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UK / 40,000 jobs available in admin
Over the next five years 600,000 people will be needed to fill existing roles as employees move on or retire. Getting into the sector is straightforward, whatever your age or background. Continue reading
UK / Royal Mail will cut thousands of jobs
Royal Mail has warned that thousands of postal workers will lose their jobs following its controversial privatisation. Continue reading
UK Apprentices / Nearly a third not paid the legal minimum wage in 2012
Nearly a third of apprentices were not paid the legal minimum wage in 2012, according to information published by the department for Business, Innovation and Skills this afternoon Continue reading
UK / PM Cameron: People under 25 should be forced to “earn or learn”, not be able to claim welfare
British Prime Minister David Cameron said jobless people under the age of 25 should not be allowed to claim unemployment benefits as he signaled a crackdown on welfare payments Continue reading
UK / Views on how should long-term unemployment be tackled?
How should long-term unemployment be tackled in UK ? Continue reading
UK / Students support just over 430,000 jobs directly and almost 834,000 jobs in total
A study, titled Student contributions to the UK economy, published on 25 September, says students support just over 430,000 jobs directly and almost 834,000 jobs in total – roughly 2.8 per cent of all jobs in the UK economy. Continue reading
UK / Men with children 1.4x more likely to work than those without
British fathers are more likely to be in employment than their childless counterparts. But when it comes to women, having a child reduces your chances of being in work. We look at the data for every age group to see what’s happening Continue reading
Apprenticeship in UK / Labour calls time on the level 2
A report says: “to protect the apprenticeship brand, level 2 training should be renamed as a traineeship or similar Continue reading
UK / The number of immigrants hugely overestimated as immigration seen as an issue
A poll of Western countries has found that immigration is seen as a bigger problem in the UK than anywhere else Continue reading
UK / For a Commitment to the Apprenticeship Revolution
Demand for graduate jobs out-strips supply. The abundance of degrees from poorly regarded institutions serves only to inflate the price of tuition for those that university really is for: individuals who are academically talented and that want to fulfill their potential, regardless of their background or ability to pay Continue reading
UK / Cabinet secretary to lead review of youth job program
The review is an implicit admission that the Youth Contract, launched in 2011 with great fanfare by Mr Clegg, deputy prime minister, has not worked Continue reading
UK / Seasonal migrant workers scheme closes to help British into work | UK news | theguardian.com
Experts warn closure of agricultural scheme, which brought 21,250 Romanians and Bulgarians to Britain every year, will lead to sharp rise in fruit and vegetable prices Continue reading
UK / The unemployment rate for 16 to 24 year olds hits 21.0%
The unemployment rate for 16 to 24 year olds was 21.0% for May to July 2013, up 0.5 percentage points from February to April 2013 Continue reading
Jaguar / To create 1,700 new jobs in UK
Jaguar Land Rover has announced a substantial new investment in Britain and the creation of 1,700 jobs. The Indian-owned company plans to invest 1.5 billion pounds ($2.3 billion) to produce an advanced new car manufactures out of aluminum. The announcement was made Tuesday at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. Chosen excerpts by Job Market … Continue reading
UK’s Brain Drain / Two million in ‘talent drain’ (4,000 per day)
According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of British citizens who have moved abroad has risen by a fifth under the Coalition, reaching 154,000 last year. Separate figures, published by the OECD, show that almost 1.3million Britons with university-level education are living abroad, more than any other developed economy. Nick de Bois, secretary … Continue reading
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