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Why immigrant professionals are under-employed
The federal government’s new plan to hire a private firm to assess the educational credentials of potential immigrants is wise. The significance of degrees and professional certificates varies widely and wildly from place to place (country to country and sometimes even city to city) across the world and across disciplines and specialties. The federal bureaucrats … Continue reading
Canada | Fast track for skilled immigrants
The federal government plans to create a global job bank to bring in more skilled foreign workers, while using a new technique to end the “bizarre” situation in which low-skilled temporary foreign workers are hired in Canadian communities with double-digit unemployment, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Friday. The job bank idea, modelled after New Zealand’s … Continue reading
UK | Firms asked to stop hiring foreign workers by minister Damian Green
NDTV – Amid increasing curbs on Indian and other non-EU professionals, UK authorities on Tuesday asked companies in the country to stop their “addiction” to recruiting foreign workers and hire local workers instead. Thousands of Indian professionals migrate to the UK under the ‘intra-company transfer’ and other routes, but recent and proposed changes have been strongly … Continue reading
Indian Workers | Europe allows 40,000
At least 40,000 Indians may be allowed to work in Europe, including 12,000 in Britain alone, under a secret trade plan between the European Union and New Delhi, a media report said, citing leaked documents. The EU has proposed that 40,000 Indian workers will be admitted to Europe without any labour market test as part … Continue reading
Now, permanent settlement in UK gets tougher – IBNLive
For the first time, Britain is breaking the link between the number of years a migrant spends in the country and permanent settlement, by introducing a 35,000-pound annual salary threshold for those seeking to avail the privilege, a move that is likely to affect Indians. Until now, permanent settlement was automatic: if a migrant spends … Continue reading
Canadian Census Sheds Light on Immigration Success
The most recent Canadian census, published in May 2011, has revealed new information about emerging population trends throughout the country, and how immigration has responded to and shaped these trends. In the past 5 years Canada has welcomed 1,863,791 new permanent and temporary residents. Between 2006 and 2011, the country saw a 5.6% population increase … Continue reading
Gov. Snyder, Mayor Bloomberg: Immigration debate should be about economics, not politics | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
In a presidential election in which both sides are debating economic growth and immigration separately, all parties should emphasize the relationship between them. The fact is the link between legal immigration and job creation couldn’t be stronger. Immigrants, especially those with advanced degrees, play a vital role in helping U.S. companies create jobs, as … Continue reading
Ireland reveals plans to cut dole queues – CTV News
Dublin has unveiled far-reaching plans to cut dole queues by targeting those at risk of long-term unemployment, introducing penalties for people who do not take up training, and inviting the private sector to provide job placements. The plan copies several ideas already in place in the U.K., France and Australia, including immediate on-the-spot assessments for … Continue reading
Canada’s pattern of immigration spreads east and west – The Globe and Mail
What is rapidly changing is the distribution of new immigrants within Canada. From 1991 to 2006, Ontario attracted 54.5 per cent of the immigrant population (using Census data for those years). During that same period, the Maritime provinces attracted less than 1 per cent of immigrants, even though the region’s population was more than 5.5 … Continue reading
Stopping the ‘Reverse Brain Drain’ | KQED News Fix
The U.S. Immigration Service held a summit today in Silicon Valley to tackle a “reverse brain drain” of American-trained entrepreneurs returning to their native countries to start companies. More than 100 leaders from high tech, academia and government met at Moffett Field to discuss the “Entrepreneurs in Residence” initiative. “The best and brightest from all … Continue reading
Recession has Portugal urging citizens to leave to find work – USATODAY.com
For nearly 600 years, Portugal had one of the greatest colonial empires in Europe, commanding trade centers in Africa, South America and China. Ana, a 28-year-old unemployed Portuguese woman, waits in line in Lisbon on Jan. 3 to discuss her unemployment benefits. Austerity measures have made it difficult for many Portuguese to find work. Now, … Continue reading
Irish and British head for Australian jobs, but where are the Greeks?
RISING unemployment in Europe has driven an influx of Irish and British skilled migrants to labour-strapped pockets of the Australian economy in recent months, government figures show. But skilled migration from Greece, where unemployment topped 20 per cent in November, remains low as Australian recruiters target already strong labour streams from the British Isles. The … Continue reading
Philippine | Rise in unemployment will push PH to intensify labor export, says group |
Global alliance of overseas Filipinos and families Migrante International today said that the rise in local unemployment will push the Philippine government to further intensify and implement a more aggressive labor export policy. According to the 2011 Social Weather Survey, unemployment rose to 24 percent, or an estimated 9.7 million, signifying an additional 1.5 million … Continue reading
Manchester Digital tackles the brain drain | How-Do
More than 1,000 students turned out for Manchester Digital’s ‘talent day’ at Manchester Town Hall today. The digital sector trade body organised the event as part of a plan to forge stronger links between businesses and the city’s universities. The idea is the companies get access to potential employees and the city’s wider talent pool … Continue reading
Brain pool: How large and of what quality?
To take a nation forward requires numerous factors to work in unison. Fundamental to this process, however, is the quality of its people — its brain pool. When the brain pool is undeveloped, underdeveloped, or depleted (brain drain) it sets serious constraints on how far a nation can go and how quickly. Harbison depicts the … Continue reading
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