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Michel Cournoyer
Unbundled Higher Education in US – How to facilitate access while protecting consumers and taxpayers
In the face of increasing costs and lackluster outcomes, traditional higher education is under increasing pressure to prove its value proposition. Meanwhile, new providers have “unbundled” the components of a postsecondary degree or certificate, offering stand-alone courses or sequences of courses, targeted job training, and assessments and certifications, often at much lower cost than existing … Continue reading
Australia – Six in ten affected by bullying at work survey finds
Almost six people in 10 have witnessed or suffered bullying at work, according to a survey by law firm Slater and Gordon. More than one-third of respondents said they had been bullied themselves. However, more than half of those who had witnessed or experienced bullying did nothing about it. The poll of 2,000 workers found … Continue reading
Employment Insurance in Canada , June 2015 – The number of beneficiaries increased by +4.0% in a year
There were 531,700 people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in June, up 5,200 or 1.0% from May. Compared with 12 months earlier, the number of beneficiaries increased by 20,300 (+4.0%). In Alberta, the number of beneficiaries rose for the eighth consecutive month, up 7.7% in June. Increases were also posted in Saskatchewan (+4.9%) and Manitoba (+3.6%). In contrast, there were fewer beneficiaries in Prince … Continue reading
US – Of the 6.6 million jobs added during the recovery, 2.9 million were good jobs report finds
After years of slow growth, jobs are back in large numbers. The national unemployment rate is now 5.3 percent, down from the peak of 10 percent in October 2009. The economy added 250,000 jobs per month in 2014, the best year in job growth since the beginning of the millennium. The job growth fell off … Continue reading
Fulfilling people’s potential could boost global GDP by 20% report finds
New Human Capital Report finds that a world where “nobody is left behind” remains a distant prospect, even in advanced economies First study of its kind measures countries’ ability to nurture talent through education, skills development and deployment at all stages of the human life cycle Finland ranks number one in the index, having developed … Continue reading
Free Job Boards for Recruiters
When it comes to job boards, there are several of them out there. In this article we look at some of the best free job boards. Not every job board is free, especially to a recruiter. If your looking to maximize your job posting being seen and to build your candidate pool, this is … Continue reading
China – What is the real unemployment rate?
What is China’s Unemployment Rate? 4.1% For what month, what year? Doesn’t matter the answer is still 4.1%. That’s a slight exaggeration but for the last 3 years the unemployment rate has been 4.1% almost every month. Indeed, since 2002 the official unemployment rate has varied between 3.9% and 4.3%, an absurdly smooth series. In contrast to … Continue reading
Will technology replace the human workforce and destroy the psychological connection between humans and work ?
“Will technology (e.g., artificial intelligence and robots) replace the human workforce and destroy the psychological connection between humans and work in the process?” At present there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the answers to this question While some feel humans and machines are moving hand in hand towards a future of blissful symbiosis, there … Continue reading
Grads Over-qualification and Skills Gap in UK – Many occupations have simply experienced either job competition report finds
The UK has witnessed one of the highest rates of higher education expansion across Europe over recent decades, but has not seen an increase in high-skill jobs matching that expansion – indeed, a number of countries with a slower expansion of higher education sector have experienced a larger increase in high-skill jobs. In this report, … Continue reading
Telecommuting for Work in US – From 9% to 37% in 20 years Gallup finds
Thirty-seven percent of U.S. workers say they have telecommuted, up slightly from 30% last decade but four times greater than the 9% found in 1995. These results are based on Gallup’s annual Work and Education poll, conducted Aug. 5-9. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at In U.S., Telecommuting for Work Climbs to … Continue reading
Prime Age Workers in US – 6.1 percentage points decline in employment between 1999 and 2013
The share of prime-age adults who worked at some point during the year declined about 6.1 percentage points between 1999 and 2013 (note this differs somewhat from LFP). The share of people who did not work during the year because they could not find work (unemployed) picked up around 1.6 points. The share of people who … Continue reading
Technology has been a great job-creating machine study finds
The battle between man and machines goes back centuries. Are they taking our jobs? Or are they merely easing our workload? A study by economists at the consultancy Deloitte seeks to shed new light on the relationship between jobs and the rise of technology by trawling through census data for England and Wales going back … Continue reading
World Population – 9.8 billion by 2050, up from an estimated 7.3 billion now
PRB’s population projections in the 2015 Data Sheet show world population reaching 9.8 billion by 2050, up from an estimated 7.3 billion now, though the projections mask wide variations among countries, notably: National populations are projected to more than double in 40 countries, the vast majority of which are in Africa. Niger’s population is projected … Continue reading
The Current Population Survey (CPS) in US – A massive fraud coming out of its Philadelphia region
Back in 2012 a whistleblower told the Census Bureau about a massive fraud coming out of its Philadelphia region. One of the guys who was supposed to be going door-to-door surveying people in the Washington, DC, area about their employment situation was faking the responses. As it turned out, that guy — Julius Buckmon — … Continue reading
Rwanda – Understanding the 3.4% unemployment rate
Rwanda’s unemployment rate is at just 3.4 per cent, a statistic that recently generated heated debate on social media. Some believe the country’s unemployment rate is far higher. So how does the National Institute of Statistics Rwanda (NISR) compute unemployment figures? The 3.4 per cent means that just over 3 people out of 100 are … Continue reading
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