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American Association of Retired Persons’ 50 best employers for boomer workers
For the 22 million people who are currently unemployed, underemployed or have given up on finding work, the perks offered by the 50 companies on AARP’s list of best employers may seem like a sort of mirage. Telecommuting and flexible work schedules. Phased retirement programs. Free health-care benefits. Retirement-planning seminars. Emergency eldercare services. Those are … Continue reading
Symantec / Cutting Up to 1,700 Jobs
Security software company Symantec may lay off as many as 1,700 employees as early as today, sources familiar with the company’s plans tell AllThingsD. The cuts are part of a company-wide reorganization first announced in January as part of a turnaround plan instituted by Steve Bennett, Symantec’s new CEO, who joined the company 11 months … Continue reading
India / Post-millennial generation closing Digital Divide
India’s ‘post-millennial’ generation seems set to overtake the preceding ‘millennial’ generation or ‘Gen Y’, taking communication over social networks like Facebook and Twitter and instant messaging modes like Whatsapp to newer extremes, according to the findings of the TCS survey 2012-13, which was released today. The findings of India’s largest survey of nearly 17,500 high … Continue reading
China / 16 percent of the men and women with college degrees unemployed, 4 percent of those with an elementary school education
A national survey released last winter found that in the age bracket of 21- to 25-year-olds, 16 percent of the men and women with college degrees were unemployed. But only 4 percent of those with an elementary school education were unemployed, a sign of voracious corporate demand persisting for blue-collar workers. Wages for workers who … Continue reading
BC / First Nations Job Search Sites
General Search Simply Hired – http://www.simplyhired.ca/a/jobs/list/q-aboriginal/pn-2 Aboriginal Canada – http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp.nsf Indeed – http://ca.indeed.com/jobs?q=aboriginal&gclid=CJmV5pm5g7MCFQSCQgodT0MAcA First Nations in British Columbia – http://fnbc.info/jobs First Nations Jobs Online- http://www.firstnationsjobsonline.com/
Job search / Going mobile
Companies that have embraced mobile job applications, such as McDonald’s, Macy’s and Frisch’s, say they can more quickly identify and match candidates to job openings. And job seekers, such as Teppe, say they can more conveniently search for jobs and decide which suit them best. “It used to be you had to strap on a … Continue reading
India / A fact sheet on the economy
J:Jobs. Approximately, 460.22 million Indians are employed. That is only less than 40 per cent of the population. Between 2004 and 2010, India created just 26 lakh jobs. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor via A to Z of the Indian economy – The New Indian Express.
Chicago Public Schools lays off 850 teachers and staff members
About 850 teachers and staff at Chicago Public Schools were laid off as 48 Chicago schools are set to close this month, officials said. Among those laid off are teachers, some of whom were tenured, paraprofessionals, bus aides and part-timers, all of whom were informed about the layoffs Friday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Some teachers … Continue reading
US / Trends in Employment Rates by Educational Attainment (video)
The employment to population ratio, also referred to as the employment rate, represents the proportion of the civilian population that is employed, and it is used as a measure of labor market conditions and the economy’s ability to provide jobs for a growing population. In this indicator, employment to population ratio and employment rate are … Continue reading
US / Unpaid Internship: roughly a fifth of those positions pay zero and offer no course credit
Though the laws are clear, employers in competitive, creative fields have ignored them. As the ranks of the unemployed have swelled and the surplus of jobless college students and grads has grown, increasing numbers of people young and old have been signing on for unpaid internships, wanting to make contacts and accumulate résumé lines that … Continue reading
US / Roughly 20 million (20%) employee are actively disengaged finds Gallup, with a huge cost
The State of the American Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for U.S. Business Leaders report highlights findings from Gallup’s ongoing study of the American workplace from 2010 through 2012. This is a continuation of Gallup’s previous report on the U.S. workplace covering 2008 through 2010. This latest report provides insights into what leaders can do to … Continue reading
US / Wage stickiness might be dying out
A new paper by a trio of researchers confirms some old news: Adjusted for inflation, wages began stagnating for both men and women 10 years ago. Men’s wages have actually decreased slightly since 2000, while women’s wages, which had been rising steadily for decades, flattened out nearly to zero. But it could have been worse. … Continue reading
Bombardier / To cut more than 1,400 jobs at its railcar plant in Derby, England
Siemens AG, Europe’s largest engineering company, sealed a $2.5 billion contract to provide carriages for a London rail link, beating Bombardier Inc., which is cutting jobs at its plant in England. The order to provide 1,140 new carriages for use on the Thameslink line will be awarded to a consortium led by Munich-based Siemens, the … Continue reading
A Résumé / Interviewing Steven Spielberg (video)
As a kind of Résumé, Christopher Woodring made this fake video of him interviewing Steven Spielberg,
China / Only 3% of College Graduates Find Jobs
A mere 3 percent of China’s recent 6.9 million college graduates had found jobs in the country as of May, news portal eastday.com reports. According to the recent employment situation report issued by a job-hunting website on Thursday, China’s financial hub came in at fourth place on a competition index of graduates looking for jobs … Continue reading
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