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Michel Cournoyer
Job Interview – 15 things a recruiter look for
This is what recruiter look for when you walk into his office for an interview: Be Yourself! Be Confident in Who You Are and What You Have to Offer Look Me in the Eyes Tell Me a Good Story Sit Up Straight Relax Practice Practice Practice Know the Job and the Company Make Sure You Know … Continue reading
Jobless Claims in US – An increase but remain near a seven-year low
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment aid inched up last week but remained near a seven-year low, a sign of strength for the job market. Initial claims for unemployment benefits, a reading that helps gauge the number of newly laid-off workers, rose by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 312,000 in the week … Continue reading
US – Gallup’s Job Creation Index reaches a new high
Gallups U.S. Job Creation Index reached a new high in its more than six-year trend, registering +27 in May. The prior high had been +26 in the initial monthly measurement of January 2008, just as the recession was taking hold. The index is based on employee reports of hiring activity at their places of employment. … Continue reading
Teen Unemployment in US – A crisis says EPI
In preparation for summer 2013, the Employment Policies Institute EPI released a new analysis highlighting the nation’s staggeringly high 24.1 percent teen unemployment rate. Teen unemployment has exceeded 20 percent for over four and a half years—a fact that calls into question the wisdom of passing additional minimum wage increases that would price more teens … Continue reading
Canada – Increase in women participation is over
The long-term economic growth trend in Canada will slow because female participation in the workforce has probably crested, says Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development economist Peter Jarrett. “We have been living off the fact that steadily more young women were entering” the labor force, said Jarrett, who covers Canada for the Paris-based OECD. “That … Continue reading
Migrants accounted for 47% of the increase in the workforce in the United States and 70% in Europe over the past ten years says OECD
The economic impact of migration has been intensively studied but is still often driven by ill-informed perceptions, which, in turn, can lead to public antagonism towards migration. These negative views risk jeopardising efforts to adapt migration policies to the new economic and demographic challenges facing many countries. This edition of Migration Policy Debates looks at … Continue reading
India – Labour-intensive jobs need to grow
Growth for employment creation needs to be given priority over everything else. The number of voters has gone up by a hundred million between 2009 and 2014. In other words, something like 20 million people are entering the job market each year. Add to that the need to move employment from the agricultural to the … Continue reading
Unemployment insurance reduces transitions into self-rated ill-health in 23 European countries study finds
The global financial crisis of 2008 is likely to have repercussions on public health in Europe, not least through escalating mass unemployment, fiscal austerity measures and inadequate social protection systems. The purpose of this study is to analyse the role of unemployment insurance for deteriorating self-rated health in the working age population at the onset … Continue reading
Barclays / Hundreds investment bank jobs cut this week
Barclays Plc has this week cut several hundred jobs in its investment bank as part of its plan to shrink the business by 7,000 staff over the next three years to save costs, people familiar with the matter said. The cuts will mostly be in the fixed income, currencies and commodities FICC trading and markets … Continue reading
US – ADP Job Report in May: Private-sector employment increased by 179,000
Private-sector employment increased by 179,000 from April to May, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at ADP National Employment Report – May 2014 | NER. Private-sector job creation was weaker than expected in May U.S. businesses added more jobs in May, though not as many as economists anticipated–the latest sign … Continue reading
Overeducation in US – 66% of workers remaining overeducated after one year research finds
In their paper The career prospects of overeducated Americans, (Preliminary version) @ unc.edu Brian Clark, Clément Joubert and Arnaud Maurel analyze career dynamics for the substantial share of U.S. workers who are deemed overeducated in the literature. They use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 combined with the pooled 1989-1991 waves of the … Continue reading
Colombias – Unemployment drops to 9%, lowest in 14 years in April
Unemployment in April has dropped to 9%, 1.2 percentage points less than in the same month last year and the lowest rate in 14 years, Colombia’s statistics agency announced Friday.According to statistics agency DANE, the April unemployment rate has dropped a total of 3.2 percentage points since 2010 when the administration of President Juan Manuel … Continue reading
Job Interview – 10 Things that must be said
There is a ton of advice out there about what not to say in an interview don’t badmouth your boss, don’t ask about salary in the first five minutes, etc.. But how do you know what you must say in an interview? How can you influence the recruiter so she knows, without a doubt, that … Continue reading
Global unemployment hit 200mn last year says ILO, and it will worsen
Almost 200 million people around the world were unemployed last year, a report by the United Nations’ labour agency says. A report by the International Labour Organisation says latest statistics show an increase of almost five million compared with the previous year 2012. “This reflects the fact that employment is not expanding sufficiently fast to … Continue reading
Income Distribution in US – Estimates of the share of non-managerial workers in all industries since 1964 (Chart)
The statistical image that emerges from these numbers is neither Piketty’s vision of rising returns to “capital” as such, nor Krugman’s picture of an increase in returns to managerial “labor.” Rather, we see the burgeoning of a general surplus: an excess of national income over and above what’s needed to pay the nation’s non-managerial workers, … Continue reading
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