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Australia / Minimum Wage at $16 (video)
Autralia – the minimum wage is 16$ Continue reading
Uganda / Needs more productive jobs for faster development
Uganda – Jobs are central to development because they affect living conditions, determine the pace of economic transformation and foster social cohesion Continue reading
2000, The great reversal in the demand for skill
What explains the current low rate of employment in the US? In about the year 2000, the demand for skill underwent a reversal. Continue reading
New Occupations / 10 future jobs by 2030
What jobs can we expect in the future? Continue reading
US / List of Unemployment Extension Programs for Each State
This article provides a list of state unemployment extension program information. Please keep in mind that benefits vary from state to state Continue reading
Tatas / To create 1,000 jobs in UK
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is considering a major expansion plan at its UK factory which could create as many as 1,000 jobs Continue reading
Job Search in India / The current slowdown may be the worst ever
India, the world’s second-most populous country and home to the world’s second largest workforce has a problem. That this is the worst job market since liberalisation in terms of severity, duration, sweep and scale Continue reading
Job Search with LinkedIn / 5 Privacy Settings
Here’s a look at five privacy settings you should consider tweaking while you job hunt Continue reading
JPMorgan Chase / To Lay Off 730 In San Diego and 475 In North Texas
JPMorgan Chase said Thursday it plans to lay off 730 San Diego workers from its loan-servicing business and 475 mortgage-related employees in North Texas Continue reading
Saskatchewan / Shortage of skilled tradespeople
Although Saskatchewan is well on its way into another year of the recent economic boom, there are many labour challenges that remain constant Continue reading
US / NSA to to eliminate about 90 pc of its system administrators
The U.S. National Security Agency, hit by disclosures of classified data by former contractor Edward Snowden, said Thursday it intends to eliminate about 90 percent of its system administrators to reduce the number of people with access to secret information. Keith Alexander, the director of the NSA, the U.S. spy agency charged with monitoring foreign … Continue reading
What is the only thing worse than unemployment? Long-term unemployment
The insights come from an upcoming paper by Swedish economists Stefan Eriksson and Dan-Olof Rooth, which is to be published in the American Economic Review Continue reading
Canada / Employment decreased by 39,000 and the UR rose to 7.2%
Led by declines among youths, employment decreased by 39,000 in July, and the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 7.2% Continue reading
US / AEI Economic Outlook: the current expansion is getting close to its end
By the long-run standard the current expansion, at 49 months (54 months by year-end, when growth is widely forecast to be 3 percent), is getting close to its end Continue reading
IT / Portrayals are deterring girls from studying computer science
The stereotype of the male computer geek is a staple of modern television and film are deterring girls from studying computer science Continue reading
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