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Australia / Job vacancies plunge at its lowest in 30 months
AUSTRALIA’S supply of vacant jobs is dwindling, making it harder to find work than it has been in years. New results from the only comprehensive national survey of vacancies show they have slid 8 per cent in the past year, undoing most of the gains since the global financial crisis. Australia had only 166,000 vacant … Continue reading
UK / Amazon / 100 jobs created in London’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’
Internet retailer Amazon is to create a further 100 jobs at its new digital media development centre in London. The site opened last September in the Old Street area and concentrates on the design and development of new digital media projects. Teams working at Amazon-owned firms Pushbutton and Lovefilm are also based there. Making the … Continue reading
US / MBA / Hard Times and Smaller Paycheck
Like many students, Steve Vonderweidt hoped that a master’s degree in business administration would open doors to a new job with a higher paycheck. Soaring tuition costs, a weak labor market and a glut of recent graduates are upending the notion that M.B.A.s and other professional degrees are a sure ticket to financial success. WSJ’s … Continue reading
Apple / Hiring at Data Center
Apple is continuing to hire staff for its data center operations, with positions available at current and future locations in North Carolina, Oregon, California sites in Newark and Santa Clara, and a new data center under construction in Reno, Nevada. The current openings include a position for a Data Center Site Services Manager in Maiden, N.C. … Continue reading
US / Greater demand for physicians
National recruiters say that as good as 2012 was for physicians seeking employment in hospitals or groups, 2013 will be even better. Due to impending physician retirements, decreases in the hours doctors work and increased demand for physicians, job opportunities for employed physicians won’t just be more plentiful but also will offer more variety. That … Continue reading
US / Five states without a state-set minimum wage, Louisiana is one of them
A recent national report shows that Louisiana is one of only five states without a state-set minimum wage, but state officials say it doesn’t really matter. The National Conference of State Legislators report shows that Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee have no set minimums that must be paid to workers in private or … Continue reading
10 Top Jobs for Parents
Finding the right job as a working parent is no easy task. It can be hard to juggle a family and a job, but there are jobs that make it easier for parents to balance life and work. Along with a good salary, parents often need jobs that offer flexible hours and even work-from-home opportunities. … Continue reading
Work Stress / Associated with heart problems for older workers
Work stress has been linked to an increased heart attack risk in older men, according to new research. A study published in Occupational Medicine found that older men with stressful jobs and little power to make decisions were at a higher risk of heart problems than their counterparts with less job strain. In fact, older … Continue reading
Canada / Employment rose by 40,000 and the unemployment rate declines the lowest in four years
Employment rose by 40,000 in December, the fourth increase in five months. December’s increase was all in full-time work. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 7.1%, the lowest in four years. Chart 1 Employment Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased 1.8% or 312,000, all in full-time work. Over the same period, the total number of hours worked rose 1.6%. Provincially, employment increased in Ontario, … Continue reading
There have been only two administrations that turned in a worse performance in private-sector job growth says NYTimes.com
The December jobs figures out today indicate that there were 725,000 more jobs in the private sector than at the end of 2008 — and 697,000 fewer government jobs. That works into a private-sector gain of 0.6 percent, and a government sector decline of 3.1 percent. In total, the number of people with jobs is … Continue reading
Where The Jobs Are: ZeroHedge on The Jobs Gerontocracy
Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge writes: A good jobs report? Sure, if one is 55 and over. In December the American jobs gerontocracy continued its relentless course … some 2.7 million jobs in the 16-55 year old category have been lost. The “offset”: 4 million jobs for Americans between 55 and 69. For all those young people … Continue reading
US / Proportion of Population With Job Improves in December finds Gallup
The U.S. Payroll to Population employment rate (P2P), as measured by Gallup, was 44.4% for the month of December, a slight improvement over 43.7% in November. The current P2P rate still does not match the levels of employment seen in July through October, which exceeded 45% and were the highest since Gallup began tracking P2P … Continue reading
Unemployment needs city-specific solutions
Centre for Cities launches Cities Outlook 2012 today, which shows how cities are fairing against the backdrop of a sluggish national economy. This year the report focuses on unemployment in our largest urban areas. For this reason both the government and the work programme providers must take a varied response to the UK’s unemployment problem. … Continue reading
Trucking / There are jobs but drivers find it tough
Longtime drivers are retiring, and shipping demand is growing. Yet it’s not easy to find people willing to embrace the solitude and separation from family that comes with driving a semitrailer truck across the country for a living. Long-haul truckers spend weeks on the road. They sleep in their cabs or strange beds, shower in … Continue reading
Almost 15% of activie American were unemployment some time during 2011
The “work-experience unemployment rate”—defined as the number of persons unemployed at some time during the year as a proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked for work during the year—was 14.9 percent in 2011, down from 15.9 percent in 2010. The work-experience unemployment rates for Whites (13.7 percent) and Hispanics (18.3 percent) … Continue reading
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