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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 …LEGAL JOBS: Litigation Offers Job Opportunities; Top Talent Scarce
05/02/2013 Comments Off on LEGAL JOBS: Litigation Offers Job Opportunities; Top Talent Scarce
Which specialty areas are predicted to yield the most prospects for legal job seekers in the year ahead? Almost one-quarter (22%) of lawyers recently interviewed by Robert Half Legal expect litigation will generate the greatest number of job opportunities in 2013. General business/commercial law and health care ranked an equal second, with each legal practice area receiving 19% of […]
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 […]
Continue reading …Meet The New Boss: The Biggest New Job Challenges
04/02/2013 Comments Off on Meet The New Boss: The Biggest New Job Challenges
Workers starting 2013 with a new job may find learning the ropes to be their biggest challenge, a new Accountemps survey suggests. Forty-four percent of employees and 60% of managers interviewed said mastering new processes and procedures tops their list of concerns when starting a new job at a new company. One in five respondents (20%) from each group cited getting to know a […]
Continue reading …January’s Conference Board Employment Trends Index Down Slightly, Recent Trend Is Up
04/02/2013 Comments Off on January’s Conference Board Employment Trends Index Down Slightly, Recent Trend Is Up
The Conference Board Employment Trends Index edged down in January. The index now stands at 109.38, down from 109.47 in December. The January figure is 2.7% higher than a year ago. “Despite the dip in January, the Employment Trends Index continues to signal a moderate improvement in the labor market,” said Gad Levanon, director of […]
Continue reading …Manpower Spots 4 Big Trends Transforming The Wide World Of Work
04/02/2013 Comments Off on Manpower Spots 4 Big Trends Transforming The Wide World Of Work
Manpower Inc., a global employment services firm and strategic partner of the 2013 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, says it has spotted four important trends in the wide world of work. These four World of Work Mega Trends are transforming where, when, why and how individuals and companies work, according to Manpower. “In […]
Continue reading …NLRB Finds New York City School Bus Strike Is Legal
01/02/2013 Comments Off on NLRB Finds New York City School Bus Strike Is Legal
New York’s school bus strike can keep rolling. A strike by New York City bus drivers is legal and may continue, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled. The NLRB has found that a strike by union bus operators against a group of New York school bus companies does not violate the National Labor Relations […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill