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Russia / Automakers have cut jobs by 30% over 5 years
Over the past five years the number working in the Russian vehicle production fell by 29%. Output increased by 24% proving the sector has become more productive. Since April 2012 car manufacturers cut 5% of their work force bringing the total number employed to 244,000, business daily Vedomosti reports. Most jobs were cut after the … Continue reading
US Airways / Pittsburgh has lost 10,000 and about 460 daily flights since summer 2001
Pittsburgh, which lost 10,000 US Airways jobs and about 460 daily flights since summer 2001, stands to lose again — and the airline workers, political leaders and others feel betrayed Continue reading
US / Fed Has Failed to Lower Unemployment
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke continues to believe that more aggregate demand is all that is needed to put back to work the unemployed, but about 1.65 million more people would have jobs if the unemployment rate dropped to the Fed’s target Continue reading
China / Job Market Tougher for Women Grads
Much has already been written and discussed about this year’s employment season, which has been called the toughest yet in China’s history. But for women graduates, it is even more difficult Continue reading
India / Vocational courses pay off , mindset must change
India – The higher education set-up can never absorb all school-leaving students and there is no point pushing them all for a “useless BA and BSc degree. Better focus on vocational education Continue reading
Sri Lanka / Arts grads least employable, less paid
Students following the Arts stream in higher education have the lowest employability rate ranging around 30%, the Higher Education Ministry has revealed Continue reading
How can India seize the demographic advantage
Originally posted on The Alpha Investor:
An ageing world needs workers; A young country has workers Nandan Nilekani, chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, through the above quote, tried to bring out an opportunistic competitive advantage that India possesses as a result of its demographics. This competitive advantage, better known as the demographic dividend…
Canada Job Grant / A bad policy, says N.S. premier
“The Canada Job Grant is an unknown, and what we do know about it does not appear to be consistent with good public policy,” Dexter said Continue reading
Datacenter and IT job / Will cloud adoption bring about an apocalypse?
Will cloud adoption bring about an apocalypse? Jason Perlow and David Gewirtz look at the question Continue reading
US / Fewer Blacks See Bias in Jobs, Income, and Housing finds Gallup
Black Americans are significantly less likely now than they were 20 years ago to cite discrimination as the main reason blacks on average have worse jobs, income, and housing than whites Continue reading
G20 / Put job creation at the heart of the global recovery writes US Treasury secretary
When the finance and labour ministers of the Group of 20 leading nations gather in Moscow, getting people back to work must be top of the agenda writes U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Continue reading
Australia / 7 of the 10 most bullied government agencies are local health districts
Autralia – A survey has found that seven of the 10 most bullied government agencies are local health districts. In the worst case, almost three-quarters of staff said they had witnessed bullying last year Continue reading
Africa / Rising population and youth unemployment
Nearly 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are aged between 10 and 24, and that number is expected to climb to about 561 million by the middle of this century Continue reading
US / Jobless Claims Rise to Two-Month High But ?
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly increased to a two-month high last week Continue reading
US Higher Ed in an Alarming State
Only a bit more than half of all US students enrolled in four-year colleges and universities complete their degrees within six years Continue reading
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