U.S. women have recovered all the jobs they lost to the Great Recession. The same can’t be said for men, who remain 2.1 million jobs short Continue reading
New York state and an array of private partners are poised to make a $10 billion to $15 billion investment in the chip fabrication site in Marcy Continue reading
“Do you know how many jobs were created in the last month (in Spain)? Thirty-one,” Continue reading
Foreigners have worse chances on the German job market than Germans, the Cologne Institute for Economic Research has found. Worst affected are immigrants from Arabic countries Continue reading
The number of new U.S. jobless claims fell sharply last week but much of the decline appeared due to technical problems in claims processing, clouding the last major reading of labor market health before the Federal Reserve meets Continue reading
According to the BMO, almost half of Canadian post-secondary students surveyed — 46 per cent — said they see themselves starting a business after graduation. Continue reading
Approximately 6.99 million students will graduate this year from Chinese colleges and universities, a new all-time high. This reflects China’s attempt to upgrade its workforce by promoting higher education. But the labor market is sending some rather disappointing messages. Against the backdrop of the troubled world economy and faltering domestic demand, companies in China are … Continue reading
Two years after graduating from college with an accounting degree, Amanda Coombes expected to be working full-time in her field. Instead, she’s living with her mom and working at McDonald’s. These days, in hard-hit Ontario, a job is a job. “It’s hard for us,” Coombes, 23, said of the challenges she and her fellow graduates … Continue reading
Over 100,000 public sector jobs — in banks, Railways, Food Corporation of India, Indian Ordinance Factories, Bharat Coking Coal and many other PSUs — are up for grabs Continue reading
Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia used $1.3 billion from the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Emergency Fund to place more than 260,000 low-income adults and youth in temporary jobs in the private and public sectors during the Great Recession. Now, from the Economic Mobility Corporation (EMC), there’s new evidence that these subsidized … Continue reading
Employment in France’s non-farm sector decreased modestly in the second quarter after staying steady in the March quarter, data released by statistical office Insee showed Wednesday. The number of employees in the market sector, excluding the farm division, decreased 0.2 percent sequentially to around 15.93 million in the second quarter, after staying broadly unchanged in … Continue reading
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are transforming the world of work, creating new job opportunities and making labor markets more innovative, inclusive, and global. Three trends are driving this shift: greater connectivity, the ability to telecommute and outsource work, and globalization of skills. According to a new World Bank policy note, “Connecting to Work: How … Continue reading
Chinese employers forecast modest hiring trends in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the newly released Employment Outlook Survey from ManpowerGroup. For the final quarter of the year, 16 percent of employers expect to increase their staffing levels, while only 2 percent plan to decrease the number of workers. And 46 percent of Chinese … Continue reading
Italy is haemorrhaging manufacturing jobs. Since 2007, 55,000 manufacturing firms have folded, taking more than half a million jobs with them. Weak demand at home and high labour costs are not the only factors prompting Italian companies to move to eastern Europe. Carlo Carnevale Maffe, professor of business strategy at Milan’s Bocconi University, blames a … Continue reading
Once touted as an economic miracle, faltering India cannot provide jobs for millions of university graduates. Meanwhile, employers complain they don’t have the skills anyway Continue reading