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Rhode Island / Electric Boat to add 600 jobs
The president of General Dynamics subsidiary Electric Boat says the company intends to hire 600 more workers at its Quonset Point shipyard in Rhode Island during the next three years. According to The Providence Journal , Electric Boat President Kevin Poitras told public officials in Warwick yesterday that the company plans to add up to … Continue reading
Hiring / Ford joins GM
Ford Motor Co., has become the latest automaker to go on a hiring binge in the U.S.. Ford said it plans to hire 2,200 salaried workers in the U.S. this year – the largest increase in new salaried workers in more than a decade. The news comes on the heels of General Motor’s announcement Thursday … Continue reading
Walmart / Planning to hire more than 100,000: Why ?
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT +0.17%) isn’t planning to hire more than 100,000 veterans over the next five years out of the goodness of its heart, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. As Matthew Yglesias at Slate notes, “Wal-Mart is anticipating that demand conditions will warrant them adding a fair amount of staff over the … Continue reading
Dominican Republic / 100,000 skilled workers needed in tourism
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s tourism sector needs as many as 100,000 skilled workers, for which the hoteliers and tourism businesses grouped in Asonahores call a great contribution the planned training center, to be sponsored by the Avignon Hotel School. Asonahores vice president Arturo Villanueva said the hotel trade and pastry school will be built in … Continue reading
India / State minorities development minister: ‘Give minorities priority in government jobs’
State minorities development minister Naseem Khan on Monday asked officials to give priority to people from the minority communities for government and semi-government jobs. Observing that the representation of the minorities in such jobs continued to be low, Khan said that instructions to give jobs to minorities on priority had been issued to the state … Continue reading
New Mexico / 7 000 apply for 200 retail jobs at Traget
In the last three days alone, thousands of people have applied for 200 new jobs at Target in Albuquerque, New Mexico, even though candidates only have 2.8 percent chance at getting a job. With long lines wrapping around the Marriott Upton building in Northeast Albuquerque, each candidate was competing with 7,000 others to get a … Continue reading
Australia / PhDs Graduates struggle to find employment in their field
A report into the job prospects of Australian PhD students has found that many struggle to find employment in their field when they graduate. The students say they get stuck in the middle of being too highly educated for some jobs, but not experienced enough for senior research roles. Transcript (Audio Podcast) TONY EASTLEY: A … Continue reading
Switzerland / More Eastern Europeans looking for work
Once the eurozone crisis took hold with particular intensity in Southern Europe, more and more people are looking for work abroad. Switzerland has become an attractive destination for migrants from the East and South. Maja Majchrzak is from Poland. She has worked as a ski instructor since Christmas at the Swiss resort town St. Moritz. … Continue reading
India / Tata Consultancy Services: 24,000 offers to campus placements
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today said it has given campus offers to 24,000 people, who will be joining the organisation in 2013-14. “We had said we would hire 25,000 from campuses in the next fiscal (2013-14). We have already rolled 24,000 offers, who will join the company starting July,” company’s Executive Vice-president and Global Head … Continue reading
Employers give the best jobs to students who have already worked for them
Record number of jobs going to students with experience with employer Research of 100 top employers also identified universities where bosses seek talent Students with no work experience warned they stand little chance of landing job at a leading firm Record numbers of graduate jobs are going to students who have already worked for the … Continue reading
Philippine / Do grads want the jobs ?
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) says there’s plenty of jobs available for new college graduates. The only problem is, do they want the jobs – or vice versa? Citing a 2006-2011 labor force survey (LFS) by the National Statistics Office, NSCB Secretary-General Jose Ramon G. notes that 18 percent of the country’s unemployed are … Continue reading
US / Nursing: Where’s the shortage?
I graduated from San Jose State University in May and got my registered nurse license in July. I have applied for jobs all over California and also other states such as Texas, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Virginia. I also applied with travel agencies but had no luck. I am currently working as a caregiver for a … Continue reading
Solihull, UK / Jaguar Land Rover to create 800 jobs
Britain’s car-making industry, stung by the loss of 800 jobs in Swindon last week, is to receive a boost from Jaguar Land Rover, which is to create jobs in Solihull. The announcement of the decision to put £370m of investment and 800 additional roles into the West Midlands plant was timed to coincide with the … Continue reading
US / The App Economy: from 0 to roughly 466,000 jobs in less than 5 years
“How can the U.S. dig itself out of the current job drought?” asks Michael Mandel in WHERE THE JOBS ARE: The APP Economy (Choosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor to follow) Government policy can temporarily boost employment. The ultimate answer, though, is innovation: The creation of new goods and services that spur the growth of new industries … Continue reading
Aaerospace / Parametric Solutions: adding jobs
Parametric Solutions will make a job-creation announcement on Wednesday, the Governor’s Office said. The Jupiter-based aerospace and aviation product developer added 50 engineering jobs in 2011, according to the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County. Jobs currently listed on the company’s website include a gas turbine design engineer, instrumentation engineer, propulsion mechanic, heat transfer … Continue reading
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