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Most of the firms in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region have planned to recruit more local folks, based on the most recent survey results. Whereas 48.5% of the participants over the province indicated that the firm they work for sticks to a localization hiring policy, more than 47% respondents whispered that the search for local talent is unexpectedly proving to be tricky, based on the survey.
United Kingdom unemployment rose by 114,000 between June and August to 2.57mn, a seventeen year high based on the official data. The ONS (Office for National Statistics) whispered the redundancy rate also rose to 8.1 percent. The redundancy total for sixteen to twenty four year olds hit a record high of 991,000 in the quarter, an unemployment rate of 21.3 percent.
Job seekers waiting for a recruiting upturn will have to wait awhile longer. Georgia’s joblessness rate rose to 10.1% in July -- the same number it was a year before. A lack of buoyancy in the global economy is keeping plenty of companies from recruiting -- but not all. There’re few bright spots.
International oil services company Aker Solutions has declared that it is going to generate 500 new United Kingdom jobs in the upcoming year. The Norway-listed firm stated it would hire 300 employees for its Aberdeen business, with the remaining intended for its west London engineering workplace.
After a string of lay-offs during the last few years, firms in Dubai are recruiting once again, but this time more companies are opting for the bond or, provisional hiring route, say experts. “I would say around 30 percent to 40 per cent (though it isn't officially reported figure); firms are taking contract staffing route.
Things are starting to look up for job seekers in Calgary region. Calgary-area employers anticipate a healthy hiring atmosphere for the 2nd quarter of year 2011, based on latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
A gauge of undersized business sanguinity edged up in Feb, shimmering stronger recruitment tactics but also focused on a growing capability to make cost increases stick, the National Federation of Independent Business said on Tuesday.
The recent Manpower Employment Outlook Survey shows 13 percent of the local organizations surveyed are intending to add to their head count within the upcoming three months, although five percent are intending cutbacks to staff, resulting in a net employment outlook of eight percent.
The United States unemployment rate drops slightly to 8.9 percent in Feb., down from 9 percent the month before. It is the 3rd month in a row that the unemployment rate has fallen, with Feb.’s figure marking a near 2 year low.
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