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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin More workers are finding themselves out of a job (or becoming worried they might soon be) as a string of high-profile companies , mostly startups and in tech, have moved to freeze hiring or even to slash workers and rescind job offers. New unemployment claims edged up to an eight-month high last week . Initial unemployment claims increased by 7,000 to 251,000 in the week ending July 16, making the four-week moving average rise by 4,500 to 240,500, according to the Department of Labor. Those numbers are still a marked improvement from last July, when the four-week average of unemployment claims hit more than 405,000. And the actual unemployment rate in June (the last month reported) is still a rock bottom 3.6% . Still, fears of an impending recession have made nearly 80% of Americans worried about their job security, with almost a quarter of workers extremely concerned about their job security, a recent survey … [Read more...] about Worried About Layoffs? 5 Tips For Job Seekers (And Job Seekers-To-Be) In A Slowing Economy

The Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry released a new report analysing job applications on JobThai.com this past month revealing some interesting statistics about what jobs people want and where. Young job applicants – and there are around 490,000 to 510,000 of them who recently graduated and now entering the workforce – are eschewing the glitz and glamour of tourism work and opting for the stability of administrative and office jobs instead. The analysis looked at applications from 2 million job hunters on the popular employment website and found that 29.7% of people applied for administrative work, compared to just 3.63% who were interested in tourism jobs. Factory work was second most popular and jobs like accounting, technicians, logistics and engineering ranked highly as well. Most sought-after jobs 29.70% administrative work 16.00% factory work 10.10% accounting 10.10% technicians 9.85% shipping, import and export 9.59% engineering … [Read more...] about Half a million young people seeking jobs prefer admin to tourism

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin How many times have you gone on a job interview, thought you nailed it and never heard back? It feels like this is a regular occurrence—lack of constructive feedback and getting ghosted. Well, you are not alone. It has become the new standard. Here’s why you aren’t moving on to the next round of interviews or being offered the job. Why You Don’t Move Forward In The Interview Process Corporate management can’t be honest. They need to keep up appearances. The CEO and executives think they have to be in command of all the events at their firm. The top brass doesn’t want to admit problems, as they’re concerned about adverse publicity. This is one of the reasons why you don’t gain traction during the hiring process: the company may have a stealth hiring freeze policy. The firm doesn’t want to publicly announce this, as the media will pick it up and there will be the assumption that something is wrong at the company. … [Read more...] about The Surprising Reasons Why You Didn’t Get The Job

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin On Monday, June 6, the United Kingdom launched the largest four-day workweek pilot the world has ever seen including more than 3,300 workers and 70 British companies. All eyes are on the U.K. to see if a similar model is possible and supported in the United States. Hopes in this country are running high. A study by Eagle Hill Consulting found that 83% of respondents said a four-day workweek would alleviate burnout. And according to a Joblist survey , a four-day workweek is what 94% of job seekers are looking for in the American workforce. Key findings from the study showed: Most employees (51%) said that they can do their job to the fullest extent in 40 hours or less 85% of respondents said a four-day workweek is logistically possible for them 94% said a four-day workweek would be a benefit they would enjoy 28% of full-time employees would accept a pay cut in exchange for a four-day workweek Many … [Read more...] about Business Leaders Argue Pros And Cons Of A 4-Day Workweek

David Gowel has made many career transitions: from civilian to military, from military to academic, and finally from academic to entrepreneurship. Along the way, Gowel used LinkedIn to achieve each step; an experience, he says, that has made him into an expert on how to use LinkedIn to become a master networker. He even wrote a book to prove it. The Power in a Link: Open Doors, Close Deals, and Change the way you Do Business Using LinkedIn, (Wiley, December 2011) is a 159-page opus on becoming a master social networker. Gowel, a West Point graduate who served as a platoon leader in Iraq and has taught leadership classes at MIT, says CEOs and entrepreneurs are generally pretty bad at using LinkedIn. He says they use it as a business card or résumé service when they really should be using it to mine for new clients, new connections, and new employees. "LinkedIn has very slowly evolved into an incredible force for social business intelligence that is readily available if … [Read more...] about 5 Tricks from a LinkedIn Jedi

President Trump’s senior White House advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with business groups, pro-immigration advocates and immigration reduction groups for weeks to make recommendations on a way forward on immigration. Last week, President Trump outlined a broad overview of his immigration vision. The plan’s priorities ranged from more effective border security to implementing a merit-based immigration entry system, thereby moving away from low-skilled, family migration and the diversity lottery which randomly selects 50,000 foreign nationals for permanent residency each year. During his speech, President Trump said that 87 percent of immigrants arrive either as lottery winners, relatives or have been admitted for humanitarian relief reasons. As President Trump said, his plan would achieve “two critical goals.” It would stop illegal immigration, and it would create a merit-based “Build America” visa. Certainly, the speech outlined a commendable step forward in updating … [Read more...] about Why Trump’s Immigration Plan Is Bad News For The Middle Class

Kehinde Andrews is professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University and the author of the book "The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World." The opinions in this article belong to the author. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN) Britain is as close as it has ever been to being run by a prime minister who is not White. When Boris Johnson eventually skulks out of office, he will be replaced by either Rishi Sunak, son of Indian migrants via East Africa, or Liz Truss who is doing her best Margaret Thatcher impression. Kehinde Andrews There was much fanfare that half of the original eight Conservative candidates were from an ethnic minority, representing far and away the most diverse contest for the next leader of the country ever. But rather than being a signal that we are at a watershed moment in British politics, this whole episode is the perfect example that diversity is often the enemy of … [Read more...] about Opinion: Britain is closer than ever to a non-White prime minister. Don’t think it’s racial progress