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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
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
Pennsylvania – Economic future depends on producing more college graduates
A new report finds that the main culprit is the state’s insufficient rate of higher education. In Pennsylvania, 38.6 percent of the state’s nearly 6.7 million working-age adults hold at least a two-year degree, according to the 2010 Census data. In Somerset County that is only 24.75 percent…. “Help Wanted,” a report by the Georgetown … Continue reading
UK | Skills crisis writes Insider deputy editor Ben Pindar
Insider deputy editor Ben Pindar looks at the prospect of a skills crisis in the burgeoning digital sector. Earlier this year, I wrote here about how a skills crisis was holding back businesses in the region, particularly in the manufacturing sector. The piece followed an interview with Prime Minister David Cameron challenging him to tackle … Continue reading
Skill Gap | Arizona | 77 percent employers say “very difficult” or “somewhat difficult” to find qualified computer scientists
According to federal figures, there were nearly 3.5 million job openings in the U.S. in February. About 700,000 of them were in the West. With nearly 262,000 Arizonans looking for work, why don’t the jobs and the prospective workers match up? In everyday terms, the economy needs more software programmers and physical therapists and skilled … Continue reading
Toyota began axing 350 jobs in Melbourne
Dozens of sacked Toyota workers who were marched from their workstations by security guards will fight to get their jobs back. Toyota began axing 350 jobs at its Altona plant in Melbourne on Monday in response to weak export sales impacted by the high Australian dollar. Most of the workers were unwillingly retrenched and 80 … Continue reading
U.S. | The number of people not in the labor force at an all time high
The “official” unemployment rate ticked down to 8.2% in March, and the actual unemployment rate ticked down to 14.8%. That’s nice. Except for the fact that people who are willing & capable of working are leaving the workforce en masse… The number of people not in the labor force is now at an all time … Continue reading
UK | Will barely avoid a double-dip recession says Ernst and Young ITEM Club
The UK has narrowly avoided a double-dip recession but will struggle for the rest of the year unless businesses stop hoarding cash and start investing, a forecaster warned today. Emergency measures from the Bank of England, European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve have boosted confidence and stabilised financial markets, pulling the UK back from … Continue reading
Credit Suisse | Jobs cut could reach 5,000
Swiss bank Credit Suisse could announce the loss of up to 5,000 jobs in its investment banking business at its forthcoming first-quarter results, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday.
UK | Ageism is back
After receiving thousands of rejection letters, 60-year-old Anthony Barlow decided to conduct an experiment. He had been on the dole for more than a year and was becoming convinced his age was the reason. So he responded to a job advert with two applications: one with his real age and another with a date of … Continue reading
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