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Michel Cournoyer
Australia – Labor market remained subdued but had stabilized somewhat this year says RBA
Australia’s central bank said the labor market remained subdued but had stabilized somewhat this year, adding it had based its assessment on a range of data given the volatility in the official labor force survey.In minutes of its Oct 7 policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) also reiterated that the most prudent course … Continue reading
Spain – Graduating in law and so what…
Alberto Gracia earned the first law degree in his family six years ago. Since then, he’s worked briefly as a lawyer and mostly as a video-store clerk, flower-seller or ticket-puncher. Now he’s found a career he thinks will stick: hospital orderly. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Lawyer’s Only Job Hope … Continue reading
US – Pamela Skillings’ top 50 best job search sites
Here are 50 of the best job search sites, apps, and tools according to Pamela Skillings: 1) Dice.com 2) Crunchboard.com 3) Culintro.com 4) eFinancialCareers.com 5) JobsOnTheMenu.com 6) HealthcareJobsite.com 7) JobsInLogistics.com 8) mediabistro.com 9) JournalismJobs.com 10) SalesGravy.com 11) TalentZoo.com 12) TechCareers.com 13) Idealist.com 14) StackOverflow.com 15) USAJobs.gov 16) Behance.com 17) IEEEJob Site 18) VentureBeat.com 19) Mashable.com … Continue reading
The Digital Skills Gap – IT can only improve performance with the right training
You’d think that with the advance of emerging computer, nano, mobile — and now yes, even wearable — technologies, individual productivity would be soaring. Instead, of the more than 200 million adults in the US digital workforce, only one in ten consider themselves ‘very proficient’ with the digital tools they use every day. And research … Continue reading
Retirement in US – Saving for it is a formidable challenge for middle-class finds Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo did as much as it could to soft-pedal the findings of its fifth-annual Middle Class Retirement Survey, released Wednesday, but the horrific numbers speak for themselves.A formidable challenge? No kidding. More than a third of middle-class families aren’t saving anything in a 401(k), IRA or other vehicle, the survey found. For those 50 … Continue reading
Women and Motherhood in UK – Half of childless women would consider not starting a family for their career
Half of childless women are so concerned about the risk children pose to their career progression that they would consider not starting a family, according to research by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). The survey of 2,000 women from a range of business sectors, half with children and half without, suggests two-thirds (67%) are … Continue reading
United Arab Emirates – Migrant domestic workers trapped, exploited, abused says Human Rights Watch
Migrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are beaten, exploited, and trapped in forced labor situations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The UAE government, about to take up an influential new role in the International Labour Organization (ILO), has failed to adequately protect female domestic workers – many of … Continue reading
Spain – Unemployment lowest since 2011
Spain’s unemployment rate fell to the lowest since the end of 2011 in the third quarter as its economy turned into one of the fastest-growing in the euro region. Joblessness fell to 23.7 percent in the three months through September from 24.5 percent in the previous quarter, Spain’s national statistics institute INE said in Madrid … Continue reading
US – The total number of positions in Communication advertised by institutions of higher education has more than doubled from 2009 to 2013
The National Communication Association (NCA) performs an annual analysis of college and university searches to fill academic positions in Communication. We collect job postings from three different outlets: the NCA Career Center, CRTNET, and Spectra. CRTNET is a disciplinary listserv where employers may post position announcements. Spectra is the NCA magazine. If a job was … Continue reading
EU – An ambitious climate and energy package to create jobs and support businesses is needed says unions and corporate leaders
Leader of European Trade Union Confederation joins major brands, including Philips and Shell, calling for ambitious climate and energy package to create jobs and support businesses. Nearly a million potential jobs will be lost if EU leaders fail to agree strong climate and energy targets at a summit starting on Thursday, according to the head … Continue reading
Sweden – To stop attacking the unemployed and instead attack unemployment
Sweden’s new government is targeting a “paradigm” shift for job creation in the largest Nordic economy as it raises spending and scrapped plans for reaching the surplus target. The new Social Democratic-led government today unveiled plans to spend almost 20 billion kronor ($2.7 billion) over the next two years to cut Scandinavia’s highest unemployment rate. … Continue reading
US – A good time to find a quality job says 31% in Gallup’s survey
About three in 10 Americans say now is a good time to find a quality job, essentially unchanged from September. The percentage of U.S. adults who say it is a good time to find a job remains at one of the highest levels measured since the 2008 financial crisis. Although the 31% of Americans with … Continue reading
Women In India – Education has not translated to equivalent gains in employment
Female enrolment in colleges leapt from 10 per cent of total admissions at the time of independence to 41 per cent in 2010. However, this has not translated to equivalent gains in women’s employment. Indeed, in the past few decades, the percentage of urban and educated working women has been stagnant or even fallen. Overall, … Continue reading
35 Years Of Unemployment Benefits In US – Extended benefits unemployment rate by about one-third percentage point in the most recent recession
During the 2008-2009 recession, U.S. unemployment insurance (UI) benefits were extended to unprecedented levels, with UI duration increasing from 26 weeks—the regular duration—to as much as 99 weeks in some states, prompting a lively debate in policy and academic circles about the adverse effects of such extensions on the search behavior of job seekers and … Continue reading
The Ageing Europe – Worker mobility key to tackle EU demographic and skills challenges reports says
To address the effects of population ageing, the EU will need to close the gender gap and increase the participation of young and older workers in the labour market, but mobility and migration also have a key role to play. This is the main finding of the joint Commission-OECD report on Matching Economic Migration with … Continue reading
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