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Retail giant Wal-Mart has announced that it will create 6,000 new jobs in Canada as a result of opening more than 27 new stores by January 2009.In a statement, the chain said it would invest "hundreds of millions of dollars" into the countr ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:29:02 PM
Filed under: Global Employment, North America
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IT services company Origina has announced that it will create 60 jobs in Ireland over the next two years.The Irish firm is investing three million euros to double its workforce, primarily in Dublin.In doing so it hopes to expand its customer base and ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:53:02 PM
Filed under: Europe, IT Recruitment
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DCL Medical Laboratories has announced plans to expand its workforce in Northwestside, Indiana, by 125 workers.Company officials stated that the new positions will pay between $25,000 and $200,000 a year, IndyStar.com reported.The addition of new wor ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:50:48 PM
Filed under: Healthcare recruitment, North America
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Australia's unemployment rate stood at 4.2 per cent in April, according to data from the country's Bureau of Statistics, an increase of 0.1 per cent from March.Total employment also rose by 25,400 to each 10,712,900. In terms of types of employment, ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:48:46 PM
Filed under: Asia Pacific, Global Employment
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New Zealand's employment fell by 1.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2008, the fastest drop in nearly 20 years. According to data from Statistics New Zealand (SNZ), seasonally adjusted employment in the country now stands at 2.14 million.Reuters pol ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:48:18 PM
Filed under: Asia Pacific, Global Employment
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The world's biggest maker of electronic heart devices, Medtronic Inc, has announced that it will axe approximately 1,100 jobs this year, or nearly three per cent of its workforce.Marybeth Thorsgaard, a spokesperson for the company, said that cuts wil ...
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Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:41:59 PM
Filed under: Healthcare recruitment, North America
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The ratio of new jobs to job applications in Australia fell by 3.3 per cent last month, according to the latest SEEK Employment Index.It found that the number of new jobs advertised fell by 1.7 per cent, although it is still 18.5 per cent higher than ...
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Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:36:17 PM
Filed under: Asia Pacific, Global Employment
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Wage rates in New Zealand rose by 0.7 per cent in the March quarter, giving an overall increase of 3.5 per cent for the year, according to data from Statistics New Zealand.The New Zealand Herald reported that the unadjusted measure, which more closel ...
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Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:35:30 PM
Filed under: Asia Pacific, Global Employment
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First Marblehead in the United States has announced that it is axing more than half its workforce following a dip in student lending.The company, which arranges securities-backed student loans, has seen its relationship with Bank of America come to a ...
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Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:45:59 AM
Filed under: Accounting/finance recruitment, North America
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Indian firms in all sectors are increasingly moving to smaller 'tier two and tier three' cities where wages and infrastructure are lower, according to a report from industry body Assocham.Pune and Lucknow were singled out in the report as the top tie ...
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Posted: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:45:57 AM
Filed under: Global Employment, Rest of the world
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The authorities in China's Guangdong province have unveiled their latest annual labour security and development action plan, which aims to provide an extra 1.2 million jobs this year.Around half those jobs will be newly created, which is 28 per cent ...
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Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:49:19 AM
Filed under: Asia Pacific, Global Employment
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Drug maker Merck has announced that it will cut 1,200 US sales jobs, after regulatory setbacks caused a fall in profit projections.In an interview with Bloomberg, Amy Rose, a company spokesperson, said that in conjunction with the 400 sales jobs that ...
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Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:49:16 AM
Filed under: Healthcare recruitment, North America
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After posting first-quarter losses of 11.5 billion francs, Swiss bank UBS has announced that it will cut 5,500 jobs.Some 2,600 of those will be in its investment banking division and are expected to go by the end of the year, while the remaining job ...
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Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:49:12 AM
Filed under: Accounting/finance recruitment, Europe
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Smaller Indian cities could take two to three million IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) jobs by 2018, according to a study by Nasscom and A T Kearney.The Hindu Times reported that the research found that the current growth in the two sectors ...
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Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:49:08 AM
Filed under: IT Recruitment, Rest of the world
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North America's second-largest printer, Canadian firm Quebecor World Inc, has announced that it will axe around 700 jobs at its plants in Ontario and Connecticut.According to company officials, 320 jobs will be cut from its plant in Toronto, while th ...
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Posted: Friday, May 02, 2008 3:31:52 PM
Filed under: Global Employment, North America
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Citigroup has announced that it has cut 400 jobs at its non-banking consumer finance arm, CitiFinancial.India's Economic Times newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying that the company would also shut 125 of its 450 CitiFinancial branches.In additi ...
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Posted: Friday, May 02, 2008 3:31:47 PM
Filed under: Accounting/finance recruitment, Rest of the world
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Around 900 jobs are set to be created in New Hanover County, North Carolina, over the next five years, as GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy expands its operations there.State governor Mike Easley announced yesterday that the company would invest $704 million ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:21:07 AM
Filed under: Engineering Recruitment, North America
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According to the latest ADP National Employment report, the number of jobs in the US private sector increased by 10,000 between March and April.Employment in the service-providing sector of the economy grew by 64,000, while both manufacturing and con ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:21:03 AM
Filed under: Global Employment, North America
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Some 45 new jobs are set to be created in Dublin over the next few years, as two US companies announce plans to invest in the city.Insurance firm CUNA Mutual is investing 14.6 million euros in a new European headquarters in Dublin, creating 25 posts. ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:21:00 AM
Filed under: Europe, Global Employment
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Japan's unemployment rate for the 2007 fiscal year, which ended March 31st, averaged 3.8 per cent, according to government figures.That represents a new ten-year low and is a drop of 0.3 per cent from the 2006 fiscal year the Japan Economic Newswire ...
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Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:20:56 AM
Filed under: Asia Pacific, Global Employment
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