Truemors
US jobless rate at 26-year high
" US employers cut 216,000 jobs in August, pushing the unemployment rate up to 9.7%, a 26-year high, official figures show. The unemployment rate rose after dipping to 9.4% in July but the Labor Department said the... 
Obama’s Health Care Reform Architect 'Would Not Be Upset’ If...
A health care reform plan developed by Dr. Jacob S. Hacker is, according to this article at The New Republic, widely considered the rough model for the reform plans many Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have embraced. If it winds up putting private insurers out of... 
My Husband Needs a Job Website helps a wife help her husband
Myhusbandneedsajob.com is a new site that helps wives help their husbands find a job. The site was created by a woman in California after watching her husband desperately try to find a job. " "I grew frustrated. He has been sending out resumes since he graduated but nothing... 
Foreign advert ban puts British workers first
Britain is planning to ban advertising jobs overseas due to economic meltdown, a process which could hit foreign professionals aspiring for employment opportunities in UK. The government is mulling an idea to ensure that existing jobs go to British workers. The employers are... 
Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years
"Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years Dec 5, 2008 Economy Dec 5, 3:22 PM (ET) By JEANNINE AVERSA WASHINGTON (AP) - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years,...
91 trade unionists killed in 2007
This is really shocking story about the killing of Trade unionist in this era of free market.Today we live in a world where this trade union activity is considered as hobby of third wprld worksman,but this...
One third of employers turn down job candidates after viewing their Facebook ...
Tell me who your Facebook friends are, and I will tell you who you are. Employers are actively checking personal profiles of prospective employees on Facebook. Now, this is not news in itself. It has been known...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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568 views | 4 recommendations | 6 comments
MI5 seeks gay spies in attempt to expand its recruiting base
M15, the British equivalent of the CIA, has instituted a new policy of actively seeking gay men and women as new recruits. The agency says its part of a wider mission to attract more diverse recruits from throughout society rather than just selecting people from Oxford or...
Big Brother for freelance slackers
Freelancers are sometimes envied for late breakfasts, all-day pyjama-fests, and other work-at-home delights, but as the Globe and Mail reports today, there's a website raining on the parade.It's called oDesk.com, and it connects freelancers with employers for one-off... 
Work at Home? Your Employer May Be Watching
"The clipboard toting, clock-watching, quota-setting productivity expert, peering nosily over your shoulder at work, has been out of fashion in business schools for decades.Now he's back, in electronic form -- in the home office.In a budding trend some employment experts say...
CPS lawyer works as nude model while on sick leave
" Clifford Allison, 56, from the Crown Prosecution Service's Special Crime Division, has advertised his services online, saying his work preferences include "lingerie, glamour, implied nude, adult and topless." ...
Don't jail our good workers, bosses plead
I think it's ridiculous, protecting the guilty with any excuses. " GOOD workers are becoming so hard to find that employers are pleading with the courts to keep them out of jail.A Queensland judge was asked twice yesterday to spare defendants from jail sentences...
18% of UK high schoolers don't study or work
And I thought I was a slacker in high school for not having a job, but I haven't got anything on these 'Neets'--teenagers neither in employment, education, or training. According to the latest stats they're a big... Warning over maternity leave threat to women's careers
A commission has claimed that the right for a woman in the UK to take a year for maternity leave may be making employers hesitant to hire or promote women, for fear of losing them for a eyar down the line."THE right to a year's maternity leave could be ruining women's...Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market
"...a simple desire to change the world." –by By ANNE MARIE CHAKER –"...growing ranks of college graduates who, amid a worsening job market, are contributing to a surge in applications and enlistments at public-service agencies like Teach for America and the Peace Corps....
created by Maireid Sullivan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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187 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
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