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The Working Mom Survival Guide – 11 Steps To Better Work-Life Balance
26/09/2012 Comments Off on The Working Mom Survival Guide – 11 Steps To Better Work-Life Balance
By SANDRA GORDON– In an ideal world, you’ve got a satisfying career with plenty of time and energy to play with your baby, help with homework, relax with your spouse, get to the gym and catch up with your friends. “Working moms handle work and childcare, life trips to the doctor.” src=”https://www.wideworldofwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/medical_07_22-300×200.jpg” alt=”Working moms handle […]
Continue reading …Air Canada Hiring More Than 900 Employees, Launches Low-Cost Airline
21/09/2012 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …A Temporary Trap? Full Time Work Elusive For Young Workers
18/09/2012 Comments Off on A Temporary Trap? Full Time Work Elusive For Young Workers
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 […]
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Caregivers and Work: More working people provide full- or part-time caregiver duties for a loved one than ever before. Here’s a look at some facts about this major life responsibility and the realities of the working world. Facts About Caregivers o Two-thirds are women. o Studies show female caregivers are more likely than males to […]
Continue reading …Large India Outsourcing Firms Accused Of U.S. H-1B Visa Fraud
14/04/2012 Comments Off on Large India Outsourcing Firms Accused Of U.S. H-1B Visa Fraud
Trouble is brewing over allegations that large information technology outsourcing firms from India have attempted subvert U.S. immigrations laws. Indian software giant Infosys Technologies has been sued by a human resources manager who says he refused to help the outsourcer get temporary U.S. B-1 visas for some workers under false pretenses. A former human resources […]
Continue reading …Lip Service? Poll Shows Concern Over Older Workers Retiring, Business Losing Skills
09/04/2012 Comments Off on Lip Service? Poll Shows Concern Over Older Workers Retiring, Business Losing Skills
Employers are apparently waking up to the fact that millions of older workers will begin retiring soon, and they’ve done relatively little about it — other than layoff older workers. A joint poll released 09 April 2012 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and AARP shows that “U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits aimed […]
Continue reading …Your Resume Has Just Six Seconds To Impress Recruiters
24/03/2012 Comments Off on Your Resume Has Just Six Seconds To Impress Recruiters
By R. DAVID WENDELL– A new study by TheLadders job board suggests recruiters spend just six seconds reviewing a resume before deciding if the candidate is a good fit. Despite most recruiters self-reporting that they spend at least four minutes reviewing a resume, the results revealed that they devote only a fraction of that time. […]
Continue reading …While Canada Recruits Overseas Alberta Develops Homegrown Workforce
12/03/2012 Comments Off on While Canada Recruits Overseas Alberta Develops Homegrown Workforce
While Canadian companies recruit in Ireland in search of skilled workers, some provinces still have very high unemployment rates in certain areas, especially among native peoples. In the oil-boom town of Calgary, Alberta, the unemployment rate dropped to 5.2% in February 2012 from 5.4% in January 2012. In Edmonton, Alberta, the January unemployment rate was […]
Continue reading …Monster Behind The Job Board At CeBIT
07/03/2012 Comments Off on Monster Behind The Job Board At CeBIT
There’s a Monster behind the job board at CeBIT digital tradeshow taking place this week in Hanover, Germany. Job search giant Monster Worldwide, Inc., is the powering job board at CeBIT, the world’s largest information technology and telecommunications trade fair. The “CeBIT Job Centre powered by Monster” has nearly 11,000 IT jobs posted. During CeBIT, […]
Continue reading …Job Seekers Taking Their Job Search Mobile
05/03/2012 Comments Off on Job Seekers Taking Their Job Search Mobile
Job search and recruiting are going mobile. Leading job search engine SimplyHired.com has released its 2012 Mobile Job Search Outlook, a survey of current trends in U.S. mobile web activity and mobile job search. The report also includes advice for employers using mobile technology for sourcing and hiring. “Using mobile devices to find information has […]
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