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Italy / McDonald’s / 100 new stores, 3,000 new jobs
Fastfood giant McDonald’s believes recession-hit Italy will be one of its higher-growth areas in the coming decade and is opening more than 100 new restaurants to convert pizza-lovers to its burgers. In a country where foreign investment has fallen by almost 30 percent since 2007, McDonald’s Italian arm plans to spend 350 million euros ($457 … Continue reading
US / Gunmaker Subsidized to Lure Jobs
Governments in nine states have awarded at least $49 million in subsidies in the past five years to gun and ammunition makers whose products are under scrutiny after last month’s school shooting in Connecticut. Almost 85 percent of those tax breaks or grants have gone to two companies: Olin Corp. (OLN), the Clayton, Missouri-based maker … 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
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
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
China / College Grads seeking better jobs take education entrance exams
College graduates who are taking postgraduate entrance exams are doing so largely because they desire better job opportunities, according to survey results released on Saturday. The survey, carried out by independent survey institution My China Occupation Skills from Nov. 23 to Dec. 19, 2012, indicated that 34 percent of respondents believe taking the exams will … Continue reading
Update – US / An increase of only 28,000 persons saying they have a job: proportion at work declined
The last Employment Report for 2012 is fresh out. Comments will focus on the fact that Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 155,000 and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.8 percent. All that is true but… there is a big bad news. An important indicator coming from the household survey is the Employment-population ratio which , in short, … 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
India / IT and Education Top the List of Job Creating Sectors
Amidst global financial crisis and sluggish economic growth that hampered the growth and employment opportunities in the country, there were few sunshine sectors that created huge job opportunities. Here is a list of such sunshine sectors in India that created new job opportunities in the year 2012, as reported by Anumeha Chaturvedi and Shreya Biswas on The … Continue reading
Oman / Government to create 20,000 jobs
Oman will continue spending heavily on job creation for its citizens this year, Finance Minister Darwish al-Balushi said on Wednesday at a news conference on the 2013 budget. “Last year we created 36,000 jobs for Omanis by spending 300 million rials ($780 million),” he said. “This year we will create 56,000 jobs, of which 20,000 … Continue reading
Taiwan / 82 % of office workers plan to change jobs in 2013
Up to 82.33 percent of Taiwan’s office workers want to land a new job before the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10, 2013, because of the economic slowdown, the results of a survey released on Friday showed. Among those interested in getting a new job, 36.7 percent said they were planning to do … Continue reading
India / Over a million jobs in India will be created in 2013, reversing the Brain Drain
Many new jobs are expected to open up in India in the coming year, offering opportunities to home-sick Indian expats who long for a job back home. Ushering in 2013, estimates show that the country may see more than a million jobs being created over the course of the next 12 months. The country suffered … Continue reading
Lincoln Electric, Cleveland / Profit-Sharing and No Layoffs for 64 Years
Economics correspondent Paul Solman revisits Lincoln Electric, a welding manufacturing company based outside Cleveland, Ohio. Through its use of merit-based profit-sharing and a no-layoff policy, the firm is an unlikely Rust Belt success story that hasn’t laid off anyone for financial reasons since World War II. PAUL SOLMAN: A bright light in Rust Belt America: … Continue reading
Montana / Oil boom affecting educational choices of young people
The energy boom unfolding in the northern Plains states, centered in North Dakota, is quickly spilling over into Montana. It’s a big reason the U.S. is now forecast to be the world’s biggest oil producer within a decade. Not surprisingly, the boom is affecting the economic and educational choices of young people. Reporter Jack Healy is … Continue reading
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