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UK | Skilled migrant cap frozen for two years
The British government has bowed to pressure from business by pledging to freeze the cap on the number of skilled workers allowed into the UK for two years. The annual limit on skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area will remain at 20,700 until April 2014, the Home Office said on Wednesday. Independent advisers … Continue reading
India | Infosys creates 10,000 jobs in Kerala
Infosys Limited, India’s second largest IT company, Wednesday signed an agreement with Technopark for 50 acres of land for setting up a second campus in Technocity near here. The agreement was signed by Infosys Senior Vice President H R Binod and Technopark CEO KG Girish Babu in the presence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Infosys … Continue reading
Canada | Layoffs begin for civilian defence workers
More than 1,000 civilian workers at the Department of National Defence will be told Wednesday that their jobs no longer exist. The cuts will hit affect Quebec and Ontario the most but the reductions will be felt across the country. At this point the jobs of 1,119 employees at DND have been identified but more … Continue reading
India | Robust hiring activities and 12% pay hike
Indicating a robust uptrend in the job market, a survey today said that 84 per cent of companies in India will ramp up their hiring activities this year and employees can look forward to an average pay hike of more than 12 per cent across most of the sectors. According to the survey conducted by … Continue reading
Canada Budget 2012: Federal Government Job Cuts and Grads
With the Harper government promising to slash 19,200 federal public service jobs, there is one group of people who stand to lose the most — the students and graduates working to become the next generation of civil servants. It’s a reality Sean O’Brady is acutely aware of as federal layoff notices go out this week, … Continue reading
U.S. | 2011 Employment Situation of Veterans : Unemployment Rate drops to 8.3 % (from 8.7 % in 2010)
The unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time since September 2001–a group referred to as Gulf War-era II veterans–was 12.1 percent in 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The jobless rate for all veterans was 8.3 percent. Twenty-six percent of Gulf War-era … Continue reading
College graduates of 2012 | Labor market improves
This year’s college graduates are being offered more jobs and fatter paychecks. Members of the Class of 2012 are being offered median starting salaries of $42,569 — up 4.5% from last year, a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers shows. Meanwhile, they have more jobs to choose from. Employers expect to … Continue reading
Skills Gap | Car Maker | More jobs than job seekers
After laying-off tens of thousands of employees in 2009, automakers and engineering firms are racing to fill new positions. Paul Eisenstein writes on The Detroit Bureau that at a recent career fair, job openings weren’t in short supply – job seekers were. Or more precisely, qualified job-seekers. Source: Read More @ More jobs than job seekers, … Continue reading
Tennessee | Drug Testing For Unemployment Dies
While a number of Tennessee lawmakers want to see drug testing for unemployment benefits the bill stalled in the House, even after a Congressional path was cleared for it. The controversial question of drug testing residents before handing out unemployment benefits has been a hot button topic in the legislative session. State Lawmakers got their … Continue reading
Migration: less New York more New Delhi
Everyone is moving to the city – and, especially, emerging market cities. According to a report by Credit Suisse this week, by 2037 half of the world’s population will live in one emerging market city or another. So where should investors look to first if they want to capitalize on this trend? Apparently the smart … Continue reading
U.S. | Men Taking 88% of Recovery Jobs
Men, who lost more than twice as many jobs as women during the worst economic slump since the Great Depression, have landed 88 percent of the non-farm jobs created since the recession ended in June 2009. The share of men saying the economy was improving jumped to 41 percent in March, compared with 26 percent … Continue reading
Starbucks’ job creation fund finds first partners – Reuters
Google Offers and Banana Republic are the first businesses to join Starbucks Corp in raising money for a U.S. job creation fund started by the world’s biggest coffee chain late last year. Starbucks and the Opportunity Finance Network, a group of private financial institutions that make affordable loans to individuals and communities, introduced the “Create … Continue reading
Low Wages and Labor Shortages
Economy Watch – Lots of restaurant jobs; not lots of pay For all you foodies hoping to land a gig in the glamorous restaurant industry in the months and years ahead, there will be plenty of jobs to be had. The problem is, many of the jobs don’t come with a glamorous paycheck. Spring and summer hiring … Continue reading
Why immigrant professionals are under-employed
The federal government’s new plan to hire a private firm to assess the educational credentials of potential immigrants is wise. The significance of degrees and professional certificates varies widely and wildly from place to place (country to country and sometimes even city to city) across the world and across disciplines and specialties. The federal bureaucrats … Continue reading
Tunisia | Poll Shows Impatience with Employment Policy
Public discontent over the issue of unemployment appears to be growing despite the efforts of the interim government to address the deteriorating job situation in Tunisia. According to a poll released by SIGMA Conseil, 61.5 % of Tunisians are dissatisfied with the employment policy of the government and 56% of Tunisians are dissatisfied with the policy … Continue reading
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