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Mental health issues are keeping Britain’s workers out of the labour force at record levels Article content Mental health issues are keeping Britain’s workers out of work at record levels at a time when the economy needs them the most. Amid a bleak economic outlook, falling real wages and a creaking National Health Service, there’s mounting evidence that the country’s young working age …
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Read More »Farmers increasingly desperate as Canada struggles to attract migrant workers
Farmers increasingly desperate as Canada struggles to attract migrant workers Canada traditionally rolls out the welcome mat for seasonal workers to help on the country’s farms. Now it can’t find enough willing to make the journey. There is scant local interest in farmwork, so Canada’s agriculture sector relies on nearly 60,000 foreign workers to make the journey north each year …
Read More »Home Care Industry Turnover Reaches All-Time High of 82
Already cited as the No. 1 challenge plaguing home care agencies across the country, the median caregiver turnover rate skyrocketed to 82% in 2018, according to this year’s Home Care Benchmarking Study by market research and education firm Home Care Pulse. That mark — a new all-time high — is a 15% increase over the previous year. ADVERTISEMENT “I knew …
Read More »The U.S. needs to do a better job training its workers. Here’s how
The U.S. needs to do a better job training its workers. Here’s how If President Trump were to get his ambitious $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan through Congress, the country would need a lot more workers for all of the construction projects that would get underway. That poses a problem: Builders are already having a hard time finding skilled workers, says …
Read More »IowaVoice: Worried About The Skills Gap? Here’s What One State Is Doing
IowaVoice: Worried About The Skills Gap? Here’s What One State Is Doing Iowa’s employers, like most around the country, are ringing alarm bells about a skilled worker shortage, and the state’s leaders are responding – by setting a goal for 70 percent of Iowans in the workforce to acquire education or training beyond high school by 2025. A worker at …
Read More »Where Will Our Home Care Aides Come From?
Where Will Our Home Care Aides Come From? As we age, become frail, and need personal assistance, we will increasingly require paid aides to help us with routine daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, or cooking. Demand for those aides will increase by 50% over just the next decade, to 3 million. But where will they come from? Aides are poorly …
Read More »As economy heats up, job sites compete to find candidates fast
As economy heats up, job sites compete to find candidates fast Unemployment is near record lows, leaving companies scrambling to find the right workers. Wages are also finally rising, making it more difficult to lure people away from existing jobs. “It’s sort of a perfect storm of workers who are satisfied in their current jobs, creating a dearth of talent …
Read More »Your next job interview may be over the phone – here’s how to prepare
Your next job interview may be over the phone – here’s how to prepare When most of us think about job interviews, we often think about what we’d wear, how we’d present ourselves and the firmness of our handshake. But the truth is not all interviews involve meeting a potential employer in person, but rather over-the-phone. “Many companies use phone …
Read More »The Average Salaries of Tech Works in Major Cities (Infographic)
The Average Salaries of Tech Works in Major Cities (Infographic) It’s pretty standard for people in tech to take home some big salaries. But just how much money are these people making? A recent study by Hired.com analyzed data from more than 69,000 job seekers and 10,000 companies, as well as surveying more than 700 tech workers, to uncover salary …
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