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UK – Civil service employment down 30,000
The Office for National Statistics said civil service employment has fallen by 34,621 to reach 463,812 in the year to March 31. Over the past two years, more than 60,000 jobs have been cut, the figures show. The number of full-time civil servants fell by just over 34,000 to 354,250 over the period, with the … Continue reading
UK – Vocational Education – Skills Gap: Economic Recovery Depends on Balance Between Academic and Vocational Ed
“Big companies believe the UK’s economic recovery may depend on improving the balance between academic and vocational education” writes James Taylor in We need more investment in practical skills, say employers on managementtoday.co.uk. “87% of the large firms questioned by education services provider Pearson said the UK economic recovery was at risk without more investment … Continue reading
UK – Hiring secret agent’s apprentice
How’s this for a job title – secret agent’s apprentice? The British government is recruiting teenage apprentice spies and codebreakers without university degrees in a bid to deepen the talent pool of its intelligence services for the era of cyberterorrism and cyberwarfare. Foreign secretary William Hague announced the programme on Thursday in a speech at … Continue reading
Youth Unemployment – UK – Are vocational qualifications a better option than university ?
“In this economic climate, with such high rates of graduate unemployment, should school leavers give far greater consideration to vocational qualifications?” asks Jane Scott Paul in Are vocational qualifications a better option than university? on guardian.co.uk. “Sadly though, youth unemployment is hardly limited to unqualified school leavers: it now extends to many of Britain’s brightest … Continue reading
Update – UK – Employment has not been higher. How?
Tony Dolphin: If the UK is in Recession, How Come Employment is Increasing So Rapidly? The latest employment figures, published today, do little to resolve the conundrum over the UK’s unusual combination of strong employment growth and no economic growth. Over the last year, real GDP has fallen by 0.5%, while employment has increased by … Continue reading
UK – Young people seeking low-skilled work: at the heart of the Jobs Gap
The UK labour market has become more challenging for all jobseekers, with unemployment particularly high among young people and those with limited education and skills says a Report by the Joseph Ronwtree Foundation. This research describes the difficulty of job searching for young people seeking low-skilled work, examining three contrasting local labour market areas in England … Continue reading
UK – Young black men have experienced sharpest unemployment rise since 2010
Young black men have experienced the sharpest rise in unemployment since the coalition came to power, with more than one in four of all black 16-24 year olds (26 per cent) currently out of work, according to a TUC report on youth unemployment published today (Wednesday). The TUC report, published to coincide with the TUC … Continue reading
UK – Employment has not been higher since records began in 1971 and unemployment falls to 2.53 million
The number of people out of work fell by 50,000 to 2.53 million in the three months to August, according to the Office for National Statistics ONS.Employment reached a record high of almost 30 million, while the unemployment rate fell to 7.9%. The ONS also said the number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance fell by … Continue reading
UK – Pension – Reforms ‘could cut retirement income’
Workers who switch jobs several times could lose up to a quarter of their potential pension funds under proposed reforms, critics have warned. The new system of automatic enrolment into pensions means that an increasing number of workers will have savings for their retirement. However, with the average employee changing jobs 11 times during their … Continue reading
US – Closing The Jobs Deficit
The latest data on employment in the United States confirm that the American economy continues to recover from the Great Recession of 2008-2009, despite the slowdown engulfing the other G-20 nations. Indeed, the pace of private-sector job growth has actually been much stronger during this recovery than during the recovery from the 2001 recession, and … Continue reading
UK – Job cuts of 10% for cops
Almost 6800 police posts have been downsized since the 2010UK general election as a result of British austerity measures, according to a House of Commons analysis of updated Home Office figures… http://rt.com/news/uk-police-jobs-cut-838/
UK – Slowdown in public sector job cuts
Number of civil servants declined by 5,000 in quarter, and number of health workers is higher than three years ago Government plans to cut the public sector payroll appear to be faltering, as official figures revealed a sharp slowdown in job cuts across Whitehall and local government over the summer. The number of civil servants … Continue reading
UK – Long-term unemployment hits 16 year high
“Despite improvements in the overall employment rate, long-term unemployment has hit a 16 year high remains a serious problem, with more than 900,000 people out of work for more than a year. The long-term unemployed should be offered a guaranteed job to make sure they don’t become permanently cut off from the jobs market.” via … Continue reading
UK – The number of unemployed people increased by 978,000 since pre-recession peak, not counting the discouraged
UK Labour Market Statistics, September 2012 The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 71.2 per cent, up 0.5 on the quarter. There were 29.56 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 236,000 on the quarter. The unemployment rate was 8.1 per cent of the economically active population, down 0.1 … Continue reading
Huawei – At least 700 new jobs with investment in UK
The Chinese telecoms equipment-maker Huawei will tomorrow hand David Cameron a post-Olympics trade boost by unveiling a £1.2bn investment plan to accelerate the growth of its British business. I can reveal that Huawei, one of China’s largest – and most contentious – private companies, will pledge to create at least 700 jobs in the UK … Continue reading
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