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Synthetical analysis about Global Labour Market
A lack of managerial staff and a shortage of skilled and semiskilled workers in the global labour market have been a significant challenge for the mining industry, including opencast mining operations, in the past year, says Kattowitz.
The demand for c...
Major Company Calls For Less Rules, More Incentives For Small Businesses
South Africa has consumer protection laws that now exceed those of most developed nations like the United States and the United Kingdom – it has made entering into retailing riskier for the small businessman, Paul Kent of SureSwipe has warned.
Kent said,...
Advice on Careers – New Career
So, you’ve decided you need some good advice on careers. You’d like a new career, in fact, and are wondering just where to begin.
Establishing a new career may seem daunting, but it’s not! Quality advice on careers can be found. It’s simply a matt...
How to Draw in and Keep hold of Executive Expertise
I frequently get the chance to connect with CEOs and management of multi-nationals and SME's about the importance of top talent to their organization. I have arrived at the following findings:
* Accomplished executives are typically excited and pulled ...
Save your Money on Gas and Electricity Charges
Rising energy costs for gas and electricity have been hitting consumers hard for some time. Due to increased demand for oil, coupled with declining stocks, prices have soared sky high in the last couple of years. As a result people have seen the cost of b...
8 Dangers Common in Retail Recruitment Agencies
While we are certainly witnessing the decline of the manufacturing and resource industries, today's economic playing field hosts an expanding service industry. This shift has created a huge demand for retail workers and recruitment agencies are responding...
Should You Use a Sales Recruitment Agency?
Should you use a Sales Recruitment Agency? Good Question. Answer: It depends! Are you looking for a Sales professional? If you answered yes, then maybe you should use a sales recruitment agency. Maybe.
Recruitment Agencies, Sales niche specific or not,...
Spanish speaking nanny
With 845 million native speakers, it’s no wonder Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world.
You might think that, because English is now so prevalent, it must rank second. However, according to the latest surveys, the second most spoken language...
Understand Agency Employee Regulations to Improve Business Efficiency
British employers must prepare for the new Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) to improve business performance.
Research by recruitment company Randstad revealed that 37 per cent of businesses are unfamiliar with the upcoming regulations, which will come ...
You Don't Need To Be Skinny to Look Good
New York University sociologist Dalton Conley conducted a study and discovered that a woman's weight negatively impacts her household income and "job prestige." In fact, a 1% increase in body mass results in a 0.6 percentage point decrease in family incom...
Government bond Markets Part 2 of 3: Shaw Capital Management Newsletter
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article two of three - Bond markets in mainland Europe have also fallen back towards year-end. There are signs of a modest improvement in the background economic situation in the euro-zone; and this seem...
Fisher Capital Management Report Part 2 - The UK Emergency Budget
Fisher Capital Management Report Part 2- The UK has had an emergency budget and it could have been much worse. The heavy lifting is being done by a rise in VAT bringing in £13 billion. On the spending side the cuts are achieved by freezing public secto...
Is the immigration cap creating problems for hiring?
The latest labour market outlook report published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and development (CIPD) has shown that despite the rising levels of unemployment more than a fifth employers still plan to recruit migrant workers in 2011.
17% of...
US Labour Market Still Has a Long Way to Go
The initial flurry of excitement seen in the market this week died a death on Thursday. There were two main reasons for this. Firstly, the Epiphany holiday in much of European served to keep volumes very subdued in many markets. Secondly, many investor...
Expectations Low for Future Germany Bailout
The EU Heads of State meeting starts today in Brussels, but any notion of something radical has been kicked into the long grass over the past week. It's likely that Germany's lead proposal to set up a more permanent crisis resolution mechanism for 2013 a...