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UK | Skilled Immigrants | A ‘challenge’ to grads jobseekers says Employment Minister Chris Grayling
Young British workers face a “huge challenge” from older and more experienced foreign rivals, Employment Minister Chris Grayling has warned. Chris Grayling said the “deep-rooted problem” meant prospective employees born in the UK were often at a disadvantage when applying for jobs. Business lobby groups have warned that young people were being failed by an … Continue reading
UPDATE : Electronic Arts Canada | Denies Reports of Massive Layoffs
Electronic Arts (EA) is expected to layoff between 500 to 1,000 employees this week, reports Silicon Valley blog Startup Grind. That represents up to 11 per cent of the company’s total staff, according to numbers released in EA’s latest financial statement on March 31. The video game publisher has four Canadian offices including Montreal, Edmonton’s … Continue reading
UPDATE : EU growth plan | Target: 17 million jobs
European Union officials are putting the final touches to a detailed economic growth plan they hope to unveil next week. The move comes as investors, spooked by the prospect of a deepening recession in the eurozone’s south, have pushed Spanish borrowing costs to their highest levels for four months. A draft of the 28-page plan … Continue reading
Electronic Arts Canada | 500 to 1,000 layoffs
Electronic Arts (EA) is expected to layoff between 500 to 1,000 employees this week, reports Silicon Valley blog Startup Grind. That represents up to 11 per cent of the company’s total staff, according to numbers released in EA’s latest financial statement on March 31. The video game publisher has four Canadian offices including Montreal, Edmonton’s … Continue reading
UK | Universities | An “F” on employability
Good-quality, independent careers advice has never been needed more in universities. According to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, in the final quarter of 2011, the graduate unemployment rate stood at 18.9% – almost one in five, and very slightly below the spike of 20% in the third quarter of 2010. And with … Continue reading
Telstra | Job cuts to come
TELSTRA has signalled it may need to cut jobs if it fails to win contracts supplying the national broadband network because there will be less work for staff as its copper network is shut down. Telstra’s co-operation with NBN Co provides for the company to receive $100 million to retrain its workers, many of whom … Continue reading
Canada | National Volunteer Week | 13 M volunteered in 2010
Statistics Canada says more than 13 million Canadians did volunteer work in 2010. The agency says that number accounted for 47 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15. Volunteers devoted almost 2.1 billion hours of their time, which Statistics Canada says is the equivalent of almost 1.1 million full-time jobs. Ten per cent … Continue reading
Illinois | Manufacturing is back in Metro-east
Those words were projected on the PowerPoint slide before a gathering of metro-east manufacturers, economists and analysts at a forum last week at America’s Central Port in Granite City to discuss the state of metro-east manufacturing. Contrary to popular belief, these experts say that although the manufacturing sector here and across the country has shed … Continue reading
UK | Youth | Year Gap | 7,000 To Be Subsidised By Government
The government is set to hand out huge subsidies to 7,000 students and young people who want to take time out with a gap year within the next three years. The overseas volunteer gap years include work in water conservation, teaching and improving awareness about HIV. Charities involved in the placements include the British Red … Continue reading
Hilton | 110 new hotels by 2014 across Europe, leading to 8,500 new jobs
Among the jobs on offer are hotel managers, chef apprentices, engineers and “cocktail mixologists”, otherwise known as bar staff. Ben Bengougam, vice president of HR, Europe, said: “We’re looking for people with a good work ethic and a passion for delivering excellent customer service. In return, we provide a fun, exciting, varied and supportive environment … Continue reading
Discouraged jobless mothers | More mothers stay at home
The layoff notice was not a complete surprise. At the shipping centre in Denver where Jeanine Maez filled mail orders, the trend had been toward paperless transactions. But how Maez reacted to being unemployed in 2004 was a revelation, even to herself: She decided not to look for a new job in favour of staying … Continue reading
U.S. | Measuring the increase in income inequality before-tax and after-tax
Social scientists and philosophers have been concerned with issues surrounding the distribution of income or income inequality for over 200 years—the economist and philosopher Adam Smith discussed these issues as early as 1776. Academic writers have been writing on income inequality measurement issues for at least a century. Policy makers have also long been interested … Continue reading
Trends in Canada’s Payroll Taxes
This short paper is the first in a new Caledon series, caledon social statistics. Using a combination of illustrative graphs and explanatory text, the series will explore social programs, tax benefits and trends in low income and other major social and economic indicators. In addition to income taxes, Canadians pay employment-related taxes, known as payroll … Continue reading
Geithner | Romney words on women job losses are ‘ridiculous’
Top Obama administration aides pushed back Sunday against a charge by Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney that women have suffered the brunt of the weak economy during the president’s tenure. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner called Romney’s claim that women have accounted for 92% of the jobs lost since Obama took office “ridiculous and very … Continue reading
11 Tips to ace a job interview over Skype
If you will be interviewed for a job via Skype and a webcam, here are 11 tips: Prepare Rehearse Use top technology Ready your résumé Ready your workspace. Tape interviews Be friendly Engage interviewers Speak slowly It ain’t over until it’s over Request travel reimbursement. Source: via How to ace a job interview over Skype … Continue reading
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