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Michel Cournoyer
Kenya: Who Is Digital Divide Data (DDD) ?
Created in 2011, Digital Divide Data (DDD) Kenya is based on the belief that the world’s poorest citizens can produce their own solutions to poverty with access to the knowledge, skills and opportunities that power economic growth. A pioneer of Impact Sourcing, DDD Kenya creates digital employment for talented, economically challenged youth by delivering high-quality … Continue reading
Tech Gadgets Contributing to Decline in Workplace Etiquette survey finds
Technology is one of the most effective ways to bring people together at work, but it may also be causing a digital divide, a new Robert Half Technology survey of chief information officers (CIOs) suggests. Sixty-four percent of CIOs said higher use of mobile gadgets such as cellphones and tablets have led to more breaches … Continue reading
The Dirtiest Jobs (Infographic)
Source: The World’s Dirtiest Jobs infographic. Visit Master Cleaners website
South Africa / Government Employees Pension Fund / $1.3 Billion to Job-Growth Funds – Bloomberg
South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund, Africa’s biggest, said it allocated 13 billion rand ($1.3 billion) to three new funds targeted at boosting employment and economic growth. The Public Investment Corp., which manages most of the GEPF’s money, committed 5 billion rand to an environmental sustainability fund, 3 billion rand for a “priority sectors” fund … Continue reading
Australia / Queensland / Cuts in public service jobs reaches 14,000
WITH a month to go until the end of the financial year, the Newman Government has achieved its goal to reduce the public service by 14,000. A Public Service Commission spokeswoman said yesterday that 10,032 offers of redundancy had been made since July, and 9189 employees had accepted. “Almost 400 of those employees are still … Continue reading
Do It Right or Don’t Waste Your Time on LinkedIn
If you’re not going to do it right, there is no point wasting your time (and everyone else’s) on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is “the” site for professional networking. Everyone, in my opinion, should have a (complete) LinkedIn profile, should connect with everyone they know, should join LinkedIn Groups, and should use LinkedIn for job searching when … Continue reading
Sibanye Gold / To Cut 1,110 Jobs
Sibanye Gold Ltd. (SGL), South Africa’s second-biggest producer of the metal, will cuts 1,110 positions at its Beatrix West mine in South Africa, fewer than first proposed, in a bid to return the operation to profit. The company will stop development at the mine, resulting in 330 job cuts and an additional reduction of 780 … Continue reading
US / Breadwinner Moms: 40% of all households
A record 40% of all households with children under the age of 18 include mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The share was just 11% in 1960. These “breadwinner moms” are made … Continue reading
Austria / Apprenticeship Program faces with a deficit of new apprentices
Austria is facing a 17-year decline in the number of 15-year-olds that began in 2007 and won’t turn upward until 2024, according to government data. Faced with a deficit of new apprentices, the country’s labor ministry last month allowed asylum-seekers under age 25 to enter trade apprenticeships. In addition, a growing number of apprentices begin … Continue reading
Slashing top tax rates has had none of the positive effects on economic growth
The rich just keep getting richer — not only by gobbling up more income, but also by paying less in taxes. That means less support for the poor, who are getting increasingly poorer relative to the top one percent. One chart in a new study of income inequality in developed nations, published by the National … Continue reading
US / Half of college grads are overqualified for their current job
Then last week Susan Adams received a report from consulting firm McKinsey, done together with student website Chegg, which is making that pit in my stomach deeper. In October and November of last year McKinsey surveyed 4,900 former Chegg customers, a mix of young people who went to private, public, vocational and for-profit institutions. The findings … Continue reading
The Job Market is broken on both sides – Which skills do count ?
“The market is broken on both sides,” explained Sharef, 27, co-founder of HireArt (www.hireart.com) and a veteran of McKinsey. “Many applicants don’t have the skills that employers are seeking, and don’t know how to get them. But employers also … have unrealistic expectations.” They’re all “looking for purple unicorns: the perfect match. They don’t want to train … Continue reading
US Skills Gap / 39 percent employers are having difficulty finding staff with the right skills finds ManpowerGroup
ManpowerGroup has released the results of its eighth annual Talent Shortage Survey, revealing 39 percent of U.S. employers are having difficulty finding staff with the right skills, down from 49 percent in 2012. U.S. employers report a slightly more pronounced talent shortage than their global peers, 35 percent of whom report difficulty finding the right … Continue reading
US / Small Businesses Net Hiring Still Negative and Droping
More U.S. small-business owners report letting employees go than hiring them on average over the past year, for a net hiring index of -12 in April, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey. This is on par with -10 in January and -9 in April 2012. These results are from the quarterly Wells … Continue reading
(Update ) EU Youth Unemployment / Germany and France meet today
Germany sees revolution if welfare model scrapped German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned on Tuesday that failure to win the battle against youth unemployment could tear Europe apart, while abandoning the continent’s welfare model in favour of tougher U.S. standards would cause “revolution”. Germany, along with France and Italy, backed urgent action to rescue a … Continue reading
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