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UK / CBI fear skills shortage
There is a stubborn shortage in the skills the UK needs to remain competitive and fuel long-term growth, according to the annual CBI/Pearson Education and Skills survey published today. The key findings from the survey of 294 firms, employing 1.24 million workers show: • 39% are struggling to recruit workers with the advanced, technical STEM … Continue reading
UK / OECD warns over NEETs (Not in Education Nor in Employment)
In the UK, almost a quarter of British people under the age of 30 who do not have secondary school qualifications such as five good GCSEs are neither employed, nor in education, or training, and known as “Neet” Continue reading
Job Search / The Hidden Job Market (video)
Why? Simply put, there are a lot of unadvertised jobs that you are overlooking everyday. If you do not know about these hidden jobs. its because you have been looking in the wrong places. Its time to do something different! In this video on job search strategy, Jim Stroud gives tips on how to prospect the hidden job market. Continue reading
India / Google voted best workplace
Google once again took the top honour of being the best workplace in India Continue reading
Restoring full employment as a global priority
With social unrest and unemployment being widespread worldwide, there is an urgent need to restore full employment as a global and national priority goal Continue reading
Research Libraries / BacktalkThe End of Lower Skill Employment
The iconic image of library workers pushing book trucks is quickly slipping into obsolescence. According to figures from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), student employment in libraries dropped 23 percent between 2000 and 2010, while support staff declined 16 percent. If the 2008 recession played a role in these declines, it somehow failed to … Continue reading
Foxconn hiring 3,000 for Firefox OS
Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group plans to hire as many as 3,000 workers to support development of devices running Mozilla’s fledgling Firefox OS Continue reading
US / Labor Shortages Could Constrain Housing Growth says Fitch
Labor shortages in the homebuilding industry could constrain new housing growth during the recovery, according to Fitch Ratings Continue reading
India / 47% of graduates unemployable for any job says Aspiring Minds
At least 47% of graduates in India are not employable for any industry role, according the latest report by employability solutions firm Aspiring Minds Continue reading
Barrick Gold Corp / To lay off up to a third of staff
Barrick Gold Corp will lay off up to a third of its corporate staff at its headquarters in Toronto and other offices, sources said, as the world’s top bullion producer intensifies a downsizing plan amid a slump in the price of gold. Continue reading
UK / Business Leaders for Flexible working: the Agile Future Forum
If implemented successfully by business leaders, workforce agility can offer sustainable business performance and engaged employees Continue reading
US / Retirement / 45 % of all working-age households don’t hold any retirement account assets
A new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security, based on analysis of the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances, shows that about 45 percent of all working-age households don’t hold any retirement account assets, whether in an employer-sponsored 401(k) type plan or an individual retirement account Continue reading
US / 76% living paycheck-to-paycheck
Roughly three-quarters of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with little to no emergency savings, according to a survey released by Bankrate.com Monday Continue reading
Canada / Nearly 300 jobs cut at Veteran Affairs
Nearly 300 positions at Veterans Affairs Canada are being eliminated as a result of measures in the 2012 federal budget Continue reading
Yahoo / About 1,000 less employees
Yahoo’s headcount has decreased by about 1,000 employees during Marissa Mayer’s first year, through a combination of attrition and ramped-up performance management, with staffers now getting reviewed on a quarterly basis instead of every year. Continue reading
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