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Recruitment Agency – The signs that you’ve got a good one
Here are some of the good things to seek out: 1) They have stellar testimonials and reviews 2) It just feels right 3) They specialise in your industry 4) They have a flawless BBB rating 5) They’re transparent 6) They don’t act like they need you 7) You have your own, responsive agent Chosen excerpts by … Continue reading
Jobs Openings in US in June 2014 – Increased to 4.7 million, highest since 2001
Jobs openings increased in June to 4.671 million from 4.577 million in May. This is the highest level since February 2001. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Calculated Risk: BLS: Jobs Openings increased to 4.7 million in June, Highest since 2001.
Hiring – Employee referrals and internal employees (with 42% of jobs) are the two main source
Employee referrals is still a dominant source of new hires: 25% of new hires results from these referrals. One out of 10 referred candidates gets hired The really interesting new finding is that the lion’s share of jobs is now filled by internal employees! Fully 42% of jobs are filled this way. You can understand … Continue reading
US – Long-term unemployment might be falling for the good reason
in the past six months, unemployment has fallen much faster than expected, from 6.7 to 6.1 percent. And as you can see above, 88 percent of that has been due to declining long-term unemployment. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at The long-term unemployed might finally be getting jobs – The Washington Post. … Continue reading
iPhone 6 – 100,000 new jobs in China
Chinese manufacturing powerhouse Foxconn is preparing to assemble stuff like its never assembled stuff before, with reports from China suggesting the companys vast network of facilities may be employing an extra 100,000 workers to handle the logistics of making millions of iPhone 6s over the coming months. via iPhone 6 Production Explosion Creates 100,000 New … Continue reading
US – The Job Gap is still near 7.0 million
Furthermore, it is an utterly meaningless benchmark economically. Because the working-age population and with it, the potential labor force is growing all the time, we should have added millions of jobs over the last six-plus years just to hold steady. That means that when we get back to the prerecession employment level, there will still be a … Continue reading
The World’s Worst Countries For Workers – A report
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a confederation of national trade union centres, each of which links the trade unions of that particular country. The International Trade Union Confederation has built the world’s most compre- hensive data base of violations of workers’ rights (survey.ituc-csi.org). Descriptive texts detailing facts on real-world violations faced by workers … Continue reading
Jobs for Grads in UK – Nine in ten bosses say they can’t find good enough candidates
To many job-seeking graduates, it seems unbelievable – but a new survey suggests that many employers are struggling to fill their graduate vacancies for this year. With nearly nine in ten graduate employers admitting they have positions that they can’t find suitable candidates for, there could be hundreds of good quality, well-paid graduate roles currently … Continue reading
New York City – Job growth has been concentrated at the higher and lower ends of the skills distribution
New York City remains on strong growth trajectory, some weakness in Northern NJ to start the year, and signs of firming in Puerto Rico. A growing number of places in the region have gained back the jobs lost during the Great Recession. Types of Jobs Lost and Gained Middle-skill jobs were hardest hit during the recession and havenot come back. During the recovery, job growth has been concentrated at the higher … Continue reading
MBA Jobs in US – A 30% increase in hiring since the height of the financial crisis in 2009
What financial crisis? Leading MBA employers plan to hire more MBA graduates this year, according to a new recruiter survey from the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC). In a further sign of a return to economic prosperity, 80% of business school recruiters plan to hire MBAs this year, according to GMAC. The new data shows … Continue reading
Heinz – 250 jobs safe at Leamington
The H.J. Heinz Co. has completed the sale of its Leamington plant. The food giant said in a statement released early Wednesday that it has sold it’s 105-year-old tomato processing plant to Highbury Canco, which will begin operating the plant on June 27. Highbury Canco will take over “all aspects of the operation,” according to … Continue reading
US – Jobs and Unemployment are the most important problems facing the country poll finds
Twenty percent of Americans name unemployment or jobs as the most important problem facing the country in May, up from 14% who mentioned these issues in April. Dysfunctional government (19%) and the economy in general (17%) also rank among the top problems. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Jobs, Government, and Economy … Continue reading
US – And the best job without a degree for 2014 is
Administrative Assistant Annual Median Salary: $35,330 Projected Hiring Outlook by 2022: 12% The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recommends at least a high school diploma or equivalent for those pursuing positions as an administrative assistant, though such careers in specialized fields like healthcare may require industry-specific training. This can be gained from trade schools. Chosen … Continue reading
US – Not reallocating labor resources since the Great Recession
The Great Recession appears to have solidified trends that took hold in the early 2000s. During the 1990s, 16 percent of total private-sector employment per quarter was typically accounted for by job churn—expanding companies’ hiring new workers and shrinking ones’ handing out pink slips. Since the turn of the century, the rates of new hirings … Continue reading
Toyota to move 1500 jobs in US
Toyota is consolidating much of its U.S. operations and moving them to a new headquarters in Plano, Texas. That will affect operations at its North American Manufacturing headquarters in Erlanger. Toyota’s new headquarters in Texas will house 4,000 people and serve as the hub for North American marketing, manufacturing and finance operations. One thousand Erlanger … Continue reading
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