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EU-US Trade deal / 160,000 jobs would be created in Germany says a report
A free trade agreement between the USA and European Union could create 160,000 jobs in Germany, a report claimed on Friday. Talks about a deal are set for Monday. Continue reading
US Employment / Payroll to Population Rate at 43.5% in September says Gallup
The U.S. Payroll to Population employment rate fell slightly to 43.5% in September, from 43.7% in August Continue reading
India / Just 20% of the class of 2013 have got jobs
The following set of numbers shows the young have read the grim job market right. Andhra Pradesh has over 700 engineering colleges and 3.5 lakh seats – the highest in any Indian state. But just 2 lakh seats were filled up this year. Why? Because just 20% of the class of 2013 have got jobs. … Continue reading
APEC / Visa facilitation could create up to 2.6 million jobs report says
Visa facilitation could create up to 2.6 million jobs in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies by 2016, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Continue reading
US / ADP Report shows that the job market appears to have softened in recent months.
“The job market appears to have softened in recent months. Fiscal austerity has begun to take a toll on job creation,” the report said. Continue reading
Canada / Give the provinces full control over EI says Conservative Senator Diane Bellemare
In Créer et partager la prospérité (Creating and Sharing Prosperity), Ms. Bellemare argues for giving the provinces full control over EI. While employee and employer premiums would be the same across Canada, each province would be able to set eligibility rules and decide how to split the funds collected between cash benefits for the unemployed and training programs Continue reading
Canada / The Jobs Data Mystery goes on (Well, we know that the LFS sample is small…)
Statistics Canada released payroll data Friday for the month of July, numbers that come nearly two months after the agency released the closely-watched labor force survey for that same month. Continue reading
Good Jobs Gender Gap / Globally, Men Twice as Likely as Women to Have a Good Job
Women’s deficit in the “good jobs” market is biggest in South Asia Continue reading
Jobless Claims in US / Past month average drops to lowest level since June 2007
The number of new applications for unemployment benefits fell by 5,000 to 305,000 in the week ended Sept. 21, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected claims to jump to 327,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis. A government official said Labor has been told by California that the state eliminated a … Continue reading
US / Tech sector adds 103,000 jobs from January through June 2013
A report issued by the TechAmerica Foundation analyzed the U.S. tech job market in the first half of the year and found a modest bump of 103,000 jobs from January through June 2013. The report comes fast on the heels of freshly sparked discussion about the STEM crisis or whether there’s a domestic shortfall in … Continue reading
Volkswagen / New plant in southern China will offer 6,500 skilled jobs
German auto giant Volkswagen AG on Wednesday opened a new plant that aims to produce 300,000 cars annually in Foshan city in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Continue reading
Europe / Industry vs. services: why it is important to strengthen both
In spite of longer-term trends in advanced economies of the manufacturing sector accounting for a shrinking share in value added and in employment, there is a strong case for preserving a ‘critical size’ of manufacturing activities in European economies Continue reading
UK / Men with children 1.4x more likely to work than those without
British fathers are more likely to be in employment than their childless counterparts. But when it comes to women, having a child reduces your chances of being in work. We look at the data for every age group to see what’s happening Continue reading
The App Economy in Europe / 530,000 jobs and over a quarter of the app economy
Europe is a major force in the global app ecosystem and is directly responsible for over 500,000 jobs in the EU28 region Continue reading
Reshoring in US / More Manufacturing Coming Back
A study by the Boston Consulting Group documents what many manufacturers have quietly discovered in recent years — bringing production back to the United States from overseas carries some advantages Continue reading
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