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These Are The Most Difficult Tech Jobs to Fill With the workforce growing each day, eager workers are sending out information in hopes of gaining employment from some of the tech industry’s leading companies. However, these companies aren’t filling these roles as quickly as the demand is hitting – so what gives? It turns out that filling these roles aren’t …

Business owners turn to Syrian refugees to fill job vacancies Calgary coffee shop owner Rahim Merali hired Syrian refugees because he wants to help them get started here. But like many business owners taking on Syrian employees, his motivation is not entirely philanthropic – he’s also looking to find hard-working employees in a sector with high turnover. “Everyone has to …

In Houston, oil workers may face the ax but employment still grows Plunging energy prices robbed the Texas economy of an estimated 60,000 jobs last year, as oil and gas companies put the brakes on production and slashed investment, throwing engineers and geologists out of work. But the forest of construction cranes sprouting around this petrochemical hub tell the flip …

More jobs, higher prices: restaurants show U.S. economy’s bite What does a nice meal out say about the U.S. economy? Quite a lot, as it turns out, and the Federal Reserve is taking note, especially after a whopping 40,200 food service and drinking establishment jobs were created last month. That represented nearly 17 percent of overall job gains reported by …

Germany courts young foreign workers Unemployment among young people in Spain remains extremely high, while sectors of the German job market are seeking trainees. So why not move to Germany? One Spaniard did – to work as a hotel trainee in Potsdam. But relocating can be hard to do. Read More…. Germany courts young foreign workers

New UK visa rules mean foreign doctors will leave health service, says BMA The NHS could be starved of doctors from overseas because of proposed new visa rules that would leave them “last in line” for specialist jobs, the British Medical Association has warned. Reforms aimed at making it harder for businesses to recruit from overseas, overlooking British workers, could …

You don’t need fancy perks to motivate employees This column is part of Globe Careers’ Leadership Lab series, where executives and experts share their views and advice about leadership and management. Follow us at @Globe_Careers. Find all Leadership Lab stories attgam.ca/leadershiplab We love our culture and ‘growing our own’ but that doesn’t mean we’ll offer to freeze eggs for female …

Why Some Cities Get All the Good Jobs Over the past few decades, the U.S. job market has been pulling apart. Lots of new high- and low-wage jobs have been created, while middle-wage ones have become scarcer. Much of this divergence has been along geographical lines. I’ll let economist Enrico Moretti, of the University of California at Berkeley, explain: A handful of cities …

More Americans quitting jobs as labor market strengthens U.S. job openings surged in December and the number of Americans voluntarily quitting work hit a nine-year high, pointing to labor market strength despite a slowdown in economic growth. The signs of a robust jobs market could ease concerns about the health of the economy, which were underscored by other reports on …

Research on telecommuting benefits and challenges Next time your boss tries to convince you of the benefits of working from home, spare a thought for how that could contribute to wrecking the planet. More businesses than ever are asking employees to work remotely in a bid to cut rental costs for office space and take advantage of the growth of …