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A trainee butcher who decided to do it full-time after starting as a Saturday job when she was 13 has encouraged others to consider it as a career.Annie Jones, 18, is six months into her two-year apprenticeship at G Debman Butchers in Ipswich.She said: “I love to be able to tell people because I don’t think it’s spoken about enough and you don’t get told about this kind of career at school.”I don’t think people realise that these careers are out there for them. And actually they are really exciting, really enjoyable and really good fun.”Video by Stuart HowellsHear Annie’s story and more like it on Mark Murphy at breakfast on BBC Radio Suffolk
A trainee butcher who decided to do it full-time after starting as a Saturday job when she was 13 has encouraged others to consider it as a career.Annie Jones, 18, is six months into her two-year apprenticeship at G Debman Butchers in Ipswich.She said: “I love to be able to tell people because I don’t think it’s spoken about enough and you don’t get told about this kind of career at school.”I don’t think people realise that these careers are out there for them. And actually they are really exciting, really enjoyable and really good fun.”Video by Stuart HowellsHear Annie’s story and more like it on Mark Murphy at breakfast on BBC Radio Suffolk
Continue reading …During National Work and Family Month, we’re highlighting the need for equitable practices in the workplace that support all working families. From paid family and medical leave to flexible work hours and access to quality child care, research shows policies that support a healthy work-life balance are good for workers and employers. While there’s much […]
Continue reading …As the economy registered disappointing job growth in September, the divide between those with and without a college education was again stark. Employment for holders of a bachelor’s degree rose by 169,000, and the unemployment rate for that group fell to 2.5 percent from 2.8 percent in August. By contrast, among those with a […]
Continue reading …Economic data on Friday is expected to show that job growth picked up in September but remained suppressed by the latest coronavirus wave, which led Americans to avoid restaurants and travel and made some reluctant to rejoin the work force. Economists surveyed by FactSet expect the report, released by the Labor Department, to show that […]
Continue reading …Federal Reserve officials are likely to keep a keen eye on Friday’s employment report, as their two jobs — trying to foster full employment while also keeping a lid on inflation — increasingly prove to be a balancing act. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, and his colleagues have been pumping $120 billion into markets […]
Continue reading …Seniors and graduates are again in demand as companies revive recruiting, underscoring the economic premium that comes with a diploma. Trevaughn Wright-Reynolds, a senior at Colby College in Maine, expected a lengthy job search when he returned to campus in August. “I wasn’t sure how much interest I was going to get,” he said. “I […]
Continue reading …Amazon.com, Inc. is growing rapidly, thanks in no small part to its aggressive strategy for getting tax breaks. Indeed, it has been getting about 20 economic development subsidy packages a year since 2012 for its warehouses and data centers—over $4 billion and counting as of May 2021. Good Jobs First has published extensively on Amazon (as we […]
Continue reading …At West London College, young people with learning disabilities are being taught how to make coffee, prepare food and give good customer service in the hope they will soon find paid work. About 80% of staff at Fair Shot Café have learning disabilities, but founder Bianca Tavella says that, with comprehensive training, more businesses should be considering the potential of people with a learning disability. The café opens its first retail outlet in Mayfair, central London, in November, but it’s hoped the training will eventually be extended to colleges around the country.Video produced by Paul Murphy-Kasp and Sonja Jessup
Continue reading …The president canceled a trip to Chicago in an attempt to salvage a pair of bills containing trillions of dollars in spending on infrastructure, education, climate change and more. WASHINGTON — President Biden and his aides mounted an all-out effort on Wednesday to salvage Mr. Biden’s economic agenda in Congress, attempting to forge even the […]
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