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Amazon / Was President Obama right on its high-wage jobs ?
When President Obama delivered a major economic address over the summer, he did so from an Amazon distribution center in Chattanooga, Tenn, “a perfect example of the company that is investing in American workers and creating good, high-wage jobs” Continue reading
Standard Chartered / Cut 2,000 jobs last year but hired 2,000 compliance and legal staff in 3 years
Standard Chartered has hired around 2,000 people to work in compliance and legal functions over the last three years despite paring back on its employee headcount overall. Speaking on an investor’s call, following Standard Chartered’s interim management statement, the bank’s chief financial officer Richard Meddings also revealed that overall headcount has actually fallen by 2,000 … Continue reading
Child Labour / Global number down by a third since 2000 ILO says
The global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million says a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Marking progress against child labour Continue reading
Job Search with Twitter / 5 ways to use it
Search for jobs and internships. While there are many hashtags that you could try out, here are a few to start with: #jobs #hiring #genY #entrylevel, #hireme, #gethired, #internships #intern. Use the advanced search option and specific keywords to find recruiters, jobs, influencers and more information. Follow company career handles. For example @GEICOCareers @SodexoCareers @GECareers … Continue reading
UK / Apprenticeship reforms ‘favour’ large employers, say the AELP
Government reforms of apprenticeship schemes in England and Wales are biased in favour of large employers at the expense of SMEs, according to the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) Continue reading
The Global Gender Gap Report 2013 / The four Nordic countries continue to hold privileged positions
The four Nordic countries that have consistently held the highest positions in previous editions of the Global Gender Gap Index continue to hold privileged positions Continue reading
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-2014
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-2014 judge world class universities across their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook Continue reading
US Skills Gap / The Labor Market Polarization
the decline in the share of workers in middle-skill jobs is due both to a decline in inflows into these jobs and because of a rise in outflows from these jobs research finds Continue reading
US Labor Market / Has the Great Recession created new behaviour ?
The question is whether the Great Recession had created “behavioral changes” in the labor markets. Continue reading
Job Search with Mobile Devices / 30% of Simply Hired Traffic
A new Simply Hired® study details how people are using mobile devices in their job search. The analysis crunches data on more than 30 million job seekers to deliver new insight into how and why people are using mobile devices as compared to traditional online job search. The data paints a new picture of the mobile … Continue reading
China / 10.66 million urban jobs added
China’s urban unemployment rate dipped last month with the Asian nation creating 10.66 million new jobs in cities during the first nine months of the year. Continue reading
Job Interview / The Top 5 most hated questions
“What’s the most difficult question you were asked in an interview?” Continue reading
Canada / Many workers financially unprepared for retirement
Among those aged 50 or older, about half (47 per cent) are still less than one-quarter of the way to achieving their retirement savings target. Continue reading
Gender Gap / Women more likely to be victims of crime when unemployed, but not men research finds
High women unemployment means a higher likelihood of higher crime rates. But not men unemployment Continue reading
US / Sen. Paul threatens to hold Yellen nomination
Sen. Rand Paul is threatening to put a hold on the nomination of Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve, a source close to the Kentucky Republican said Friday Continue reading
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