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Indiana Bank Helps Its Unemployed Borrowers Find Jobs
11/02/2013 Comments Off on Indiana Bank Helps Its Unemployed Borrowers Find Jobs
An Indiana bank has teamed up with an employment agency to help its unemployed home mortgage holders find jobs and avoid foreclosure. Fifth Third Bancorp of Fort Wayne, Ind., partnered with NextJob to offer unemployed mortgage borrowers job search assistance. NextJob, a nationwide reemployment solutions company was hired by Fifth Third to provide one-on-one dedicated […]
Continue reading …reCareered: Learn To Speak Headhunter, 8 Tips For Working With Recruiters
11/02/2013 Comments Off on reCareered: Learn To Speak Headhunter, 8 Tips For Working With Recruiters
Searching for a job? Learn to speak headhunter. From reCareered.com come some best practices for working with recruiters during a job search. Hitching up with a good recruiter can put you on the fast track to a new job that is likely to pay better than one you land on you own. But here are […]
Continue reading …UK Lags Behind Major Economies On Youth Unemployment
07/02/2013 Comments Off on UK Lags Behind Major Economies On Youth Unemployment
The United Kingdom has experienced the fastest rise in youth unemployment of any country in the G8 since the start of the Great Recession. The UK now has the third worst levels in the OECD, with only Spain and Greece experiencing higher levels, according to a new report published in January 2013 by London-based The […]
Continue reading …ManpowerGroup: Engage Unemployed Youth To Ease Skills Shortage
06/02/2013 Comments Off on ManpowerGroup: Engage Unemployed Youth To Ease Skills Shortage
ManpowerGroup, a World Economic Forum (WEF) strategic partner, is promoting coordinated action in four key to help solve a global skills shortage chronic levels of youth unemployment worldwide. Youth unemployment and skills training were high on the agenda at the recednt WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Global staffing firm ManpowerGroup is a $22 billion […]
Continue reading …Invest In Youth Employment Or Lose A Generation
06/02/2013 Comments Off on Invest In Youth Employment Or Lose A Generation
ILO News— The world risks losing a generation if it fails to urgently address the youth employment crisis, the ILO said in a Call for Action on the youth employment crisis adopted at its May 30-June 14 2012 International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva. “Unless immediate and vigorous action is taken, the global community confronts the grim […]
Continue reading …Youth Unemployment: ILO Chief Says Less Austerity, More Investment Needed
06/02/2013 Comments Off on Youth Unemployment: ILO Chief Says Less Austerity, More Investment Needed
ILO News– International Labour Organization (ILO) chief Guy Ryder has called for less austerity and more investments to promote a jobs recovery at a time when the youth unemployment crisis threatens to scar “the very fabric of our societies.” Ryder stressed that measures promoting youth employment should be shielded from austerity policies and that spending […]
Continue reading …Youth Unemployment Worldwide: Millions Not Working, Not Studying
06/02/2013 Comments Off on Youth Unemployment Worldwide: Millions Not Working, Not Studying
ILO News— Youth unemployment around the world has driven millions of young people to essentially give up looking for a job, warned the International Labour Organization (ILO) in a new report. The youth unemployment rate (at 12.6% in 2011) would be a full percentage point higher if it included the number of young people who […]
Continue reading …Youth Unemployment Up 4 Million Worldwide Since 2007
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ILO News– The global youth unemployment rate for 2012 remains stuck at crisis peak levels and is not expected to come down until at least 2016, says the International Labor Organization (ILO) in its Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012 report (www.ilo.org/getyouth). Projections show 12.7% of the global youth labor force will be unemployed this year, unchanged […]
Continue reading …Skills Mismatches Hurt Global Job Creation Prospects
05/02/2013 Comments Off on Skills Mismatches Hurt Global Job Creation Prospects
ILO News— Skills mismatches are driving up global unemployment. The Great Recession forced millions of workers to seek new jobs, but they often lack skills that employers are seeking. Several developed economies are seeing increasing numbers of job vacancies but their unemployment rates are not going down. What is happening is that many of the workers […]
Continue reading …Resumes: Survey Reveals Forbidden Words & Phrases For 2013
05/02/2013 Comments Off on Resumes: Survey Reveals Forbidden Words & Phrases For 2013
Think that describing yourself on your resumes as a “highly qualified” “self-starter” who is a “creative” “problem solver” will help you stand out on the job hunt? Think again. According to a new OfficeTeam survey, these are among the most overused terms on resumes. These worn out words and phrases can kill your chances with hiring managers and […]
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