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Current statistics indicate that America’s deaf community is underemployed and too often overlooked in a company’s diversity efforts. Educating about employing the deaf community An employer’s hesitation with regard to employing members of the deaf community is likely a result of honest misunderstandings about working with deaf individuals. The two most common misperceptions are: That … Continue reading
US, China and the American Job Creation
What has been happening in China – and is likely to be followed by the emergence of other Asian markets – is the increasing development of a substantial middle class consumer base. Today, China has some 250 million middle class consumers, with that figure expected to rise to 600 million by 2020. Once other Asian … Continue reading
US Job Market – America’s Geriatric Work F(a)rce
There is the schism of America’s workforce since the NBER-defined official end of the recession in June 2009 into the “haves”, or those above 55, who have been able to get a job since the end of the recession, and the “have nots”, or all those in the labor force who have not been able to … Continue reading
The Big Job Gap
” The recovery is real, but it’s still really far from the recovery we need” writes Matthew O’Brien in The Scariest Jobs Chart, Private Sector Edition. (Choosen excerpts by JMM to follow) That’s been the consistent message of the past three years, with consistent job growth that hasn’t been near enough to end our jobs crisis much … Continue reading
Nissan – A New Thai plant
Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) said on Friday it was investing 11 billion baht ($358 million) to build a second assembly plant in Thailand that will have an annual production capacity of 75,000 vehicles when it opens in August 2014. Capacity would eventually be raised to 150,000 vehicles. “Adding 150,000 units of production capacity will … Continue reading
Alberta – AHS to hire new nursing graduates
More nurses, including new graduates, are expected to be hired by the province as Alberta Health Services boosts its efforts to improve patient care. Approximately 750 registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses will be available for hire in Alberta in December, and Alberta Health Services said on Thursday that they plan to hire them all. … Continue reading
China – Job creation, a major problem
The factories that have powered China’s economic miracle are reeling from the global slowdown, presenting the incoming leadership in Beijing with a restless workforce at a defining moment in the country’s growth story. In the sprawling Foxconn factory in the industrial hub of Shenzen, where 500,000 people churn out electronics for Apple and others, the … Continue reading
Ireland – McDonald’s to create 700 new jobs
Fast food giant McDonald’s is to create 700 jobs across the country over the next three years. The organisation announced plans for a 20 million euro investment in its Irish operations between now and the end of 2015, which will include the opening of 12 new restaurants. Junior minister for jobs John Perry welcomed the … Continue reading
Ryanair promises hundreds of jobs
Ryanair has said an increase in its flights to and from East Midlands airport could create up to 460 jobs. The budget airline announced yesterday it will be adding new services to Marseille and Menorca from the Castle Donington airport, and expanding 17 of its existing 38 routes which already fly from there… via Airline … Continue reading
OECD – Internet accounts for 5.7 percent of jobs in member nations
The ICT sector and the crisis The global economic crisis immediately had a strong negative impact on innovation worldwide . Total OECD-area business expenditure on research and development (R&D) declined by a record 4.5% in 2009; it declined across all major OECD R&D spenders except Korea and France. In 2010 the recovery that occurred in some countries did … Continue reading
India – Muslims pose as Hindus to get jobs
Muslims who make 13% of country’s population regularly complain of facing an anti-Muslim bias in various walks of life. Shaikh Azizur Rahman reports on those who secretly adopt Hindu names and dress styles to improve their lot in a Hindu-dominated … . Indian Muslims pose as Hindus to get jobs . http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2012-10-31/indian-muslims-pose-as-hindus-to-get-jobs/1038846
Ireland – 10,000 skilled workers attend BC job fair
The B.C. Construction Association (BCCA) has returned from its second trip to Ireland this year to recruit tradespeople, which involved a side trip to Scotland to examine the apprenticeship training system. “It was a fabulous trip. We had a good reception from the media in the first few days,” said Abigail Fulton, vice-president of the … Continue reading
Australia – Mining jobs up 65 per cent in five years
EMPLOYMENT in Australia’s mining industry has jumped in the past five years, new Census figures show. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the sector accounted for 1.8 per cent of the nation’s employment in 2011, up from 1.2 per cent in the previous Census in 2006. The number of people who reported being employed in … Continue reading
France – Industry Bleeds Jobs
Renault SA (RNO) says if President Francois Hollande wants more cars built in France, he needs to tackle the country’s high labor costs and rigid work rules. France’s second-largest carmaker, which is based near Paris and 15 percent owned by the government, built fewer than a quarter of the 2.83 million cars that rolled off … Continue reading
Chrysler Shifting Jobs to China – CEO Denies
The chief executive of U.S.-based automaker Chrysler says his company is not shifting production of Jeep vehicles to China. His comments follow a series of statements by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign that appear to suggest otherwise. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said in an email to employees Tuesday that Jeep assembly lines will remain … Continue reading
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