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Youth and the Great Recession / What’s Important In Life ?
Young people showed signs of being more interested in conserving resources and a bit more concerned about their fellow human beings Continue reading
Greek unemployment rates at new high: 26.9 percent and youth 57.5 percent
Greece- Unemployment rose to 26.9 percent from 26.8 percent in March, the highest reading since statistics service ELSTAT began publishing jobless data in 2006 Continue reading
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Germany / Poverty afflicts older ‘guest workers’
A newly published study indicates that today, more than 40 percent of migrants in retirement age are affected by poverty Continue reading
UK / One in five jobs with no guaranteed amount of work and pay
One in five jobs created in Britain since late 2008 has come with a zero-hours contract Continue reading
US / Good start for the summer job market for teens
US – Employers hired just under a million workers aged 16 to 19 in May and June, according to Labor Department data Continue reading
US Mining / Drummond to lay off 425 mine workers
(Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor) – Up to 425 miners for the Drummond Co. in US , Jefferson and Walker counties will be laid off starting Sept. 9, according to media reports. The reports cite a notification that the Birmingham company is required to file with the state. Drummond said in a letter sent Monday to … Continue reading
BlackBerry / Planning to cut a large share of jobs
Research In Motion is planning to cut a large share of jobs — mostly middle management — on top of the 5,000 employees it laid off last fiscal year. Continue reading
US / ‘Job-Full’ Recovery begins ?
Today, Capital Economics’ Paul Dales declares that era over. We have officially entered the “job-full recovery” era Continue reading
Foxconn / Large-scale hiring for iPhone 5S
A recruitment firm responsible for Foxconn’s plant in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, has started “large-scale” hires for a ramp up to build what one source called the “iPhone 6.” Continue reading
Ghana / Mining companies to trim operations by 3,500
More than 3,500 permanent jobs will be lost in an industry that has enjoyed a decade long boom as falling gold prices and rising cost blight the industry Continue reading
UK Skills Gap / Music Skills Academy launches
UK Music and Creative & Cultural Skills have joined forces to launch The UK Music Skills Academy as the first industry-led effort to improve recruitment practices in the music business Continue reading
Eurozone jobless rate Gap widening says OECD average
The unemployment landscape in the eurozone worsened slightly in May, diverging further from the overall rate of 8.0 percent in advanced countries, the OECD said on Tuesday Continue reading
Canada / Some RCAF members at Cold Lake have to work second jobs
Canadian Forces ombudsman says some members of the military serving at the air base in Cold Lake, Alta., have to take second jobs to make ends meet Continue reading
US / Temp agency is second-largest employer
America’s second-largest employer is Kelly Services, a temp agency Continue reading
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