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Canada – Apprenticeship up 6.8% in 2012
Apprenticeship training programs across Canada received 104,280 new registrations and reinstatements in 2012, up 6.8% from 2011. This marked the highest number of new registrations and reinstatements individuals who were reinstated in 2012 after a year or more of absence since the beginning of the economic downturn in 2008. Total registrations in apprenticeship training programs across Canada increased 4.3% from 2011 to 444,672 in 2012. New registrations in Red … Continue reading
Bouygues Telecom – To cut 1,500 jobs
Bouygues Telecom, France’s third-largest mobile operator by subscribers, plans to slash more than 15 per cent of its 9,000-strong workforce to stay alive in one of Europe’s most competitive markets. via Bouygues Telecom to cut 1,500 jobs in fight for survival – FT.com.
ICICI Bank – To cut 1,200 jobs
ICICI Bank, the countrys largest private sector lender by assets, has let go 1,200 of its staffers, and a few hundred may be on their way out as part of an exercise to cut flab, two people familiar with the development said. The retrenchment of staff across the board – from general managers to junior … Continue reading
Polarization in US – The declining prominence of middle-skill jobs
The number of people performing low-skill, low-pay, manual labor tasks has grown along with the number undertaking high-skill, high-pay, nonroutine, principally problem-solving jobs. Employment in the United States is becoming increasingly polar- ized, growing ever more con- centrated in the highest- and lowest-paying occupations and creating growing income inequality. The causes and consequences of this … Continue reading
Australia – 900 jobs cut at postal service
Australia Post has told its workers 900 jobs will go as part of a restructure that will split its post and parcel businesses.Australia Post has confirmed 900 jobs will be cut in the restructure. As fewer people post letters, and losses in that part of the business mount, the Government-owned company is planning to operate … Continue reading
Hiring in US – Fastest pace in almost 6 years
U.S. employers recently hiked their hiring to the fastest monthly pace in almost six years, a healthy sign for the U.S. labor market, according to government data released Tuesday morning. There were 4.71 million hires in April — the most since June 2008 – and up 6% from a year earlier and, according to the … Continue reading
Canada – Six of 10 provinces saw employment drop below year-ago levels
Looking deeper into last Friday’s jobs numbers, BMO’s Benjamin Reitzes says the Statistics Canada report “reinforced that the Alberta economy is in a league of its own. ”Employment in Alberta, home to Canada’s oil industry, has climbed 3.2 per cent over the course of a year, compared to just 0.1 per cent for the rest … Continue reading
Finland – Older Workers facing a growing risk of unemployment as they age
A fresh batch of data from Statistics Finland shows seniors facing a growing risk of unemployment as they age. A Tampere University researcher says the reason for the trend could be the constantly rising lower age limit for pre-retirement unemployment benefits. Employment data show that the age at which over-50 year olds face the risk … Continue reading
Screening with Social Media -Tips to make the right hire
Small businesses who don’t have resources to waste, it’s imperative that you make the right hire the first time. One way to help you in the process is to leverage social media to determine if a candidate is being truthful on their resume. You’ll also be able to analyze his or her online identity by … Continue reading
Some Unusual Dream Jobs
Check out the list below to find out six of the worlds coolest jobs that people actually get paid for. 1. Panda caretaker 2. Water slide tester 3. Fake executive 4. Luxury bed tester 5. Google tricycle mapper 6. Chocolate taster Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at 6 Unusual Dream Jobs You … Continue reading
Tourism in Egypt – A deteriorating job sector
Skilled tourism workers have abandoned the sector, and Egyptian hotels face considerable challenges in training new workers, according to Hussein Badran, adviser to the Ministry of Tourism for human resources development and training. The ratio of workers to rooms has dropped from 7.9 workers for every room to a single worker for each room, Badran … Continue reading
Greece – Only 8% of 1.27million jobless gets unemployment allowance
The majority of Greece’s 1,274,843 jobless receive no unemployment allowance. According Employment Agency OAED , only 102,026 jobless received the allowance in April 2014. That is less than one out of ten of the country’s at least 1,274,843 men and women without job. Although employees pay their social security contributions month-in month out during their … Continue reading
US Job Market / Employment at All Time High – 2014 will be the best year since 1999
It is possible that 2014 will be the best year since 1999 for both total nonfarm and private sector employment. Also employment has reached another milestone: total employment is now 98,000 above the previous peak, and and at a new all time high in May. Of course the labor force has continued to increase over … Continue reading
May Canada Job Report 2014 – Employment up by 26,000 but UR increased to 7.0%
Employment edged up by 26,000 in May, driven by gains in part-time work. The unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 7.0% as there were more people in the labour market. Overall employment growth has been subdued since August 2013. In the 12 months to May, employment increased by 86,000 or 0.5%, with all the growth in part time. Over the same period, the number of … Continue reading
May US Job Report – Employment rose by 217,000, returning employment to its pre-recession level, and UR unchanged
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 217,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services, health care and social assistance, food services and drinking places, and transportation and warehousing. Household Survey Data The unemployment rate held at … Continue reading
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