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The United Kingdom has experienced the fastest rise in youth unemployment of any country in the G8 since the start of the Great Recession. The UK now has the third worst levels in the OECD, with only Spain and Greece experiencing higher levels, according to a new report published in January 2013 by London-based The […]
Continue reading …Global onfidence in business is low. The effects of banking scandals, the resulting global financial crisis and Great Recession continue to reverberate across the globe. Royal Bank of Scotland is facing more fines over it manipulation of the LIBOR, we are once again reminded of the scandals that have served to further erode public trust […]
Continue reading …Nonprofit Counterpart International has joined the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiativive www.counterpart.org. “Engaging with the UN Global Compact is a great opportunity and a reflection of our values,” says Joan Parker, Counterpart’s president and CEO. “This initiative allows Counterpart to do what it does best: forge meaningful partnerships to drive sustainable […]
Continue reading …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 …Temporary talent is helping U.S. employers fill the gap rather than hiring full time employees. In a new report from ManpowerGroup, temporary workers, a significant component of a company’s needed flexible work model, remain key to jolting and sustaining business growth, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported that the overall January jobless […]
Continue reading …Peter Cappelli, professor of management and director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School, writing filed this overview of global employment and education from last week’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland, in his column at heronline.com. One of the answers to unemployment is entrepreneurship that can actually create new jobs. For those […]
Continue reading …Business must include humanitarian social goals in its mission and incentives, or face eventual collapse in the next century. This was the conclusion of a panel of business and civil society leaders that took place Jan. 26, 2013, at the 43rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. “Businesses have more power and money […]
Continue reading …ILO News– Stressing the urgent need to tackle the employment crisis, International Labour Organization Director-General, Guy Ryder, has warned that there can’t be any real growth without jobs. Asked about the jobs and growth conundrum – if there aren’t jobs, the economy can’t grow and if the economy can’t grow, it can’t create jobs – […]
Continue reading …The global economy faces fewer headwinds in 2013 compared with last year and will likely grow a modest 3.5%, participants at the 43rd World Economic Annual Meeting were told in Davos, Switzerland. But Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), described the recovery as “fragile and timid” because the Eurozone is prone to political […]
Continue reading …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 – […]
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