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In The News | US Labor Market Is In A Full-Blown Depression, Joseph Stiglitz on The Price of Inequality, States with the widest income gap, Certificates pay off, Layoffs, layoffs and a bit of hiring plus Much More
The US Labor Market Is In A Full-Blown Depression zerohedge.com – Now that stocks are back to reflecting nothing more than expectations of how many times the Chairsatan dilutes the existing monetary base in a carbon copy replica of not only 2011 but also 2010… … JobMarketMon Joseph Stiglitz on “The Price of Inequality: How Today’s … Continue reading
In The News | Work-life Balance, Most Unemployed Have College Experience, RIM Layoffs: Up to 6,000, Germany to Lack 3 Million Skilled Workers by 2025 and Much More
Work-life balance: World’s 20 best cities – Rediff.com Business rediff.com – The biggest challenge for workers across the world is to find a perfect balance between work and life. Long work hours can impact health, jeopardise safety and increase stress among employees, acco… JobMarketMon Number of the Week: Most Unemployed Have College … Continue reading
In The News | George W. Bush’s record, Classes of 2001 vs. 1999, Global Recession, Blacks Unemployment, Layoffs, Grads and More
The Maddow Blog – A stroll down memory lane maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com – After Friday’s discouraging jobs report, there was increasing talk on the right about the benefits of George W. Bush’s record, as if the nation would be better off turning back the clock to 2008. A… JobMarketMon Classes of 2001 vs. 1999: What a Difference Two … Continue reading
In The News | The Job Stall on the Verge of Another Recession, Germany’s skilled worker shortage, Layoffs, Greece and More
Joblessness Rises: Are We on the Verge of Another Recession? | Economy alternet.org – The White House must be telling itself there are still five months between now and Election Day, so the jobs picture could brighten. After all, we went through a similar mid-year slump in 2011 but… JobMarketMon Why the U.S. economy is … Continue reading
In The News | World growth and U.S. employment,India, layoffs at BAE, GM and Hewlett Packard, IT Hiring, Employment Insurance in East Canada, Zambia and More
World growth at risk as U.S. employment stumbles ottawacitizen.com – WASHINGTON/LONDON – The world’s economic outlook darkened on Friday as reports showed U.S. employment growth slowing sharply, Chinese factory output barely growing and European manufacturing fallin… JobMarketMon BAE Systems to axe 600 jobs | Business guardian.co.uk – BAE Systems has announced plans to close an historic factory … Continue reading
In The News | U.S. Unemployment Rises to 8.2% in May, Global Talent Pool in 2020, Layoffs at GM, Mazda, Bombardier Recreational, United Airlines and Windstream and Much More
Unemployment rises to 8.2% in May as job growth stalls again – latimes.com WASHINGTON — The nation’s unemployment rate rose for the first time in nearly a year, to 8.2% in May, as the economy added a disappointingly small number of jobs for the third straight month. The government said Friday that employers created on … Continue reading
In The News | Labor Market Mismatch and, Job Cuts Surge 67% in U.S., Teachers Layoffs Continue, Olympus Cuts 2,500 jobs, Benefits Cuts For Seasonal Workers in Canada and NJ and More
Unemployment is a labor market mismatch – Economics – AEI aei.org – After an unexpected upswing at the beginning of this year, the labor market appears to be back in the doldrums again. The month-on-month employment increases of 200,000-240,000 workers in December,… JobMarketMon US May Job Cuts Surge 67% From A Year Ago -Challenger – WSJ.com … Continue reading
In The News | SMEs in Gulf economy, Africa, Skills Gap, Layoffs, Flat U.S. Wages, Sunday papers axed, Improving EI and More
SME role in Gulf economy, jobs growth ‘woefully low’ gulf-times.com – Small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) contribution to the overall Gulf economy and employment sector is woefully low and need a big push for the region to enhance its economic diversification, the … JobMarketMon Flat U.S. Wages Help Fuel Rebound in Manufacturing – WSJ.com online.wsj.com – Joey … Continue reading
In The News | Cloud computing, Romney’s Bain Record, Layoffs, African Youth, College Grad, Older Workers, and Much More
Cloud computing: 14 million jobs by 2015? smartplanet.com – I’m not Convinced Cloud computing is about efficiency. Cloud computing is about replacing thousands of underutilized server rooms and IT departments with shared facilities with higher utilization r… JobMarketMon Romney’s Bain Record on Job Creation Attacked – Businessweek businessweek.com – President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign attacked Mitt Romney’s … Continue reading
In The News | Baby Boomers and the Unemployment Rate , Skills Gap, EI Changes, Layoffs, Older Workers and Plastic Surgery for a Job and More
Jobs: The number of baby boomers retiring is holding down the unemployment rate – UPI.com upi.com – President Obama can thank baby boomers at least in part for the drop in the U.S. unemployment rate, with the first post-World War II generation hitting retirement age at a rate of 10,000 a day. Une… JobMarketMon Macau labor … Continue reading
In The News | Veterans , Inequalities, Youth, China Middle Class, Layoffs, EI Changes, Grads and More
More Companies Hiring Veterans | fox4kc.com – Kansas City news & weather from WDAF TV – FOX 4 fox4kc.com – NEAR PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A company in Pennsylvania is on a mission to hire Veterans. A construction equipment company called Modern Group wants to hire men and women who have served in the U.S. ar… Inequality … Continue reading
In The News | Global Recession, Less Government Solves Unemployment, Layoffs, Migrants in UK and More
Marc Faber, Global Recession 2013 a Sure Thing | readtheticker safehaven.com – Marc Faber doesnt make 100% calls very often, sure he makes a lot of calls, but when he make a call that he says is 100% chance of occurance its worth making a note of. When you here a fundamental … JobMarketMon Business Young … Continue reading
In The News | Pensions in Canda, EI Changes, Layoffs, Interview Prep. and More
The Daily — Pension plans in Canada, as of January 1, 2011 statcan.gc.ca – Membership in registered pension plans (RPPs) in Canada amounted to 6,065,750 in 2010, an increase of 42,000 or 0.7% from 2009. Membership increased in public sector plans, but declined in private … JobMarketMon ‘It’s nonsense,’ worker says of EI changes – The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com – This time last year, Craig Carter-Edwards was … Continue reading
Higher education job growth continues to outpace overall job growth in US, but the gap is narrowing
Key findings from the report for Q1 2012: Although the growth rate of higher education jobs continued to outpace the growth rate for all U.S. jobs in Q1 2012, the gap has narrowed and the “market share” of higher education jobs was unchanged year-over-year. The number of advertisements for job openings in higher education continued … Continue reading
UK cities | An international comparison of unemployment
Unemployment has fallen for the second consecutive month to March. Yet the outlook remains fragile as part-time work and self employment increase in the absence of full-time job creation. The picture across UK cities continues to look very different. To highlight just how different we’ve compared ILO unemployment rates by city to countries around the … Continue reading
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