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US / Ending The Crisis With Guaranteed Employment And Retraining
Guaranteeing employment accompanied by retraining to enable all unemployed workers to become absorbed into the regular work force is a superiority strategy that it would institutionalize a procedure for insuring that workers would possess the necessary skills for available jobs Continue reading
Perceived job insecurity / A risk factor for heart disease
The modest association between perceived job insecurity and incident coronary heart disease is partly attributable to poorer socioeconomic circumstances and less favourable risk factor profiles among people with job insecurity Continue reading
Nigeria / 25,000 Jobs Lost in Vegetable Oil Industry
Vegetable oil and related products industry in Nigeria are nearing total collapse as no fewer than 25, 000 out of the 30,000 jobs in the sector Continue reading
Workplace Engagement / Bridging the Gap
The numbers are staggering. An estimated 70-percent of Americans are not engaged in the workplace. Continue reading
Micron / To cut 1,500 workers
Micron Technology, Inc. has announced plans to cut about 5 percent of its global workforce on the heels of a major corporate purchase. Company officials say the cuts are designed to optimize its workforce and are not directly related to its buyout of the Japanese firm Elpida. However, Dave Petso with Petso Financial Consultants in … Continue reading
London’s railways and Tube / 6,000 jobs could go
Concerns have been raised that 6,000 jobs on London’s railways and Tube could be at risk under “secret plans” being drawn up by Transport for London Continue reading
Job Search in the The ‘Hidden’ Job Market
Here are six smart strategies to help you find out about “hidden jobs” by improving your networking skills, leveraging technology and expanding your reach. 1. Change the way you network If you want to crack the hidden job market, you’ve got to be smarter about the way you connect with people with inside knowledge about … Continue reading
Job Search in Canada / One-half of workers would search right at the office
Job Search in Canada – 56 per cent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 34 said they are likely to conduct job-search activities at work Continue reading
Scotland’s Jobs Gap / 110,000 more jobs still needed
Scotland needs another 110,000 jobs to return to the levels enjoyed before the financial crisis five years ago, a think tank has warned Continue reading
International Youth Day: Migration Can Help Tackle Youth Unemployment
International Youth Day, celebrated today, was established by the United Nations to raise awareness of issues affecting young people around the world Continue reading
The combination of high education and high-skill occupation is associated with the greatest degree of skill maintenance study finds
The combination of high education and high-skill occupation is associated with the greatest degree of skill maintenance. High initial education is associated with significantly higher problem-solving skills for younger people, but this does not remain true through the life course Continue reading
HR / Recruiters whose job it was to locate the best candidates have largely disappeared
Corporate training has largely disappeared, along with the recruiters whose job it was to locate the best candidates for those programs, argues Peter Cappelli, a professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and author of Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs (click on the link to get a free e-book copy this week). … Continue reading
Digital Badges / Building a 21st Century Resume
A growing number of foundations, government agencies, companies and non-profits are exploring “digital badges” as the 21st century equivalent of a resume-builder Continue reading
US / The Low-Wage Job Machine
In the wake of the July employment report released last week, an interesting graphic appeared in a Wall Street Journal article with the somewhat distressing title “Low Pay Clouds Job Growth.” Comments Continue reading
Job Search Interview / Top 25 Most Difficult Companies (2013) by Glassdoor Blog
Glassdoor’s third annual report of the Top 25 Most Difficult Companies to Interview (2013)*, uncovers which companies have the toughest interview process Continue reading
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