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Class of ’12: The Facebook Generation’s Social Media Job Search
23/01/2013 Comments Off on Class of ’12: The Facebook Generation’s Social Media Job Search
This probably comes as no surprise: New college graduates are embracing social media as a job search tool, according to a new study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). A generation that grew up with Facebook and instant messaging is now graduating from college and looking for work — using social […]
Continue reading …In U.S. Unemployed Far Outnumber Job Openings In Every Sector
23/01/2013 Comments Off on In U.S. Unemployed Far Outnumber Job Openings In Every Sector
Slack demand for American workers seems to be at the root of lack of new job openings in the United States and not a purported “skills gap,” a new economic analysis shows.. This low demand for demand for American workers is somewhat conspicuous in light of what appears to be an economic recovery. As many […]
Continue reading …Rise Of Middle Class Jobs In The Developing World Could Spur Growth
22/01/2013 Comments Off on Rise Of Middle Class Jobs In The Developing World Could Spur Growth
ILO News- The number of middle class workers in the developing world has risen sharply during the past decade, potentially creating a much-needed boost to future growth and consumption in these economies. New figures in the ILO’s Global Employment Trends 2013 show that 42% of workers in developing countries – nearly 1.1 billion workers – […]
Continue reading …Global Unemployment Rising Again But With Big Regional Differences
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ILO News– Global unemployment rose in 2012 after falling for two straight years and could further increase in 2013, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned in a new report A quarter of the increase in global unemployment in 2012 has been in the advanced economies, while three quarters has been through spillovers into other […]
Continue reading …Social Media Job Search & Recruiting, An Infographic Tour: Pictures Worth Tons Of Words
22/01/2013 Comments Off on Social Media Job Search & Recruiting, An Infographic Tour: Pictures Worth Tons Of Words
During 2012, 92% of U.S. companies used social media to recruit and hire employees. It’s safe to say that social media is here to stay and, by extension, job search and employee recruiting using using the very same media. This infographic collection illustrates how social media has thoroughly penetrated and insinuated itself into the wide […]
Continue reading …WOW’s Awesome Social Media Job Search Advice For 2013
21/01/2013 Comments Off on WOW’s Awesome Social Media Job Search Advice For 2013
There’s free job search advice aplenty on the Internet, most of it worth exactly what you pay for it – nothing. There are also plenty of breathless stories in the media with absurd headlines like this one: 5 Powerful Career Drivers for The Future of Work Why do you need this advice? Why is this […]
Continue reading …Domestic Workers Uniting On The Home Front
19/01/2013 Comments Off on Domestic Workers Uniting On The Home Front
ILO News– Working in private houses as cooks, nannies, cleaners, care workers or just general housekeepers, domestic workers are more isolated than most groups of workers. But from Indonesia to Kenya, Manila to New York City, they are coming together to create their own organizations and, collectively, to demand decent working conditions. Already twenty-one organizations […]
Continue reading …E-Waste Recycling Turns First World Electronic Junk Into Third World Jobs
18/01/2013 Comments Off on E-Waste Recycling Turns First World Electronic Junk Into Third World Jobs
ILO News– There are few jobs to be had in the depressed Mexican town of Fronteras. So the “tough women” – as they are now known – have taken matters into their own hands, turning junk into a successful enterprise. Their co-operative near the US border is often cited as an example of determined entrepreneurship […]
Continue reading …Global Gender Pay Gap Drops, But Not For The Right Reasons
16/01/2013 Comments Off on Global Gender Pay Gap Drops, But Not For The Right Reasons
ILO News– The gap between women’s and men’s pay has declined over the crisis years in most countries, but not always for the right reasons, according to the International Labour Organization’s Global Wage Report 2012/13. In some cases, this is because men’s situation in the labor market has deteriorated while women’s situation has improved or stayed […]
Continue reading …OSHA Should Safeguard Contingent Workers, Report Suggests
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By CHRIS HAMBY, Center for Public Integrity—Workplace safety and health regulators should conduct an enforcement blitz and amend policies to give greater protection to the growing number of vulnerable temporary, or “contingent,” workers, a new report recommends. The report from the Center for Progressive Reform, a nonprofit research and advocacy group, echoes many of the findings of a […]
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