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Ireland | Jobs plan is limited and won’t help grow new business, say experts – National News – Independent.ie
Taoiseach Enda Kenny last week ambitiously pledged to deliver more than 100,000 jobs by 2016 through a wide range of measures spanning 15 departments and 36 State agencies. And this weekend, the visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will focus on developing business opportunities between Ireland and China. Mr Kenny admitted last week that … Continue reading
DoD to open 14,000 Army jobs to women – Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq – Army Times
A new Pentagon policy will open 14,000 — mostly Army — combat-related jobs to women, but only after Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno pushed the Army to go further. Critics call the new policy a “baby step” that merely aligns policy with reality without significantly advancing equality within the ranks. The new rule … Continue reading
Are Manufacturers Really Special? – NYTimes.com
The Obama administration is undertaking an athletic push to promote manufacturing employment in the United States: proposing giving manufacturers new tax breaks, closing loopholes that benefit companies that send manufacturing jobs offshore, expanding worker training programs and increasing trade enforcement, for instance. The administration underscored manufacturing’s first-among-equals status when announcing its proposed overhaul of the … Continue reading
Unemployment Discrimination Bill Rejected In Colorado « CBS Denver
Job postings that state unemployed applicants need not apply will remain legal as a Republican state House committee rejected a discrimination measure. The House Economic & Business Development Committee voted 7-5 Wednesday against a proposal to forbid employers from stating in job postings that unemployed candidates would not be considered. The measure was proposed by … Continue reading
Obama signs payroll tax agreement into law – CNN.com
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the agreement passed by Congress last week to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while preventing a cut in payments to Medicare doctors. The signing, announced in a White House statement, resolves those issues for the rest of 2012, beyond the November election in which … Continue reading
Rep. Charles Rangel: Unemployment and Poverty in America
The recent payroll tax deal struck by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama will keep an average of $1,000 in the pockets of 160 million American families through 2012 in addition to enabling tens of millions of seniors to continue seeing the doctor of their choice under Medicare. It also provides unemployment benefits for … Continue reading
Company hiring 350 employees at Market Square – Paris Star – Ontario, CA
Wipro Technologies Ltd. is busting into Brantford, taking over Bell Canada’s intentions to hire hundreds of people and house them at the city-owned Market Square Mall. Wipro is not wasting any time and intends to start advertising for the first 350 full-time jobs in local media Thursday, with a job fair scheduled for its new … Continue reading
Note to Obama: Unemployment is up – Washington Times
The Obama administration keeps reporting supposed good news on the employment front. Americans sense that something is not quite right about the rosy official numbers, and a series of independent reports confirms their skepticism. On Feb. 16, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on long-term unemployment showing that the past three years have … Continue reading
Cities raid neighbors in quest for jobs, but the benefits they receive in actual job creation aren’t always clear | | The Bulletin
When the leaders of this small Iowa city became desperate to land a new department store, they didn’t have to look far: They lured one from the city next door, along with up to 100 jobs. The store called Von Maur agreed to leave Iowa City for a platter of incentives offered by Coralville, which … Continue reading
Top 10 Jobs That Make the World a Worse Place – NYTimes.com
On Thursday I wrote about how workers view the meaningfulness of their jobs, based on data collected from 30,000 workers by PayScale over the last year. (See caveats on PayScale’s methodology below.) Respondents were asked whether their jobs “make the world a better place,” and were given the options of: “very much so,” “yes,” “a … Continue reading
Women May Earn Less, but They Find Their Work More Meaningful – NYTimes.com
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the pay gap between men and women persists even when you control for the type of job and various demographic factors like age and experience. But some of the “softer” aspects to work may partly explain the wage differential: perhaps women are making a trade-off between pay and … Continue reading
Social Media Jobs and Salaries Guide
Introducing the new Onward Search Social Media Jobs Salary Guide – a comprehensive look at the best job markets, the most in-demand job titles and salary ranges for social media professionals in the top 20 U.S. cities. This free guide makes it easy to take your social media career to the next level, so download … Continue reading
In Any Immigration Debate, America Should Focus On It’s Most Skilled Workers @PolicyMic | Parker Reynolds
In Washington, the tendency seems to be that if an issue is considered too poisonous, it is consigned to the scrap heap of history. We have seen this with the issue of immigration reform. Under President George W. Bush, comprehensive immigration reform was attempted in 2006, but despite the House and Senate passing separate legislation, … Continue reading
Intercontinental Hotels to create 3,000 jobs – BBC News
Intercontinental hotels, which owns the Holiday Inn and Crown Plaza hotel brands, says it will create 3,000 jobs in the UK. The company, the world’s biggest hotelier, has 275 hotels in the UK. The jobs will be created over the next three years, and will be supported by a new London-based training academy. The training … Continue reading
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