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Toronto tech jobs in high demand but geek factor, knowledge gap keep candidates away – thestar.com
Jobs in information technology and engineering in Toronto are in high demand but too few recent graduates are available to fill them, a year-long study shows. For every seven jobs in information technology and engineering there is only one qualified candidate to fill them, a study by the Toronto Region Research Alliance found. These trends … Continue reading
Those coping with job loss hope for better days ahead – The Globe and Mail
As part of our ongoing coverage of the decline of manufacturing jobs in Canada, The Globe and Mail invited readers to share their stories of job loss and what it has meant for them and their families. Below are some of the stories we’ve received so far. To add your own story, e-mail businesscommunity@globeandmail.com. Murray … Continue reading
Opposing free labour doesn’t make us ‘job snobs’, Iain Duncan Smith | John Harris | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The last five days have been very interesting indeed. Last week, an amazing outburst of anger followed a Tesco advert for nightshift workers who would be paid only their jobseeker’s allowance plus expenses – and as the issue was frantically discussed just about everywhere, a steady stream of employers announced that they had pulled out … Continue reading
The Wealth Gap – Inequality in Numbers – BBC News
Until protestors took to the streets last year, first in New York and then in financial centres across the world, inequality had been a low-key issue. Not any more. With the political temperature rising, a stream of new analysis is revealing how sharply inequality has been growing. In October, the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) … Continue reading
6 ways the job search has changed post-recession : The Work Buzz
The recession changed a lot of things. It changed the way people spend money, the way they save for retirement, the way they invest in stocks. It’s also changed the way companies recruit employees. Gone are the days when companies courted prospective employees, hiring managers offered generous starting bonuses and job seekers could choose from … Continue reading
Foxconn’s Other Dirty Secret: The World’s Largest ‘Internship’ Program | Motherboard
In June 2010, a university student named Liu Jiang arrived in the southern Chinese city of Foshan to begin his summer internship, at a factory that produces LCD screens for laptops and cell phones for the manufacturing giant Foxconn. As a student at the Dongfang Vocational School of Technology in the northern city of Shijiazhuang, … Continue reading
USAjobs.gov struggles after feds take it back from Monster.com – Computerworld
User complaints mount as site’s availability takes a hit. Former operator Monster offers free job ad postings to government agencies “The federal government’s central website for posting thousands of federal job openings, USAjobs.gov, has seen performance problems and complaints about searches since the government took it back this month from Monster.com, which had been running the … Continue reading
LinkedIn | Most overused profile words | Most Important Part of Your Profile | Mistakes Killing Credibility
Most overused LinkedIn profile words of 2011: creative, organizational, effective – PC Advisor If you were really as “creative” as your resume claims, you’d use different terminology to showcase your skills, according to LinkedIn’s 2011 list of most overused words and phrases. The online professional network, whose membership has ballooned from 85 million a year … Continue reading
How Job Seekers Are Using Mobile Apps [INFOGRAPHIC]
The jobless rate is hovering above 9%, and job seekers have to be more savvy than ever to land a job. In fact, 77% of job-seekers are using mobile apps in their search. Why mobile? For one thing, people almost always have their phones on them, which means they can get job leads on the … Continue reading
91% of Employers Check Job Seekers’ Social Media: Infographic | The Savvy Intern by YouTern
According to a survey of 300 hiring professionals conducted by Reppler, a social media monitoring service for managing online presence, a job candidate’s social network is thoroughly examined during the hiring process by 91 percent of employers and recruiters. Consider the findings from the survey below: The most utilized social network to screen candidates is … Continue reading
OECD | Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising | 10 links
Tax and benefit systems play a major role in reducing market-driven inequality, but have become less effective at redistributing income since the mid-1990s. The main reason lies on the benefits side: benefits levels fell in nearly all OECD countries, eligibility rules were tightened to contain spending on social protection, and transfers to the poorest failed … Continue reading
Trades Union Congress – Jobless cleaners, caterers and machine operators amongst those most at risk of long-term unemployment
If they become unemployed, low-paid workers such as cleaners, catering assistants and machine operators are most likely to be on the dole for more than six months, according to a new TUC analysis published today (Monday) ahead of the latest unemployment statistics this week. The TUC analysis shows that as unemployment rises and the number … Continue reading
Two-fifths of high school graduates are unprepared for college or the workforce | The Washington Post
Two-fifths of high school students graduate prepared neither for traditional college nor for career training, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arizona. College-preparatory programming has expanded dramatically in the past decade, with participation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate more than tripling. Career-preparatory programs have evolved, as … Continue reading
Raising the retirement age: Consider it a done deal – The Globe and Mail
If Stephen Harper was to announce tomorrow that the age at which people will be eligible for Old Age Security was going to increase to 67 in the year 2025, who would protest? Not the over 50s: they’ll still be able to start claiming at 65 as planned. Not many of the under 50s, either. … Continue reading
Australia | Pakistan | The great brain waste – The Express Tribune Blog
In May last year an Australian embassy press release stated that more than 5,000 Pakistani students have chosen Australia as their destination to study. How many of these people actually go abroad to study? The answer is nil. As a resident of Australia I can say that ninety-nine per cent of these so-called students are actually professionals … Continue reading
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