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(UPDATE) Facebook Jobs Tool / Not A LinkedIn Killer writes Forbes, A Lame New App writes Business Insider
Facebook Social Jobs App – Not A LinkedIn Killer – Forbes Well if you try the app (click here to try it out), you find it to be a fairly poorly implemented search system which doesn’t even come close to the services offered by LinkedIn or Indeed.com (Indeed is one of the most successful job … Continue reading
Must-Have Job Skills according to WSJ
Even as employers remain cautious next year about every dollar spent on employees, they’ll also want workers to show greater skills and results. For employees who want to get ahead, basic competency won’t be enough. To win a promotion or land a job next year, experts say there are four must-have job skills: 1. Clear … Continue reading
China / Over 70 per cent overseas students return home
A vast majority of Chinese studying abroad are returning back offering stiff competition for jobs to the students, who studied in local universities. Nearly 72 per cent of overseas Chinese students have returned to China after finishing education abroad since the late 1970s, a government-backed agency said in a report. From 1978 to 2011, about … Continue reading
US / A total of 598,500 jobs created or supported by Apple (Apple’s estimates)
Based on a study by Analysis Group in February 2012, Apple has directly or indirectly created 307,250 U.S. jobs.* These jobs — spread across all 50 states — include thousands of jobs in numerous industries, from the people who create components for our products to the people who build the planes and trucks that carry … Continue reading
US / Job Gap / State-by-State
Each month, The Hamilton Project examines the “jobs gap,” which is the number of jobs that the U.S. economy needs to create in order to return to pre-recession employment levels while absorbing the people who enter the labor force each month. As of September, our nation faces a gap of 11.1 million jobs, but the … Continue reading
Scotland / Areva will create 750 jobs in new wind turbine plant
Areva, one of Europe’s largest offshore wind energy players, confirmed today that it will locate its UK turbine manufacturing site in Scotland.The announcement, which was made this morning during the First Minister’s visit to Paris, could create 750 jobs in Scotland from manufacturing and the supporting supply chain.The company today signed a strategic agreement with … Continue reading
China / Minorities are disadvantaged in the job search process concludes a study
Reza Hasmath, Benjamin Ho and Elaine M. Liu estimate wage differentials between ethnic minorities and the Han majority in China from 1989 to 2006 in Ethnic Minority Disadvantages in China’s Labor Market? on seh.ox.ac.uk (Adapted choosen excerpts by JMM to follow) A decade after market reforms commenced in 1978, the Communist Party of China (CPC) abandoned its job assignment system. In … Continue reading
Facebook / Users who have recently lost a job feel greater stress
Among those who have recently lost a job, social networksin general and online ones in particular may be useful to cope with stress and find new employment write Moira Burke and Robert Kraut in Using Facebook after Losing a Job: Differential Benefits of Strong and Weak Ties on thoughtcrumbs.com. (Adapted choosen excerpts by JMM to follow) The study focuses on … Continue reading
HD Mining / Jobs advertised in China at lower pay
A mining company that has hired hundreds of temporary workers from China for its northern B.C. coal mine advertised those jobs in Canada for $10 to $17 less than what is paid for similar work at a nearby mine, a lawyer representing two unions told a federal court judge on Friday. HD Mining also advertised … Continue reading
China / 61 percent of Chinese doctors hate their jobs
A survey conducted by a group of Hunan university students has given a sobering look at the attitudes of China’s doctors. The study, conducted by 5 third-year students at Hunan Normal University, surveyed 363 doctors at 19 hospitals. Of those, 61 percent reported that they were unhappy with their profession. Middle-aged clinicians had the lowest … Continue reading
Sandy / Cheers for jobs program
CHEERS: For a $15.6 million emergency federal grant program that will pay for unemployed New Jerseyans to do temporary work helping to clean up the shore in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. It’s an idea so logical that some government skeptics might scarcely believe it came from elected officials. Out-of-work South Jerseyans who want to … Continue reading
India / IT-BPO sector to add 230,000 jobs in 2012
According to NASSCOM, the Indian IT-BPO sector continues to be an employment generator and is expected to add 230,000 jobs in FY 2012. This implies direct employment to nearly 2.8 million, and indirectly leading to employment of about 8.9 million people. Similarly, 2013 will witness hiring at all levels, right from freshers to highly experienced … Continue reading
India / Energy Revolution could generate 1.5 million jobs by 2030 writes Greenpeace
The second edition of India Energy [R]evolution in 2012 provides a practical pathway for India to secure its energy particularly electricity supply to achieve its long-term ambitious economic growth along with providing access to modern electricity technology to a 300 million population who are still waiting to see light in their homes while remaining low … Continue reading
Beijing / Jobs fair with more than 500 vacancies at nearly a hundred companies
More than 500 vacancies at nearly a hundred companies will be up for grabs next week at a jobs fair in Beijing, aiming to attract the best Chinese talent returning from overseas. Organizers from the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, at the Ministry of Education, say they have already attracted 1,500 job seekers to … Continue reading
Jobs for America / A Rooseveltian Second Term Agenda
As part of our series “A Rooseveltian Second Term Agenda,” a reminder that creating more good jobs must be the president’s top priority. The presidential victory of Barack Obama was an important vindication for the uses of government. The small-government ideologues were defeated, but now the nation must go farther and recognize government is indeed a … Continue reading
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