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UK – DPD – 10 new depots creating 15,000 jobs
UK parcel firm DPD is to invest £175m to expand its capacity, creating 10 new depots, one new parcel sorting hub and creating 15,000 jobs in response to the online retail boom. The parcel firm plans to spend £100m on a new parcel sorting hub in the East Midlands in addition to refurbishing two of … Continue reading
US – Job Openings essentially unchanged from August says DOL but…
There were 3.6 million job openings on the last business day of September, essentially unchanged from August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.1 percent) was little changed while the separations rate (3.0 percent) declined in September. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm … Continue reading
London – Financial sector to cut 13,000 jobs in 2013
London’s financial sector will lay off 13,000 staff in 2013, cutting employment in a key UK economic sector to a 20-year low, as job vacancies also drop in Europe and even Asia, studies showed. Financial firms in Europe’s biggest financial center have laid off more than 100,000 employees since a market peak in 2007, driven … Continue reading
US – Solar Jobs Growth Outpaces The Whole Economy
The last two years have brought record investments and project development in the industry, with U.S. installations growing 116 percent in the second quarter of this year — much of it driven by the loan guarantee program. As a result of strong federal support, job growth in the industry continues to outpace the broader economy. … Continue reading
Unlimited paid time off to fit in the modern workplace
If your boss told you that you had an unlimited amount of vacation time, what would you do? Would you try to finagle every Friday off, or take that monthlong trip to Europe that you’ve dreamed about? Or would you end up taking less time than you do now? These questions are not theoretical at … Continue reading
Liberal Arts Education in Job Market
reports of the imminent demise of a college education are grossly overstated. Not only are baccalaureate degrees worthwhile, but even the most questioned of them all – liberal arts degrees – are highly beneficial to employers. Employers should not only consider liberal arts graduates, they should seek them out. Paths to Success through the Liberal … Continue reading
Job Market – Including Deaf
Current statistics indicate that America’s deaf community is underemployed and too often overlooked in a company’s diversity efforts. Educating about employing the deaf community An employer’s hesitation with regard to employing members of the deaf community is likely a result of honest misunderstandings about working with deaf individuals. The two most common misperceptions are: That … Continue reading
NE – Shaw to cut 700 jobs
Shaw’s Supermarkets on Friday announced plans to cut about 700 jobs at 169 Shaw’s and Star Market stores in five New England states. About 90 employees affected by the layoffs have already been notified, and the rest will be informed over the next several days, the company said. “A decision of this nature is never … Continue reading
US – Hospital mass layoffs for 2012 expected to match 2011’s numbers
Thirteen mass layoffs occurred in hospitals in September, affecting 817 people, according to a monthly report released Oct. 23 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If numbers hold steady for the remainder of 2012, the industry is on track to have a similar annual count of mass layoffs as it did in 2011. Ninety-three … Continue reading
US, China and the American Job Creation
What has been happening in China – and is likely to be followed by the emergence of other Asian markets – is the increasing development of a substantial middle class consumer base. Today, China has some 250 million middle class consumers, with that figure expected to rise to 600 million by 2020. Once other Asian … Continue reading
Long-term unemployment has received insufficient attention during this presidential campaign – Becker and Posner
The most disturbing aspect of the high unemployment rate during the past 4 years has been, namely, the large number of the unemployed who have been out of work for at least 6 months. Last month 5 million men and women had been unemployed for at least 6 months, and they comprise about 40% of … Continue reading
America’s jobs nightmare – A UK view
There is an intriguing contrast between the US and UK economies. British GDP remains substantially smaller than it was at its peak but employment has bounced back, helped by lower real wages and a growth in part-time jobs. The US economy has more than caught up all of its lost output and is now bigger … Continue reading
US Job Market – America’s Geriatric Work F(a)rce
There is the schism of America’s workforce since the NBER-defined official end of the recession in June 2009 into the “haves”, or those above 55, who have been able to get a job since the end of the recession, and the “have nots”, or all those in the labor force who have not been able to … Continue reading
Spain – 60,000 More Public Employees Than in 2007
The number of public employees in September stood at a total of 2.99 million, thus lowering the threshold of 3 million for the first time since the third quarter of 2008. Nevertheless, the Spanish public sector still has to this day with more than 59,800 employees at the beginning of the crisis, as in the … Continue reading
The Big Job Gap
” The recovery is real, but it’s still really far from the recovery we need” writes Matthew O’Brien in The Scariest Jobs Chart, Private Sector Edition. (Choosen excerpts by JMM to follow) That’s been the consistent message of the past three years, with consistent job growth that hasn’t been near enough to end our jobs crisis much … Continue reading
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