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Michel Cournoyer
Russia / Automakers have cut jobs by 30% over 5 years
Over the past five years the number working in the Russian vehicle production fell by 29%. Output increased by 24% proving the sector has become more productive. Since April 2012 car manufacturers cut 5% of their work force bringing the total number employed to 244,000, business daily Vedomosti reports. Most jobs were cut after the … Continue reading
US Airways / Pittsburgh has lost 10,000 and about 460 daily flights since summer 2001
Pittsburgh, which lost 10,000 US Airways jobs and about 460 daily flights since summer 2001, stands to lose again — and the airline workers, political leaders and others feel betrayed Continue reading
President Obama / Eighth pivot to jobs
Obama would be giving two economic speeches Wednesday, one at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., and another at University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo on Jobs Continue reading
The Cost of Job Stress
Job stress, the #1 cause of stress in the U.S., is a leading factor in poor health and reduced creativity and problem solving ability, costing American businesses $300 billion dollars a year Continue reading
Job Search / 5 Ways Nanny Resumes Differ
What’s so special about nanny resumes, anyway? Why aren’t they just “resumes”? Are they really that different from traditional corporate resumes? Continue reading
US / Fed Has Failed to Lower Unemployment
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke continues to believe that more aggregate demand is all that is needed to put back to work the unemployed, but about 1.65 million more people would have jobs if the unemployment rate dropped to the Fed’s target Continue reading
China / Job Market Tougher for Women Grads
Much has already been written and discussed about this year’s employment season, which has been called the toughest yet in China’s history. But for women graduates, it is even more difficult Continue reading
UK / Youth jobs scheme: a slow start admits the coalition government
The UK coalition government admitted on Monday that a £2,275 wage incentive to tackle youth unemployment had got off to a slow start Continue reading
India / Vocational courses pay off , mindset must change
India – The higher education set-up can never absorb all school-leaving students and there is no point pushing them all for a “useless BA and BSc degree. Better focus on vocational education Continue reading
Sri Lanka / Arts grads least employable, less paid
Students following the Arts stream in higher education have the lowest employability rate ranging around 30%, the Higher Education Ministry has revealed Continue reading
How can India seize the demographic advantage
Originally posted on The Alpha Investor:
An ageing world needs workers; A young country has workers Nandan Nilekani, chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, through the above quote, tried to bring out an opportunistic competitive advantage that India possesses as a result of its demographics. This competitive advantage, better known as the demographic dividend…
Internet Job Search
We all need to sharpen our job search tools each time we go looking for employment Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / A bad policy, says N.S. premier
“The Canada Job Grant is an unknown, and what we do know about it does not appear to be consistent with good public policy,” Dexter said Continue reading
Job Search / Erasing tattoos to help
Even though some 45 million Americans sport tattooes, they can be a barrier for job hunters Continue reading
Datacenter and IT job / Will cloud adoption bring about an apocalypse?
Will cloud adoption bring about an apocalypse? Jason Perlow and David Gewirtz look at the question Continue reading
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