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India / 1.7 million apply for 1500 jobs in India’s largest state-run bank
India’s largest state-run bank has received 1.7 million applications for 1500 entry-level clerk jobs – and has promised to examine all of them. State Bank of India chairman Pratip Chaudhuri attributed the huge interest to good marketing and attractive employment terms, with the number of applications underlining the appeal of “jobs for life” in the … Continue reading
UK / Lower-skilled jobs still threatened by outsourcing
Lower-skilled and process-based jobs in the UK remain vulnerable in the face of continued popularity of business process outsourcing (BPO) to central and eastern European countries, according to research published today by professional services firm Towers Watson. The General Industry Compensation Report shows that despite the fast economic development of many countries such as Poland, … Continue reading
Arizona / GM Plans Hiring 1,000 IT Workers at Computer Center
General Motors Co. (GM), amid an overhaul of its information technology operations, plans to hire 1,000 people for a new computer center in the Phoenix area, the fourth so-called innovation center, the company said today. The hiring is part of Detroit-based GM’s plan to add about 7,500 information technology workers over as many as five … Continue reading
How To Score Good Jobs Right Out of High School
Frank Pena doesn’t have much time to chat, because he’s repairing a jet engine. The 24-year-old technician at Lockheed Martin is a big guy, but even he looks tiny compared with some of the engines—from the Air Force’s C-5 to the commercial 727—arrayed in the factory. Pena is here, and not flipping burgers at McDonalds, … Continue reading
Canada / Home Depot hiring thousands to fill 6,700 jobs
The Home Depot is looking to fill 6,700 jobs across Canada, 1,067 in Alberta, as the home improvement retailer gears up for summer, its peak season. All stores in the province will be hosting career fairs later this month. On March 19 from 12 to 4 p.m., events will be held in eight Edmonton stores, … 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
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
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
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
Lloyds Banking Group’s study claims oil and gas jobs bonanza
Oil and gas firms could create up to 34,000 jobs over the next two year, according to a study from Lloyds Banking Group. The bank said 77% of companies in the sector it surveyed were planning for growth in 2013-14. Most firms (86%) saw expansion coming from organic growth rather than from mergers and acquisition. … Continue reading
India / AirAsia Hiring
AirAsia India, the new joint venture airline that AirAsia Bhd and Tata Sons Ltd propose to launch has started approaching top aviation executives in India, as it attempts to build its team ahead of a nod from the government, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. The fate … Continue reading
US / The Great Wage Recession And The Great Jobs Recession : Two Charts
As bad as the current job recovery has been — and it’s by far the weakest since World War II — the recovery in wages has been far worse. Five years after the recession began in December 2007, total wages in the economy have yet to fully recover in real terms, Commerce Department data show. … Continue reading
Atlanta / Athenahealth to bring 500 jobs
A major healthcare software firm will expand in Atlanta, bringing 500 highly-paid jobs to the city in a deal that will help jump start redevelopment of the former City Hall East, a person with knowledge of the deal said. Massachusetts-based Athenahealth, a player in the growing industry of healthcare information technology, will become the lead … Continue reading
Chrysler / To create 1,250 jobs in Indiana plants
Chrysler Group LLC, the U.S. automaker majority owned by Italy’s Fiat (FIA.MI), will invest $374 million in four Indiana plants to support production of its more fuel-efficient eight- and nine-speed transmissions by the end of the year. The move will create up to 1,250 jobs in Indiana, including as many as 850 jobs at the … Continue reading
Young And Unemployed / 3 Reasons Why You’re Not Getting Hired
If you’re a college graduate and you’re unemployed, you might have an idea of what I’m about to talk about. You’ve spent four years of your life hitting the books, getting good grades, participating in relevant extra-curricular activities, and maybe even juggling a part-time job in between. You’ve worked really hard for your degree and … Continue reading
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