http://www.randstad.com/RSS feed for the world of work60http://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/initial-us-jobless-claims-remain-stable.htmlThe number of unemployment insurance claims in the US remained stable last week, as a recovery in the country's labor market continued. According to figures released by the labor department, initial jobless claims were recorded at a ten-month low ...Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/german-employment-falls-in-q3.htmlGerman employment declined for the first time in four years in the third quarter of 2009. According to the federal statistics office, the number of labor market members in work fell to 40.4 million year-on-year in the three months to September ...Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/oecd-german-economy-faces-slow-recovery.htmlThe German economy faces a relatively slow recovery next year, despite recent improvements in performance. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Germany's gross domestic product will recover from a ...Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/rising-eurozone-unemployment-poses-recovery-risk.htmlRising unemployment in the eurozone is posing serious risks to economic rebound in the currency union. That is according to the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, Joaquin Almunia, who identified the combination of weak labor ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/swedish-unemployment-declines-in-october.htmlThe Swedish unemployment rate declined by 0.2 per cent in October, according to the Scandinavian country's statistics agency. Statistiska Centralbyran revealed that the national jobless rate fell to 8.1 per cent last month, which is equivalent to ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/hong-kong-unemployment-falls.htmlHong Kong's jobless rate for the three months to October declined slightly, the city state's government has revealed. The Census and Statistics Department for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region disclosed that the period recorded an ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/french-labor-market-better-than-expected.htmlThe French employment market will perform better than expected in 2009, according to the government. Employment minister Laurent Wauquiez has suggested that fewer than 400,000 positions will be lost in the French economy before the end of the year, ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/canadian-banking-stability-could-create-40000-jobs-in-toronto.htmlAs many as 40,000 new jobs could be created in Toronto should the city champion itself as one of world's top financial centers. At present, the Canadian city is ranked as the 13th most important financial center in the world by the Toronto ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/democrats-pledge-job-creation-bill.htmlThe ruling US Democratic Party has pledged to stimulate the country's economy with a jobs-producing bill. Identifying that the government must do more to assist people back into work, Steny Hoyer, majority leader of the House of Representatives, ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/australia-set-for-skilled-worker-shortage-report-warns.htmlAustralia could face a serious shortage of skilled workers within the next 15 years if steps are not taken to address the issue, a new report has warned. According to the Workplace Futures Report, which was written by the Victorian Employers' ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/banking-and-government-jobs-up-in-washington-figures-show.htmlThe number of government and banking jobs being made available in Washington State, US, has gone up, newly-released figures show. Over the course of October, around 900 government jobs were created, alongside 700 and 600 in the information and ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/older-workforce-will-sell-singapore-to-investors.htmlGetting older professionals back into work will pay dividends in the long-run as global investors are attracted to Singapore's breadth of talent, the state's manpower minister has said. Speaking soon after plans for an Employment Assistance ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:09:14 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/graduate-job-seekers-urged-to-sit-tight-in-2010.htmlGraduate job-seekers in the United States will have to be patient for some time yet as recruitment rates remain stunted across the country, a new report has concluded. After polling more than 2,500 graduate employers across the 50 states, Michigan ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:32:36 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/ceos-labor-market-inhibiting-recovery.htmlThe continuing high rates of unemployment witnessed globally are the biggest challenge to a sustained international economic recovery. That is according to attendees of yesterday's (November 16th) Wall Street Journal CEO Council, who identified a ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/obama-pledges-december-jobs-forum.htmlUS president Barack Obama has pledged to hold a jobs forum with the country's business leaders next month. The 44th US president - who is currently travelling in Asia - announced that a conference will be held on December 3rd with the aim of ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/bernanke-us-economy-back-from-brink.htmlThe US economy is "back from the brink" but "strong headwinds still remain", the chair of the Federal Reserve has suggested. Ben Bernanke has explained that a weak labor market and constrained bank lending is likely to prevent ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/malaysia-achieves-full-employment-in-q2.htmlMalaysia achieved full employment in the second quarter of 2009, according to the Asian country's government. Deputy human resources minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan revealed that Malaysia's unemployment rate declined by 0.4 per cent to 3.6 per cent in ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:34:47 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/spain-accepts-temporary-worker-extensions.htmlThe Spanish government has accepted proposals to extend the areas in which temporary employees can work. Prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's sub-committee on labor market affairs has backed plans to allow the employment of temporary ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/weise-german-unemployment-will-peak-in-2010.htmlGermany's unemployment rate will peak at the end of 2010, according to a senior government official. Frank-Juergen Weise, head of the country's labor office, has predicted that the European Union member state will witness the worst effects of the ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.randstad.com/the-world-of-work/turkish-unemployment-increases-in-q3.htmlThe Turkish unemployment rate increased to 13.4 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2009, according to the country's data agency. The Turkish Statistics Institute (TSI) revealed that that the Eurasian country's jobless rate rose by 0.6 per cent ...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT