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Signs Point To No Or Slow Growth In Global Job Markets In 2013

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Signs Point To No Or Slow Growth In Global Job Markets In 2013

A global economic storm is raging, putting a dark cloud over job growth. Several recent reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and other observers of the global and U.S.  job markets and economy are likely to struggle to grow, at least during early 2013. Like the economy as whole, employment in the United […]

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Youth Unemployment Still In Critical Condition In G20 Nations, ILO Reports

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Youth Unemployment Still In Critical Condition In G20 Nations, ILO Reports

ILO News- The global youth unemployment situation remains critical, with 17.7 million young people – or just more than 16% – unemployed in 17 of the G20 countries for which data is available, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said 3 October 2012. Youth unemployment rates 8-11% in Australia, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico. […]

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Irish Workers Emigrate In Record Numbers Keeping Ireland’s Unemployment Down

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Irish Workers Emigrate In Record Numbers Keeping Ireland’s Unemployment Down

Irish workers are on the move again. This time it’s a 21st century wave of Irish immigration that’s taking away Ireland’s most skilled workers. More than 100,000 Irish workers are expected to leave to find jobs before end of 2013. Ireland’s unemployment rate was 14.7% as of August 2012. For many Irish workers the only […]

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Canadian Recruitment Firms Target Irish Workers, Despite Questions At Home

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Canadian Recruitment Firms Target Irish Workers, Despite Questions At Home

Canadian recruitment firm, the Diamond Group of Companies, is opening a UK and European headquarters in Dublin in a big to attract Irish workers to fill jobs in Canada. Diamond Group plans to recruit around 1,000 Irish workers to relocate to Canada, to feed a growing demand for English-speaking workers from overseas. It is estimated […]

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From Public Sector Worker In Portugal To Cleaner In Switzerland

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From Public Sector Worker In Portugal To Cleaner In Switzerland

ILO News– We meet Ana B. – a 50-year-old Portuguese woman – at a café in a Swiss city. Ana has been living in Switzerland for about six months. She moved here to work as a cleaner and caretaker. But Ana is no ordinary cleaner. She is a secretary at a government agency in the […]

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Job Clubs Unsung Heroes Of The Economic Recovery

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Job Clubs Unsung Heroes Of The Economic Recovery

By Ben Seigel, from the DOL’s Work In Progress blog- Job clubs are one of the unsung heroes of our economic recovery. They offer practical and technical tools for a successful job search, including networking, social media training, and direct access to employers seeking qualified and dependable employees. But they also offer much more: fellowship, […]

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New Technology, New Jobs – Educating The Future Smart Grid Workforce

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New Technology, New Jobs – Educating The Future Smart Grid Workforce

By Karen Stewartson, Government Technology— Not only is Massoud Amin a scholar and educator, he’s also considered the “father of the smart grid.” This Q&A from Government Technology with University of Minnesota professor Massoud Amin discusses the kinds of jobs and skills that will be created by smart grid technology and what it will take […]

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Overqualified? 5 Ways To Get The Job

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Overqualified? 5 Ways To Get The Job

From Vickie Elmer’s Glassdoor blog– Sometime yet this year, you or someone you know is likely to be told they are overqualified for a job. The speaker may be a recruiter or a friend, a decision-maker or a drainer of hopefulness. And when they say or hint at the overqualified label, they may mean something […]

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Air Canada Hiring More Than 900 Employees, Launches Low-Cost Airline

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Air Canada Hiring More Than 900 Employees, Launches Low-Cost Airline

Air Canada announced 20 September 2012 that it is hiring more than 900 employees during the next 12 months. The hiring wave comes as Air Canada upgrades customer service call centers, prepares to start a low-cost airline and gets ready for the intense Canadian winter. In addition, 200 new jobs will be created for flight […]

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Survey Finds College Graduates ‘Academically Prepared, But Not Marketplace Ready’

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Survey Finds College Graduates ‘Academically Prepared, But Not Marketplace Ready’

With more than 12 million Americans remain unemployed, a national survey finds recent college graduates – the one group which stands to potentially best compete in a highly-competitive, tech-savvy job market – are among the least prepared to find work. The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) conducted the survey for the Career Advisory […]

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