“Hire a South African, you won’t regret it.” These are the words of global outsourcing firm, Strider Digital, who are championing a growing trend of outsourcing within South Africa. TRENDING: South African Basic Income Grant all but green-lit by President On the remote-working map, big international firms are keen to hire a South African because … Read more
All things considered, Lindsay Minter feels lucky. Lindsay Minter in Aurora on Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post) She only needed to have a tooth pulled after she was hit in the face with a projectile from a rubber ball grenade flung in her direction by an unidentified Denver police … Read more
WHETHER you’re new to work, want to up your skills or fancy a complete career change, there’s an apprenticeship for you. Apprentices combine work with training and study. Gaining those crucial new skills could boost your earning potential or lead to that dream job. 3 Training can open exciting new career paths, such as into … Read more
With the COP28 climate summit now in the rearview mirror, some researchers say the moment is here when coal consumption in power plants around the world will finally peak before beginning a perpetual fall. For more than a century, coal has been used to produce electricity, and to this day remains the workhorse of the global power … Read more
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said employment opportunities will be extended in the next few months to 60,000 youngsters hailing from families that earn less than Rs 1.80 lakh annually. The chief minister made the announcement while addressing the state-level ‘Vivekananda Youth Mahasammelan’ here on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary. … Read more
From the moment the Colorado General Assembly’s leaders gaveled their chambers into session Wednesday, they acknowledged the undercurrent of acrimony that’s seeped ever more deeply into state politics. The Capitol’s two top Democrats touted past achievements and pledged to do more this year, but they also made repeated references to social media eroding civility. They … Read more
There’s something wrong with previous U.S. jobs reports. The government quietly erased 439,000 jobs through November 2023, a closer look at the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. That means its initial jobs results were inflated by 439,000 positions, and the job market is not as healthy as the government suggests. Since the government wiped … Read more
Statistics Canada says the total number of jobs in December was virtually unchanged for the month as the unemployment rate held steady at 5.8 per cent. The agency says the economy added a total of 100 jobs for the final month of the year. The result came as the number of full-time jobs fell by 23,500 in December, offset … Read more
The unpredictability of the state of the American workplace continues to be on the minds of employees as the New Year of 2024 beckons. The response to this instability of job security has created a workplace trend known as “career cushioning.” Workers are setting up Plan B initiatives — so that if they should be … Read more
The past calendar year has been a banner one for best-selling, critically acclaimed video games. Blockbuster titles like Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder headlined a year full of critically acclaimed games that sold tens of millions of copies. But behind the screens, the games industry has been in a dramatic … Read more
