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Singapore’s jobless rate declined from 2.1% to 2% in third quarter ending, 30 Sept. 2011, reports the government-controlled Asiaone website. Singapore, a closely controlled island nation-state of 5 million people, had just 45,700 Singaporeans, unemployed in September, Asiaone reports, quoting a Singapore Ministry of Manpower report. Yet, the same website on the same day reports […]
Continue reading …The Conference Board Employment Trends Index decreased in September 2011 to 100.95, down from the revised figure of 101.37 in August. The September figure is up 4.4% from the same month a year ago. “Despite the somewhat better than expected employment numbers released on Friday, 07 Oct. 2011,the decline in the Employment Trends Index in […]
Continue reading …From the Sydney Morning Herald: Employment growth is tipped to slow from its already sluggish pace in the coming months, as businesses continue to shy away from hiring new staff. The ANZ Bank yesterday (10 Oct. 2011) said the number of job advertisements fell 2.1% in September, the third monthly fall in a row and […]
Continue reading …The disabled are a huge pool of talent that most American employers won’t even consider. From the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch:It’s an abysmal fact, but one that pales when held alongside another national statistic: the unemployment rate among Americans with disabilities is a whopping 70 percent — and holding. There are plenty of reasons for such […]
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