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UK / OECD warns over NEETs (Not in Education Nor in Employment)
In the UK, almost a quarter of British people under the age of 30 who do not have secondary school qualifications such as five good GCSEs are neither employed, nor in education, or training, and known as “Neet” Continue reading
Job Search / Free Resume Template for Microsoft Word
This free resume template is designed to help you prepare a resume using Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org. It doesn’t contain fancy colors or unique formatting styles that might identify your resume as having come from a resume template repository Continue reading
Job Search / The Hidden Job Market (video)
Why? Simply put, there are a lot of unadvertised jobs that you are overlooking everyday. If you do not know about these hidden jobs. its because you have been looking in the wrong places. Its time to do something different! In this video on job search strategy, Jim Stroud gives tips on how to prospect the hidden job market. Continue reading
Job Search / Job Seeker’s Must-Ask Interview Questions
Interviewers want and expect you to have questions. It shows that you’re interested in the opportunity, not just the paycheck. Here’s a list of five must-ask interview questions, each followed by an explanation of why you must ask it, and what you want and don’t want to hear in reply. Continue reading
4 Reasons for Freelancing
Freelancing offers workers experience and flexibility, so it’s no wonder more people are creating their own career paths Continue reading
India / Google voted best workplace
Google once again took the top honour of being the best workplace in India Continue reading
Restoring full employment as a global priority
With social unrest and unemployment being widespread worldwide, there is an urgent need to restore full employment as a global and national priority goal Continue reading
Research Libraries / BacktalkThe End of Lower Skill Employment
The iconic image of library workers pushing book trucks is quickly slipping into obsolescence. According to figures from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), student employment in libraries dropped 23 percent between 2000 and 2010, while support staff declined 16 percent. If the 2008 recession played a role in these declines, it somehow failed to … Continue reading
US Highly-Skilled Immigration / Some Myths
We’re not seeing the full picture around highly-skilled immigration. To get there, we need to better understand and debunk myths around three key issues: labor mobility, wages, and the rate of invention. Continue reading
Foxconn hiring 3,000 for Firefox OS
Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group plans to hire as many as 3,000 workers to support development of devices running Mozilla’s fledgling Firefox OS Continue reading
US / Labor Shortages Could Constrain Housing Growth says Fitch
Labor shortages in the homebuilding industry could constrain new housing growth during the recovery, according to Fitch Ratings Continue reading
Job Search / 4 Job Seeker’s Nightmares
Here are four potential job search disasters that will hopefully never happen to you Continue reading
US / Employers’ Discrimination Against Pregnant Workers is common
Pregnant women are fired or forced to take unpaid leave–as told by the workers themselves Continue reading
Vocational graduates enjoy a faster transition to work and are more likely to have a permanent first job finds research
Vocational graduates enjoy a faster transition to work, are more likely to have a permanent first job, and are less likely to find a first job with a qualification mismatch Continue reading
Interview / Tricky questions are a complete waste of time says Google
“We found that brainteasers are a complete waste of time. How many golf balls can you fit into an aeroplane? How many gas stations in Manhattan? A complete waste of time,” said Google’s senior vice president of people operations Laszlo Bock Continue reading
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