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ILO News– Temporary work can be a great way for young people to gain work experience while still studying or travelling. But, as the youth jobs crisis shows no signs of abating, temporary jobs have become, in many cases, an option of last resort. The use of temporary contracts for young workers has nearly doubled […]
Continue reading …ILO News– Unemployment inSpain is rising faster in rural areas than in urban centres and is fuelling social unrest, according to the latest statistics produced by ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS). Unemployment in rural areas jumped from little over 8% in 2007 to more than 26% in 2012, while in urban areas it […]
Continue reading …By Wendy Wang, Pew Research Center–Americans believe that having a secure job is by far the most important requirement for being in the middle class, easily trumping homeownership and a college education, according to a new nationwide Pew Research Center survey of 2,508 adults. Nearly nine-in-ten adults (86%) say a person needs a secure job […]
Continue reading …By Wendy Wang, Pew Research Center– The value Americans place on having a secure job is underscored by findings from the same Pew Research survey that show that losing a job is associated not just with economic difficulties, but also with stress and unhappiness. In the Pew Research survey, 15% of respondents said they lost their job […]
Continue reading …America’s labor force was more youthful than usual this summer. More kids had summer jobs in the United States during July 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 21 August 2012. Youth employment in the United States rose by 2.1 million to 19.5 million. The youth labor force -16- to 24-year-olds working or actively looking […]
Continue reading …‘Bleak’ is the word the Geneva-based International Labour Organisation uses to describe the global outlook for youth unemployment. Global youth unemployment young people will worsen as the effects of the euro crisis spread to emerging economies, according to a new ILO paper titled “Global Employment Outlook: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth.” “Ironically, only in […]
Continue reading …By RICH MORIN and RAKESH KOCHHAR, Pew Research Center– Long-term unemployment takes a much deeper toll than short-term unemployment on a person’s finances, emotional well-being and career prospects, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that explores the attitudes and experiences of workers who have lost jobs during the Great Recession. Of those who have experienced […]
Continue reading …A plurality of the American public believes that young adults are having the toughest time of any age group in today’s economy—and a lopsided majority says it’s more difficult for today’s young adults than it was for their parents’ generation to pay for college, find a job, buy a home or save for the future. […]
Continue reading …Here are provisions of President Obama’s jobs plan announced 21 March 2012: • Universal Displaced Worker Program: The Universal Displaced Worker Program in the President’s Budget will help provide displaced workers, who lose their job when their employer closes down or eliminates their position or doesn’t have enough business to keep them employed, with the […]
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