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China’s job market – Cracks are appearing
China’s job market has started to show signs of stress, putting pressure on the government to intensify fiscal spending to prevent the economy from weakening further. Like politicians the world over, Chinese leaders’ biggest single economic worry is whether unemployment is under control, and analysts say the job outlook will help determine whether they launch … Continue reading
Report – Too Much to Lose: Understanding and supporting Britain’s older workers
The report Too Much to Lose: Understanding and supporting Britain’s older workers by Matthew Tinsley published on policyexchange.org.uk examines the position of over-50s in the UK labour market. It outlines the large barriers to work that they face and highlights that the majority of these barriers remain unaddressed by government support. It argues that without reforms to address these issues, … Continue reading
German unemployment climbs
Recent official figures have revealed that the number of unemployed people in Germany jumped by 7,000 in June, giving an unemployed rate of 6.8 percent of the workforce. The German Labor Office said on Thursday that the number of people out of work in Europe’s largest economy increased by a seasonally-adjusted 7,000 to 2.882 million … Continue reading
Costa Rica’s Skill Gap | In 3 Out of 10 Companies
3 Out of 10 Companies In Costa Rica Unable To Hire Suitable People About 30% of Costa Rican employers say they have difficulty in finding suitable people for the jobs they have available. The figure was released by Manpower in Costa Rica. According to the date, human capital with high job skills is one of … Continue reading
Migrant Workers | A8 Countries | Great Britain: Overall, have contributed to the growth of the UK economy
“In May 2004 the UK, Sweden and Ireland were the only EU countries to fully open their labour markets to migrant workers from A8 countries.[1]” write Nick Clark and Jane Hardy in Free Movement in the EU – The Case of Great Britain, a report publisher on Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. “The same access to labour … Continue reading
Scholl to work transition : lessons from around the world
In a well documented paper, David Raffe, from University of Edinburgh, tells us that : The processes and outcomes of education-work transitions vary across countries and these differences tend to persist over time Institutional differences which create different national ‘logics’ largely explain these differences System reactions to pressure and theirs impacts vary. His General findings Where … Continue reading
China’s Job market | Small companies are confronting growing difficulties
A slowdown in China’s economy has not caused employment woes, officials have claimed, but they also warned of challenges as the country’s small companies are confronting growing difficulties. The country’s urban registered unemployment rate stood at 4.1 percent in the first three months of 2012, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Ministry of … Continue reading
Poland | Unemployment Rate drops to 13.3 pct
Government statistics show that Poland’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 13.3 percent in March, from 13.5 percent the month before. It was the first drop in the jobless rate since the figure started rising in November… Source: Read More @ Poland’s unemployment drops to 13.3 pct in March – CBS News.
Permanent Layoffs in Canada | Only around 40% are “rare” events, particularly among older workers
A new study by Statistics Canada by Garnett Picot, Zhengxi Lin and Wendy Pyper uses a new longitudinal data source on the separations of workers to address three issues: First, has there in fact been an increase in the permanent layoff rate in Canada in the 1990s, as one might anticipate given concerns about rising job instability? … Continue reading
German unemployment lowest in 20 years
The positive development in the labour market continued at the beginning of 2012. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of persons in employment living in Germany totalled 41.06 million in January 2012. This was the first time in any January that the number of persons in employment exceeded the 41 million … Continue reading
New competency : Tomorrow’s journalist according to the BBC’s College of Journalism
For those who mind where things are leading in journalism, the content is : The End of Fortress Journalism by Peter Horrocks Introducing Multimedia to the Newsroom by Zoe Smith Multimedia Reporting in the Field by Guy Pelham Dealing with User-Generated Content: is it Worth it? by Paul Hambleton Video Games: a New Medium for … Continue reading
Canada | Older workers age 60-plus represent 8 per cent of the workforce, but account for 30 per cent of new job gains – thestar.com
The face of the Canadian worker is changing. Gone are the days of hitting the magic retirement age, and heading off to travel and enjoy life. More Canadians are working past 60, some well into their 70s, often because they can’t afford to retire. And getting squeezed in some cases, are other job-seekers, including new … Continue reading
Labour reform in Spain: Spanish practices | The Economist
SPAIN’S new government is learning to be wary of microphones. Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, was caught by one claiming his labour reform would provoke strikes. Luis de Guindos, the economy minister, was overheard calling it extremely aggressive. When the reform was unveiled in a decree of February 10th, expectations were of a radical simplification … Continue reading
Labour markets : the German Recipe according to The Economist
According to The Economist, “the academic achievements of (german) schoolchildren, measured in international tests, look only mediocre… (And) the reading abilities of German 15-year-olds, according to the PISA studies published by the OECD, are below the average for rich countries. The question is then: “In a world where brainpower matters more and more, how does … Continue reading
Europe’s lost generation: how it feels to be young and struggling in the EU | World news | The Observer
Viola Caon left her Italian home to find work. Now she returns to see how her former classmates are faring… and in the week that shocking figures showed how badly Europe’s youth is being hit by the unemployment crisis, we also talk to hard-hit twentysomethings in Athens and Madrid Maybe being young is never easy. … Continue reading
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