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US Veterans / 100,000 Jobs Mission reaches goal seven years early
The 100,000 Jobs Mission announced today that its coalition members hired a total of 117,439 U.S. military veterans by the end of 2013 — surpassing the coalition’s original goal seven years early. “Reaching this important milestone is great news for veterans and employers alike,” said Maureen Casey, Director of Military and Veterans Affairs at JPMorgan … Continue reading
Canada / One-third will look for a new job in 2014
While 2013 ended on a down note, with the loss of 48,000 jobs across Canada in December, a new study conducted by Ipsos-Reid on behalf of Randstad Canada shows that Canadian workers are entering 2014 with a cautiously optimistic outlook for the job market and economy overall this year. The Randstad Canada Labour Trends Study … Continue reading
Amazon Tops in US / 16,100 IT jobs posted last year
The employer with the most IT job postings last year was Amazon.com, with 16,146 ads, exceeding most other IT firms by a wide margin, according to a new report. The three top runners-up in 2013 U.S. job postings were Accenture, at 14,240 and Deloitte, at 13,077 job ads, according to CompTIA’s annual IT Industry Outlook … Continue reading
Grads in UK / Recruitment levels at a seven-year high but jobs ‘reserved for student interns’
Companies said that four-in-10 positions being advertised for graduates in 2014 would be reserved for those with previous experience – barring other final year students from applying Continue reading
Ice Cream Plant in US / 1,600 desperate job seekers applicants for ‘three dozen or so initial jobs’
When the Good Humor ice cream plant closed here two summers ago, more than 400 jobs and a stable, punch-the-clock way of life melted away, another in a string of plant closings that have battered this once-proud manufacturing town. The hulking plant sat vacant until a co-op of Virginia dairy farmers purchased it in summer … Continue reading
US / The Fastest Declining Jobs
Tree-fellers, shoemakers, and postal clerks, beware. More than 30% of these jobs may disappear over the next 10 years. A new release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics sheds light on which American occupations will shrink the most in the coming decade. The 30 fastest-declining jobs are ranked by projected percent decrease between 2012 … Continue reading
Deutsche Bahn / Hiring 10,000 new workers each year until 2020
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn spent years cutting jobs to save costs. As thousands of employees head into retirement, the company now must recruit more help, hiring 10,000 new workers each year until 2020. In August 2013, the Mainz central train station came to a virtual standstill every evening as dispatchers were either on vacation … Continue reading
Electrolux in US / Plans to add 810 jobs at headquarters
Electrolux will expand its North American headquarters in Charlotte, NC., and expects to add 810 jobs in the state in the coming years. It will be the second expansion at the location in three years. The appliance maker will invest $85 million in a 20-year lease agreement, part of the development of a second building … Continue reading
General Motors (GM) in US / $1.3 bln in investment will create or retain about 1,000 jobs
GM said the investment at the plants in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana will create or retain about 1,000 jobs combined, but did not say how many will be new jobs Continue reading
US / Private college created fake jobs for grads reports the Huff
Eric Parms enrolled at an Everest College campus in the suburbs of Atlanta in large part because recruiters promised he would have little trouble securing a job. He’d seen the for-profit school’s television commercials touting its sterling rates of job placement, and he’d heard the pledges of admissions staff who assured him that the campus … Continue reading
Cisco / To create up to 1,700 jobs with Ontario Govt
Cisco and the Ontario government today announced an agreement that could see the networking company spend as much as $4 billion over the next 10 years to expand its operations in the province. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Nitin Kawale, president of Cisco’s Canadian unit, attended a news event Friday in Toronto to release details of the … Continue reading
Ford / To Hire 5,000 in US and 6,000 in Asia
Ford Motor Co. (F) plans to add 11,000 jobs in the U.S. and Asia in 2014, with more than half of those hires coming in the latter region where the company is scheduled to open two factories. Ford plans to hire about 6,000 people in Asia, most of them as hourly employees, according to a … Continue reading
Ireland / 1,000 new jobs as University of Limerick expands
About 1,000 jobs are expected to be created in Limerick over the next four years in a major expansion of the University of Limerick, part funded by the European Investment Bank. An estimated 700 of the jobs will be in construction and nearly 300 will be created on the existing campus as well as at a new campus … Continue reading
Daimler / 800 new IT-jobs inin India and Turkey
New SAP ‘Shared Service Centers’ are currently being developed in India and Turkey. Daimler IT is placing great emphasis on the skills of its own employees while expanding the facilities. In the new Shared Service Center,Daimler will create 800 new IT-jobs in Bangalore by 2015. Positive effects on IT suppliers and the IT sector in … Continue reading
UK / JCB creates 2,500 jobs
JCB has unveiled plans to create 2,500 jobs by 2018 in a boost to the government’s plans to create a sustainable recovery. The earthmoving equipment maker is to build two plants – replacing its facility at Rugeley – and expand operations at its Staffordshire headquarters under a £150m scheme unveiled on Friday. Chosen excerpts by … Continue reading
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