Sameer Khatiwada lay out the challenges world economies will face by 2017. Source: World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016: WESO 2016: Our World Today
ILO – The future trends of 2016 and beyond (video)
The world of work faces significant challenges in the coming decade, with technological shifts, population aging and struggling economies changing the way we work. ILO researchers Sameer Khatiwada and Veronica Escudero lay out the future trends of 2016 and beyond. (Closed Captions available) Source: World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016: WESO 2016: Our … Continue reading
Head Office Employees in Canada – Increased 1.0% in 2014 while the number of head offices declined 0.6%
The number of head office employees in Canada increased 1.0% in 2014 to 227,684, while the number of head offices declined 0.6% to 2,756. Growth in head office employment continued to be concentrated, with 94.0% of new head office employment in 2014 coming from five provinces: Alberta (25.5%), Ontario (24.7%), Manitoba (18.2%), British Columbia (15.5%), and Quebec (10.2%). Provincially, Ontario accounted for the largest … Continue reading
A Basic income or Guaranteed Income for Canada – Would cost the treasury more than $500-billion a year
The Finnish example is typical of the fiscal folly. The Finns propose a monthly transfer of €800 ($1,200) a person, which sounds nice until you do the math and figure out this would require a doubling of existing taxes to fund the program. This transfer would barely replace what low-income Finns already get under their … Continue reading
Yahoo – 1,600 jobs to be cut
Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to reveal cost-cutting plans that include slashing 15% of its workforce, or roughly 1,600 jobs, and closing several business units, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Yahoo Will Cut 15% of Its Workforce | Money.com
Generation Gap – Millennial shaking up the workplace rules
It’s a drastically different outlook from the generations before who are used to the more traditional hierarchy of large corporate firms – staying at the same firm and working a set number of years in a particular post before progressing. But as this group grows as a proportion of the workforce, employers will have to … Continue reading
From a Labor Economy to a Talent Economy
With Byron Auguste, Managing Director, Opportunity@Work and Robert Hohman, CEO, Glassdoor.
Chômage en UE en Décembre 2015 – 10,4% , 19,7% chez les jeunes
Dans la zone euro (ZE19), le taux de chômage corrigé des variations saisonnières s’est établi à 10,4% en décembre 2015, en baisse par rapport au taux de 10,5% enregistré en novembre 2015 et à celui de 11,4% de décembre 2014. Il s’agit du taux le plus faible enregistré dans la zone euro depuis septembre 2011. … Continue reading
LinkedIn – The 2015 list of the world’s 25 Hottest Skills by country
LinkedIn has released the 2015 list of the world’s “25 Hottest Skills by country”. Here it is :
Inequalities in Us – It increases with age and it matters
The new study is by Alan J. Auerbach (Berkeley), Laurence J. Kotlikoff (Boston University) and Darryl Koehler (Fiscal analysis Center). It departs from previous studies in three important ways: (1) it recognizes that the only meaningful way to compare income and wealth is to do it for people of approximately the same age, (2) it … Continue reading
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