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Heading recent events in nearby Arab nations, another oil state is quickly creating a jobs program for its indigenous population. In this story from Gulf News, Abu Dhabi‘s Department of Economic Development (DED) says it will reduce unemployment rate to less than 5% by 2030 “by providing job opportunities for UAE jobseekers,” according to Rashid Ali Al […]
Continue reading …From 24/7 Wall St. China is taking American jobs, labor unions, politicians and economists, have accused for some time. The logic is simple. While a manufacturing job in the U.S. may pay $50 an hour, when salary and benefits are factored in, Chinese factory laborers make little more than a few hundred dollars a month. […]
Continue reading …From Miami New Times: Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, is tired of Florida’s Big Brother government standing in the way of people getting jobs. Jobs that include being tossed around by drunk dudes specifically, so he’s on a mission to repeal the state’s two-decade-old ban on dwarf tossing. “I’m on a quest to seek and destroy […]
Continue reading …Asian family businesses delivered 261% cumulative total return on investment during the past 10 years and outperformed local benchmarks in seven out of 10 Asian markets, according to a new study conduced by the Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Research Institute The Credit Suisse Emerging Markets Research Institute’s inaugural Asian Family Businesses Report 2011: Key Trends, […]
Continue reading …The Friday, 7 Oct. 2011, Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 103,000 jobs were added in September. The jobs number includes about 45,000 striking Verizon workers returning to work, making the number net new jobs created in September about 58,000. This sluggish job growth continued the trend of the past five […]
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Continue reading …Find It! Resources for Job Seekers and the Unemployed On This Page Disability Resources Job & Training Information Layoff Resources Retirement & Health Benefits Statistical Information Wages & Work Hours Workplace Safety & Health This page provides a shortcut to information and services the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) offers job seekers. We will continue […]
Continue reading …A new study conducted by professors from University of Colorado and the University of California finds that conducting and Internet job search reduces the time spent unemployed by an average of 25%. The discovery directly contradicts a 2004 study showing that using the Internet actually prolonged unemployment. “In 2004 the researchers came up with two […]
Continue reading …The Women of HR blog asks a provocative question: “Is the good ol’ boy network just a myth?” From Women of HR: The following are a few hypothetical (not really) life stories related to human resources, being a woman in what is still in some circles ‘a man’s world’ and organizational behavior. Read the original […]
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