The company plans to construct a three-storey office block next to its existing plant in the city to cater for the expansion of its business in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa. Apple has been in Cork for 30 years and currently employs 2,800 people in the city. In the three months from October … Continue reading
Morgan House indentifies 50 Amazing Numbers About Today’s Economy on fool.com. Here is a sample of some of those related to the Job Market, in no particular order. 49. According to economist Tyler Cowen, “Thirty years ago, college graduates made 40 percent more than high school graduates, but now the gap is about 83 percent.” 48. Of all … Continue reading
Apple is Supporting 514,000 U.S. Jobs according to Apple itself. You can read the argument @ Apple. “Apple has made its first attempt to quantify how many American jobs can be credited to the sale of its iPads and other products, a group that includes the Apple engineers who design the devices and the drivers who … Continue reading
Many people are concerned about the labor that supports the creation of Apple products overseas, for instance at the enormous Foxconn facility in China. But look over here, Apple said today. Among manufacturing, transportation, app development and Apple’s own workforce, Apple estimated it supports 514,000 jobs in the United States. Nobody at Apple is running … Continue reading
Apple’s Hiring Automotive Engineers, Is An ‘iCar’ Infotainment System Coming? Apple is once again proving they’re still the company Steve Jobs built. After years of saying “meh” to working with automakers on tighter integration of Apple products into automotive infotainment systems, there’s evidence Apple is now hiring people to build a system for them that’ll … Continue reading
Apple’s top manufacturer in China, Foxconn Technology, is having no problems luring fresh workers to churn out ever more gadgets, despite the firm’s reputation as a tough employer that has put it under a thorough probe into its labor practices. On a smoggy day in a gritty industrial suburb of Shenzhen, thousands of job seekers, … Continue reading
Foxconn Technology, one of the biggest manufacturers of products for Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other electronics companies, said Saturday that it would sharply raise worker salaries at its Chinese factories. Foxconn said that salaries for many workers would immediately jump by 16 to 25 percent, to about $400 a month, before overtime. The company also … Continue reading