Category Archives: Employment
Skills Shortages and the Unemployment numbers
Skills shortages and high unemployment – unlikely to exist together. Facts and figures though suggest otherwise. As a sample, data from United States make interesting reading. The United States unemployment numbers have been fairly high (national average hovering in the … Continue reading
Impact of offshoring and immigration on native workers
What is the impact of offshoring and immigration on native workers ? Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Giovanni Peri, and Greg C. Wright (2010). Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs. NBER Working Paper No. 16439. National Bureau of Economic Research. The authors … Continue reading
Executives Reluctant to Move for New Job
The overall job market seems to be improving, but the housing bust is discouraging U.S. managers and executives from moving to take new jobs. According to a survey of successful job seekers by outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, only … Continue reading
Barriers to Foreign Workers in Germany – U.S. Firms say
US companies based in Germany complained Tuesday that there were still too many obstacles to skilled foreign workers coming to the country, in the wake of a disagreement on the issue in the ruling coalition government. Economics Minister Rainer Bruederle … Continue reading
Dallas leads the nation
Dallas is the leader in the United States, among cities where folks are relocating, according to a new report by Movers.com. Houston and Phoenix were next on the list of metropolitan areas where the number of move-ins is much greater … Continue reading