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Computers could replace about 47 percent of jobs research finds
The authors further provide evidence that wages and educational attainment exhibit a strong negative relationship with an occupation’s probability of computerisation. Continue reading
Asia-Pacific / Economic growth is not generating sufficient decent and productive employment says the Asian Development Bank
One reason why the region continues to experience significant levels of poverty and rising inequality is that economic growth is not generating sufficient decent and productive employment. This is due to the nature of growth and the pattern of structural change in many countries in which workers move from agriculture into low-productivity services Continue reading
China / A vocational school with no worries about her graduates
A slowing Chinese economy has fueled concern among many colleges for students’ job prospects, but the principal of Chengdu Modern Vocational School has no such worries about her graduates Continue reading
US Job Market / “Jobless Recoveries” are likely in the future finds Brookings (Video)
In each of the three most recent U.S. recessions, the unemployment rate has stayed high for longer and longer durations, increasingly resembling the experience of many West European countries in the 1980s Continue reading
Ford in Ontario / $700 million investment in Oakville plant would secures 2,800 jobs
A $700-million investment by Ford will secure more than 2,800 jobs at the firm’s Oakville plant Continue reading
Behind the German jobs miracle, the Jobs Centers (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, or BA) with the motto “Challenge and encourage”
“Challenge and encourage” is the motto under which job seekers—including welfare recipients, who had previously been invisible in unemployment statistics—will be mobilized, using all of the measures at the government’s disposal Continue reading
South Africa / Mines cut 23,000 jobs in 12 months
South Africa’s threatened mining sector lost 23 000 jobs in the 12 months to June, and 4 000 of those were lost between April and June Continue reading
Europe’s Airlines / Lowering costs and cutting Jobs
European airlines will have to cut costs at existing short-haul businesses to compete with budget airlines or struggle to stay aloft, IAG boss Willie Walsh said. So-called legacy carriers such as IAG, Lufthansa and Air France-KLM are cutting jobs, renegotiating staff contracts and dropping uncompetitive routes to get costs on a par with budget carriers, … Continue reading
France / A €3.5 billion plan for ‘third industrial revolution’ to create 470,000 jobs
French President François Hollande hopes to create 470,000 jobs by injecting €3.5 billion in 34 key industrial sectors, but he will need Europe’s help. Continue reading
Germany / As many as 3 million people earn less than €6 ($7.90) per hour
As many as 3 million people in Europe’s top economy earn less than €6 ($7.90) per hour, meaning Germany has one of the biggest shares of low-wage jobs in Europe, a fact that Merkel’s critics have jumped on in the campaign Continue reading
Canada / “I want to see First Nations programs based around jobs” – Chief Clarence Louie
In 2007, Chief Clarence Louie, the no-nonsense leader of British Columbia’s Osoyoos Indian Band, was appointed to a five-person federal panel reviewing the operations of the Correctional Service of Canada. There was much that troubled him, as he toured federal penitentiaries. He was distressed, but hardly surprised, by the overrepresentation of First Nations and other … Continue reading
The fith anniversary of the day that Lehman Brothers collapsed / Charts You Need To See
Here are charts that capture the scope and struggles of the Great Recession, five years after it began Continue reading
Canada / The Jobs Gap for Immigrants
Immigrants are less likely to have a job than their Canadian-born counterparts, according to Statistics Canada data Continue reading
US / Where Job Growth Will Come Over This Decade
A look at the industries expected to generate the most job growth in the next seven years Continue reading
Philippines’ Job Market / Tri-partite coalition needed says World Bank
Citing the country’s stellar economic growth and political stability, the World Bank said implementing reforms needed to address lack of jobs in the country is now Continue reading
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