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Saudi Arabia / Half of firms not hiring enough nationals
Almost half of all companies in Saudi Arabia are failing to comply with rules on employment of citizens, a source at the kingdom’s Ministry of Labour was quoted as saying. Speaking to English language Arab News, the source said 48 percent of 248,828 firms based in the Gulf Arab state are currently classified in the … Continue reading
UK / Jaguar Land Rover to create 700 new jobs
Jaguar Land Rover is to invest a further £150m to double the size of its unfinished engine plant in the West Midlands, creating 700 additional jobs. The company aims to raise the eventual number of jobs on the i54 business park on the Staffordshire-Wolverhampton border to more than 1,400. The first engines are scheduled to … Continue reading
Europe / Older workers: Neither the Member States nor the Commission are in a position to establish results
Member States and Commission cannot assess if programmes actually help – say EU Auditors Increasing the employment rate of older workers is part of the EU’s strategic goals. But a new report by the European Court of Auditors has found that neither the Member States nor the Commission are in a position to establish how … Continue reading
US / 5 Myths About the Minimum Wage
Myth #1: Hordes of Minimum-Wage Workers Very few Americans are actually working for the federal minimum wage—it’s just 2.9 percent of all workers in the United States. In other words, 97 percent of American workers make more than minimum wage. Myth #2: The “Working Poor” Getting By on Minimum Wage More than half of minimum-wage … Continue reading
India / 14 mn jobs lost in agriculture and 5 mn in manufacturing jobs between 2005 and 2010
As many as 14.08 million jobs were lost in the five-year period ended in 2009-10 in the agriculture sector which engages almost 60 per cent of the workforce in the country. The job losses in the manufacturing sector during the five year period from 2004-05 to 2009-10 was 5.03 million as per the draft 12th … Continue reading
Filipino Household Service Workers / Recruiter stop hiring in HK putting 35,000 jobs at risk
A self-imposed moratorium by a group of Philippine-based licensed recruiters might deprive some 35,000 Filipinos of jobs as household service workers (HSWs) in Hong Kong. The Society of Hong Kong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines Inc. (SHARP), an association of Philippine-licensed overseas employment providers, earlier announced that it will stop deploying HSWs for employers in … Continue reading
US Insurance Industry / 16,000 Jobs Open with an Aging Workforce
In a comprehensive survey of 173 insurance companies, including phone interviews with agents and brokers, third party administrators and managing general agents, GreatInsuranceJobs.com reports 16,000 open and available jobs across the nation in the insurance industry. On top of that, the survey projected an additional 23,000 more by the end of this year. The survey … Continue reading
Asia-Pacific / 67 percent of employees work from home
Sixty-seven percent of employees work from home, according to the VMware New Way of Life 2013 study that shows the use of personal technology is eliminating the boundary between separate work lives and personal lives. Findings of the study are based on a research conducted by Acorn Research across 12 Asia-Pacific countries/regions. Survey respondents are … Continue reading
Florida / Northrop: 920 new jobs
Northrop Grumman Corp. said Monday it plans to add 920 jobs to its operations in Melbourne as part of a companywide realignment, nearly doubling the Brevard County plant’s current work force and making Florida a winner — at least for now — in the defense industry’s latest consolidation. Falls Church, Va.-based Northrop selected the Melbourne … Continue reading
EU / 1.85 million unfilled vacancies
The European Commission today published two reports analyzing the skills needed in Europe since there are 1.85 million unfilled vacancies throughout the EU. The European Vacancy Monitor and the European Job Mobility Bulletin aim to draw attention on existing vacancies in various fields in order to promote employment opportunities and boost growth. The European Job Mobility Bulletin indicates that … Continue reading
European Commission / Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs launched to address up to 900 000 job vacancies
Commission President José Manuel Barroso today called on Europe’s digital businesses, governments, training and education sectors to join a Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to address up to 900 000 job vacancies expected to exist in Europe in Information and Communication technologies (ICT) by 2015. Despite the current levels of unemployment, the number of digital … Continue reading
Greece / Creditors discuss public sector layoffs
Officials say talks this coming week between crash-strapped Greece and its international creditors will focus heavily on the possibility of public sector layoffs. Representatives of the creditors – the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund – held preliminary talks with Greek finance officials Sunday but reached no decisions. Three Finance … Continue reading
China / More than 95 percent of graduates from polytechnics or vocational schools have a job
The employment rate for graduates from polytechnics or vocational schools is more than 95 percent, higher than that for their college counterparts, according to a report by the Ministry of Education on middle-level vocational education. The message is such schools provide the right people with the right skills for enterprises and they meet the needs … Continue reading
India / 94% women think they have successful career
A majority of women (63%) worldwide define professional success as having the right balance between work and personal life and nearly three quarters of women (74%) believe they can ‘have it all’, according to the What Women Want @ Work study released by LinkedIn. The study reveals that 94% of Indian women surveyed in a … Continue reading
China / The day after the Lunar New Year, lot of young Chinese professionals quit
For increasing numbers of young Chinese professionals, the first day back at work after the Lunar New Year holiday is the day they quit. The number of new online job applicants and resumes on Zhaopin.com, a leading recruitment website, increased 36% year-on-year in the first week after the lunar New Year holiday, the company revealed … Continue reading
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