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US Navy / 745 Civilians Layoffs
The Navy Installations Command on Wednesday announced that it would undertake a reduction in force for 745 civilian positions Continue reading
Job Search / What job seekers can expect in today’s market
Here’s what job seekers can expect today. * It will take a long time. * You might need to send a lot of applications. * You’ll be lucky to get rejections. * You’ll mostly apply online. * It’s harder to get someone to take a chance on you. * Salaries and benefits are lower. * … Continue reading
Texas / To Drug Test Some Unemployment Applicants
With Republican Gov. Rick Perry’s signature Friday, a bill that would require some people seeking unemployment assistance in Texas to undergo drug tests has become law. But critics say it is a waste of time and taxpayer dollars. Perry signed into law Senate Bill 21, which will require applicants trying to find work in occupations where … Continue reading
Wisconsin / The Skills Gap Myth: only a few occupations may see a skills shortage in coming years find
Researchers say Wisconsin has more educated workers than jobs A second economic study shows that Wisconsin’s sluggish economy isn’t being plagued by a skills gap between job openings and job seekers. The team of researchers from UW-Madison, working on behalf of the nonpartisan Wisconsin Legislative Council, found that “only a few occupations may see a … Continue reading
US / India’s unfair trade practices are putting jobs at risk says the National Association of Manufacturers
More than a dozen U.S. business groups are banding together to resolve what they argue is a sharp rise in discriminatory trade practices by India. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) on Tuesday helped launch a new alliance that is urging the Obama administration to work toward … Continue reading
Australia / IT workers felling threatened by skilled migrants
Skilled migrants entering Australia are causing IT workers to feel threatened in their jobs, according to a new survey. Nearly 1800 IT professionals were surveyed by recruitment firm Greythorn in the first quarter of this year, and more than one third were found to feel threatened by the amount of skilled workers entering the country. … Continue reading
CareerSonar / Job Search Through Your Friends’ Connections
A friend on social media is often more of a friendly acquaintance, but you can use that to your benefit when seeking out a new job. CareerSonar uses your connections to others to help you find work at companies where your contacts can assist. To start, you log into a social media account or five … Continue reading
US / The critical role of the humanities and social sciences for a vibrant democracy
« As we strive to create a more civil public discourse, a more adaptable and creative workforce, and a more secure nation, the humanities and social sciences are the heart of the matter, the keeper of the republic—a source of national memory and civic vigor, cultural understanding and communication, individual fulfillment and the ideals we hold in … Continue reading
Carlos Slim praises older workers
Billionaire Carlos Slim, age 73, says workers—those in developed economies, anyway—are at their prime in their 60s and there is no reason for them to retire. “When you have an industrial economy like in the past where people … do a lot of physical work and people live less years, it’s OK to retire at … Continue reading
Technology Is Destroying Jobs finds a MIT professor
Given his calm and reasoned academic demeanor, it is easy to miss just how provocative Erik Brynjolfsson’s contention really is. Brynjolfsson, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and his collaborator and coauthor Andrew McAfee have been arguing for the last year and a half that impressive advances in computer technology—from improved industrial … Continue reading
The Generation Y in Russia
The current wave of young job candidates entering the labor market are presenting unique challenges to hiring managers, experts said at a forum dedicated to human resources on Tuesday. Freedom loving, soul searching and socially conscious are some of the hallmarks of young professionals from Generation Y, an age group born in the period from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s. And they are the kinds of potential employees that can leave … Continue reading
Stora Enso Oyj / Cuts 2,500 Jobs
Stora Enso Oyj (STERV) will cut about 2,500 additional jobs, or 9 percent of its total, as Chief Executive Officer Jouko Karvinen reshapes Europe’s biggest papermaker amid shrinking markets for printed media. The reductions announced today don’t include any capacity cuts, the Helsinki-based company said in a statement today. The measures to simplify and streamline … Continue reading
Job Search / Criminal record may cut your chances of getting hired by half
It’s hard enough finding a job these days without having to explain a criminal record. According to a hiring discrimination study conducted by Princeton professor Devah Pager, having a criminal record may cut your chances of getting hired by half. When researchers sent 25 young men with similar levels of job experience and education to … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / A non-starter ?
Given the alleged pervasiveness of the skills shortage and the impact it has had on local economies within Canada, one might think it wise for Ottawa and the provincial capitals to find common ground on a matter that affects them with equal adversity. Yet, the idea of establishing a national education and/or training strategy — … Continue reading
US / Hiring still depressed
Goldman Sachs economist David Mericle explains the importance of this seemingly minor indicator to Fed deliberations on monetary policy: The hiring rate is one of the key indicators for the labor market outlook. The hiring rate dropped sharply during the recession and the layoffs rate spiked. In the last couple of years, the layoffs rate … Continue reading
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