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Talent War | The Mining Battle
Bruno Rizzuto’s father, Cesare, was 19 when he got off a boat in Halifax from southern Italy in 1951. With no coat, and “5 cents in his pocket” he headed for the gold mines of Timmins, Ontario, where he worked underground for 41 years. Six decades later Rizzuto, a Calgary-based recruiter, is looking for people like his … Continue reading
UK | Millions of workers force to work past 75
Millions of workers will be forced to work past the age of 75 because they are in the dark on how much they need to save for a comfortable retirement. The Pensions Policy Institute, which carried out the research, said that people were not saving enough, although living longer, volatile stock markets and plunging annuity … Continue reading
Iran | At least 100,000 Layoffs Last Year
More than 100,000 Iranian workers lost their jobs in the past year alone, says the head of Iran’s House of Labour. According to Iran’s Labour news agency Ilna, Alireza Mahjoub, head of the state-sponsored union body, said that in the past year 100,000 workers had been laid off from one thousand production units across the … Continue reading
Statistics Canada Economists | A substantial number of layoffs
A substantial number of the 2,500 economists working at Statistics Canada could end up with notices that their jobs are affected by the Conservative government’s budget cuts, forcing them to compete with each other for their jobs, says the union representing them.
Renewable Energy Corp Closes Norway Solar Wafer Plant and Eliminates 460 Jobs
Renewable Energy Corp ASA (REC), Europe’s second-largest polysilicon producer, is closing its second wafer factory in five weeks after competition from Chinese rivals drove down prices by more than two-thirds for the material used in solar panels. REC will cease production at the plant in Heroya, Norway, in the second quarter, eliminating 460 jobs, REC … Continue reading
University of the District of Columbia prepares layoffs
The University of the District of Columbia is preparing for wide-scale layoffs, as school officials say the District’s employee protections prevent them from axing employees they have accumulated over the last four decades. The “bloat” of employees, as one official described the situation, and relatively level funding from the District, has put the city’s only … Continue reading
Indian Brain Drain | A law to curb it is coming
With doctors increasingly preferring to migrate to greener pastures abroad, the Government is in the process of tightening of norms to curb this disturbing trend that has left the Indian medical system ailing. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that the Ministry is working to make the laws stringent wherein any doctor going … Continue reading
The Reserve Army of Unemployed | 35,000 chase 1,000 jobs at Range Rover
The stark health of the UK jobs market has been highlighted after a car chief revealed his company had seen an avalanche of applications for 1,000 vacancies in only a few weeks. Jaguar Land Rover announced last month that it needed 1,000 more workers at its factory at Halewood, Merseyside, to cope with a surge … Continue reading
LinkedIn | India just behind the United States
Social networking site LinkedIn’s Indian user base has grown 300% in the three years it has had a marketing presence in India. The firm, today, has about 14 million users from India, which has quickly become its second-largest market globally, bigger than China and only behind the United States, according to Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn’s chief … Continue reading
Cummins expands and will add 290 jobs
Engine maker Cummins Inc. announced Tuesday it would spend nearly $220 million to expand a southern Indiana facility and potentially add 290 jobs in the next few years. Cummins officials said the company plans to build a new assembly line, warehouse, office building and engineering and testing facilities at its Seymour plant because it expects … Continue reading
AT&T call center continues hiring in Grayson
AT&T officials announced Monday that they are hiring 50 new employees for their East Park call center located in Grayson. “It is always great for me and my job when I can announce the hiring of 50 new employees,” said Mary Pat Regan, AT&T Kentucky president. State Representative Tanya Pullin joined AT&T officials for the … Continue reading
China Reshoring manufacturing to the U.S.
Chinese conglomerates, on a mission to expand their global footprint and avoid “anti-dumping” tariffs, are shifting more of their production to America. In the United States, cash-strapped states desperate for revenue and jobs, are rolling out the welcome mat for foreign companies that can guarantee both. More Chinese manufacturers have been launching their own U.S. … Continue reading
British Gas | 550 Southampton jobs to go
Andrew Pate speaks to Ian Peters, Managing Director of British Gas and Mike Jeram from UNISON. British Gas is planning to close a call centre at the end of the year with the loss of 550 jobs. Union leaders said the closure of the site in Southampton would be a “blow” to the workers as … Continue reading
Hawker Beechcraft warns 350 employees of layoffs
Aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft said it has given 60-day layoff notices to about 350 workers at its plant in Wichita. Monday’s letter from CEO Steve Miller and Chairman Bill Boisture told employees that market conditions require adjusting production to ensure the company remains competitive…. Source: Read More @ Hawker Beechcraft warns employees of layoffs | CJOnline.com.
GE | 300 New Jobs in Michigan
GE announced today that it will add 300 new jobs in the state of Michigan at its Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center (AMSTC) in Van Buren Township. These high value information technology (IT) and research jobs bring the total commitment to 1,400 at the center and 1,600 across the state. GE also announced today … Continue reading
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