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Ireland / Cloud / LogMeIn to create 50 new jobs
Cloud and mobile computing tech firm LogMeIn Inc is to create 50 new jobs within the next year in Dublin as part of an IDA Ireland-backed investment. The city centre jobs will include a variety of European and international functions, including sales, customer support, marketing, finance and HR. Already 20 new employees are to start … Continue reading
Philadelphia – Hostess closings to cut 627 jobs
The closures in Seattle, St. Louis, and Cincinnati spared Hostess’ Northeast Philadelphia bakery, where 330 members of Local 6 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union stopped working at 12:01 a.m. Saturday to protest wage and benefit cuts approved last month by a bankruptcy judge. “We’re fighting for our pensions, we’re … Continue reading
Europe | What Next for Airlines?
Despite relentless consolidation in the European airline industry over many years, few national carriers have disappeared entirely. Hungary’s Malev went bust earlier this year. Belgium’s Sabena is long gone. But most live on even if they have been absorbed by bigger rivals. Still, rarely has the pressure to cut costs to save national carriers proved … Continue reading
Dallas | Wingspan Portfolio Advisors issues layoff to 459 employees
Wingspan Portfolio Advisors, a Carrollton-based loan servicing company, will layoff more than a quarter of its workforce at the end of the year. Wingspan issued a Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) letter on Nov. 5 to the Texas Workforce Commission informing them all 459 employees at the Dallas location will be terminated effective … Continue reading
UK | Southampton | Up to 300 job cuts
Up to 300 jobs will be cut by Southampton City Council when it publishes its budget later, according to trade unions Unison and Unite. The Labour-run council needs to find savings of about £30m for 2013-14 and has pledged to restore the pay of workers cut by the former Tory regime. Labour councillor Simon Letts … Continue reading
China | Communist Party to address rising inequalities
Top Communist Party of China (CPC) officials on Monday pledged to expand the construction of low-income housing and to provide more support to a job market facing pressures from a continuing slowdown, amid growing public concerns about widening social inequality in the country. As the Party prepares for leadership change, how it grapples with surging … Continue reading
US | Workers Least Satisfied With Stress and Pay
U.S. workers are the least satisfied with their on-the-job stress and money they make, out of 13 aspects of work conditions rated in Gallup’s annual Work and Education poll. Fewer than a third say they are completely satisfied with each. They are most satisfied with the physical safety conditions of their workplace, followed by their … Continue reading
US | Colleges and Universities | Only 29 pc of students have received career and job help
Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm and StudentAdvisor.com, a Washington Post Company and the leading free learning resource for students, today announced a new report on how students are developing their careers while in college. The report, The Student Career Development Study, shows that students are not aggressively preparing for their post-college … Continue reading
The City | Women miss out on top jobs
Just one in five mid to senior-level jobs in the City are filled by women and only 6 per cent of managing directors are female, research has found. The survey by Astbury Marsden, a financial services recruiter, suggests women still face a glass ceiling despite efforts by banks and hedge funds to address the gender … Continue reading
New Zealand | Gender pay gap widens
The gender pay gap is the biggest it has been in 10 years, according to new data from Statistic New Zealand. The quarterly employment survey shows the gender gap has increased in the year to September by 1.3 per cent, from 12.85 per cent to 14.18 per cent. Pay Equity Challenge Coalition said it was … Continue reading
Skills Gap | Three million open jobs in U.S. (Video)
Millions of jobs are waiting to be filled, but employers say they can’t find qualified workers because of “the skills gap.” Byron Pitts reports. Watch @: via Three million open jobs in U.S., but who’s qualified? – 60 Minutes – CBS News. Related Posts Apprenticeship | Skills Gap in Advanced Manufacturing POSTED BY JOB MARKET MONITOR ⋅ NOVEMBER 10, … Continue reading
Pilots | Airlines Face Acute Shortage Writes WSJ
U.S. airlines are facing what threatens to be their most serious pilot shortage since the 1960s, with higher experience requirements for new hires about to take hold just as the industry braces for a wave of retirements. Federal mandates taking effect next summer will require all newly hired pilots to have at least 1,500 hours … Continue reading
UK | Skills gap continues to plague manufacturers
Staffing problems are driven by candidates’ lack of technical skills and experience, as well as a lack of applicants for jobs, according to the study by the manufacturers’ body, published on Monday. Employers are being “proactive” towards addressing skills gaps by developing links with schools and colleges, increasing investment in quality apprenticeships and pumping more … Continue reading
David Frank, 88, Oldest Home Depot Employee
At 88 years old, David Frank is the oldest Home Depot employee in North America, and he’s definitely one of the sharpest tools in the box. Frank, who lives in Windsor and has worked at the Walker Road store for 11 years, said he doesn’t really see his part-time position in the hardware department as … Continue reading
ILVA | Temporary layoffs of 2000
ANSA reported that troubled steel manufacturer ILVA warned that it will seek judicial relief from environmental shutdown orders, complaining it can’t make any business plans while the orders are in place. Mr Bruno Ferrante president of ILVA complained in a letter to the ministry of environment that “This company cannot, at present, make any declaration … Continue reading
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