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Kohl’s – 67,000 hirings to come this holiday season
Kohl’s Department Stores of Menominee Falls, Wis. announced it anticipates hiring more than 67,000 associates nationwide this holiday season to support seasonal business in stores and growth on Kohls.com. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Kohl’s plans to hire 67,000 associates this holiday season, averaging 50 per store.
Quebec – More vocational training needed ? (audio)
The Quebec economy needs skilled workers, and we are not training enough of them. Are we too focused on university? Should the next generation opt for vocational training instead? Click on the image to get to the audio file: via Would more vocational training lead to a stronger economy? – CBC News – Latest … Continue reading
Wages in US – 50% make less than $28,031 a year
The Social Security Administration has just released wage statistics for 2013, and the numbers are startling. Last year, 50 percent of all American workers made less than $28,031, and 39 percent of all American workers made less than $20,000. If you worked a full-time job at $10 an hour all year long with two weeks … Continue reading
Alitalia – To cut 1,000 jobs
Italy’s largest airline Alitalia could cut up to 1,000 jobs, according to reports this weekend by Italian news agency Adnkronos. The agency cited a document signed by the airline’s management and several unions which states the airline will cut 879 ground crew, 61 pilots and 54 air stewards. The report suggests employees with receive letters of … Continue reading
Canada – The job market is on a weakening trend
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be losing one of his political trump cards — his record on the economy — just when he needs it most. Canada’s job growth, among the strongest in the industrialized world after the global recession, has slowed by about half one year before the country’s next election, even as … Continue reading
US – For years, the fast food industry has created jobs at a faster rate than the rest of the economy
Since the recession ended, we’ve seen a troublingly uneven recovery, in which many of the middle-income jobs lost from 2008 to 2010 have been replaced by low-wage jobs. And fast food jobs are a large reason why, outpacing the country’s overall job growth. “Fast food is driving the bulk of the job growth at the … Continue reading
Sears – Report of layoffs by Seeking Alpha disputed
A published report Thursday said Sears Holdings is laying off about 6,000 workers as it closes 110 stores within the next few months, many before Christmas, according to Seeking Alpha, a content service for financial markets… Spokesman Howard Riefs said “the reported store count and list of closures isn’t accurate.” He specified that one of … Continue reading
Canada – 6.2 unemployed people for every job vacancy in July 2014
In July, there were 223,000 job vacancies among Canadian businesses, relatively unchanged compared with July 2013. There were 6.2 unemployed people for every job vacancy, little changed from 12 months earlier. The national job vacancy rate was 1.5% in July, similar to the rate observed a year earlier. via The Daily — Job vacancies in brief, three-month average ending in July 2014.
CBC Radio-Canada : 400 more layoffs by March 2015
Faced with the loss of its NHL broadcasts and shrinking funding from the federal government, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. will cut another 400 jobs by March of next year, according to several reports.CBC President Hubert Lacroix reportedly told members of the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) of the cuts, part of an ongoing campaign to reduce … Continue reading
Jobless Claims in US – Lowest level for 4-week moving averag average since May 6, 2000
In the week ending October 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 283,000, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 2,000 from 264,000 to 266,000. The 4-week moving average was 281,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised average. … Continue reading
Skills Gap in UK – Asking for help still stigmatized
There is still a stigma around asking for help to develop skills in the workplace, according to National Consortium of Colleges and Providers (NCCP) chairman Harvey Young.Young is spearheading the campaign For Business, For Life in an attempt to secure £50 million worth of training from the EU’s European Social fund. The UK government has … Continue reading
UK – Two thirds of parents do not feel the education system prepares their children for work
Two thirds of parents do not feel the education system prepares their children for work, according to a new survey. A poll of more than 3,500 adults by vocational body City & Guilds, published today, also finds 64 per cent do not believe children are being provided with what employers want, such as communication and … Continue reading
Australia – Labor market remained subdued but had stabilized somewhat this year says RBA
Australia’s central bank said the labor market remained subdued but had stabilized somewhat this year, adding it had based its assessment on a range of data given the volatility in the official labor force survey.In minutes of its Oct 7 policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) also reiterated that the most prudent course … Continue reading
Spain – Graduating in law and so what…
Alberto Gracia earned the first law degree in his family six years ago. Since then, he’s worked briefly as a lawyer and mostly as a video-store clerk, flower-seller or ticket-puncher. Now he’s found a career he thinks will stick: hospital orderly. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Lawyer’s Only Job Hope … Continue reading
Women and Motherhood in UK – Half of childless women would consider not starting a family for their career
Half of childless women are so concerned about the risk children pose to their career progression that they would consider not starting a family, according to research by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). The survey of 2,000 women from a range of business sectors, half with children and half without, suggests two-thirds (67%) are … Continue reading
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