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Monster Inks UK Agreement, Largest Deal In It’s History
15/02/2012 Comments Off on Monster Inks UK Agreement, Largest Deal In It’s History
Job board giant Monster just extended its global reach, signing contract with the United Kingdom’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide an automated job matching service. The DWP agreement is the largest single contract in Monster’s 22-year history and marks the start of the global expansion strategy of Monster’s already successful government solutions […]
Continue reading …Young Workers Hit By Job Crisis, Youth Unemployment 12.7%
30/01/2012 Comments Off on Young Workers Hit By Job Crisis, Youth Unemployment 12.7%
Young people continue to be among the hardest hit by the jobs crisis, warns the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its annual report on the state of employment worldwide. Globally young people are nearly three times as likely as adults to be unemployed. The global youth unemployment rate, at 12.7%, remains a full percentage point […]
Continue reading …New Jobs: 600 Million Needed In Next Decade
28/01/2012 Comments Off on New Jobs: 600 Million Needed In Next Decade
What the world needs now is jobs, a great many new jobs. Worldwide it’s all about jobs and work. From the jobless wake of Egypt democratic revolution to persistently high unemployment in Europe and North America work – or the lack of it – is a key issue. In fact, the world faces the “urgent […]
Continue reading …Online Job Ads Down 76,200 in Nov., 3.5 Seekers for Every Job
30/11/2011 Comments Off on Online Job Ads Down 76,200 in Nov., 3.5 Seekers for Every Job
Online advertised vacancies were down 76,200 in November to 3,857,200, according to The Conference Board’s Help Wanted OnLine data released 30 Nov. 2011. The November drop follows a decline of 14,000 in October and 44,000 in September. The job supply/demand rate stands at 3.53, indicating there were 3.5 unemployed for every online advertised vacancy in […]
Continue reading …Infographic: Where In The World Are American Jobs?
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Infographic: Where In The World Are American Jobs?
Where in the world are American jobs? And who do we blame for them disappearing? This infographic gives you the answers:
Continue reading …Bali’s Unemployment Solution: Blame the Unemployed
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Bali’s Unemployment Solution: Blame the Unemployed
In what visitors consider some of the most idyllic places in Indonesia, unemployment isn’t the problem the unemployed are the problem. If you have a college degree and are unemployed you are an “elitist” who will refuse any job involving a “unpleasant odor,” according to Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika, who is also a colonel in the General Police. He […]
Continue reading …North Dakota’s Tiny Unemployment Rate Explained
29/11/2011 Comments Off on North Dakota’s Tiny Unemployment Rate Explained
Amidst a nation awash in unemployed workers, the state of North Dakota is about as close to full employment as is possible. Still, the state has unemployed persons, and its official seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 3.5%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In a state with a population of about 673,000, there more […]
Continue reading …Spain’s Unemployment Rate to Hit 23% in 2012
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Spain’s Unemployment Rate to Hit 23% in 2012
With it economy wracked by the European financial crisis, Spain’s unemployment rate will continue to rise in 2012 reaching 23%, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecasts. The economy in Spain is predicted to contract again in the fourth trimester of 2011 and within a year will grow by 0.7% with growth predictions for […]
Continue reading …Positive Economic Indicators Pointing to Better Job Market Into 2012
21/11/2011 Comments Off on Positive Economic Indicators Pointing to Better Job Market Into 2012
It isn’t exactly time to sing “Happy Days Are Here Again” but a number of economic indicators point to an improving U.S. job market during the next few months. The week ending 12 Nov. 2011, fewer Americans than forecast filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance. Applications for unemployment benefits declined 5,000 in the week ended […]
Continue reading …Record 200 Million Jobless Worldwide, No Improvement Soon
09/11/2011 Comments Off on Record 200 Million Jobless Worldwide, No Improvement Soon
In a grim analysis issued 1 Nov. 2011, the International Labour Organization (ILO) says the global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper jobs recession that will further delay the global economic recovery and may ignite more social unrest in scores of countries. “We have reached the moment of truth. We have […]
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