If you are one of the 15million Americans who are currently unemployed, expect some company within the next year. Experts believe that the unemployment rate in the United States could rise from 9.8% to more than 10% by the middle of 2010.
This prediction was made by Christina Romer, the chairwoman
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Graduate unemployment has increased by 44% in 12 months and is now at its highest for 12 years, according to research released today.
Some 7.9% of students who left university in 2008 were out of work in January, the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) found, up from 5.5% the previous
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My family and I recently boarded a ten-hour flight from London to South Africa
on our way to a safari holiday at the Royal Madikwe Lodge, which is owned by
my friend Chai Patel.
By Duncan Bannatyne
Published: 3:56PM GMT 28 Oct 2009
As usual, I took a sleeping
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Work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper wants firms to offer more part-time jobs for working parents. Photograph: Sarah Lee/Guardian
Employers will be expected to offer more part-time jobs for working parents under a major shift in government thinking on family life. The move is likely to provoke an outcry from business
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The number of men losing their jobs has risen by 50% during the recession. When Ria Wilkes’s husband lost his job as a pipefitter earlier this year, she never imagined she would become the family’s breadwinner several months down the line.
A mum of two little boys, the eldest aged two
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‘I’m a man,” says Tom, “therefore I work. Therefore I don’t do childcare, or at least not much. That’s what my wife does.”
Tom, 37, is one of those unreconstructed fathers whose world-view flies in the face of today’s report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) which suggests
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Changing a job is a tough experience, more so during times of recession when qualified aspirants on the lookout for placements are many and suitable vacancies few.
A successful job hunt in such tough times calls for a relentless personalized marketing campaign.
In today’s economic scenario, employers consider the cost benefit of
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As a freelance writer, I consider myself to be very lucky. I’m working when a lot of my friends and relatives are unemployed because of the recession. However, the fact that I’m employed when many others aren’t is not an excuse in my mind to just spend money like it’s
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With the ring of job seekers that are in constant motion, you may feel somewhat overwhelmed and exhausted in your search. Many are feeling the pain of the most rule downturn in decades. But before you temporarily go insane, there is a way, and I will help you. Consider the
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According to a survey, more jobs will be available in the future. 53% of hiring managers and employers who answered the survey stated that they plan to hire full-time workers in the next year. Also, four out of ten employers plan to hire project or contract workers. Another four in
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