Archive for November 2011
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United Kingdom: London Bankers Bonuses Shrinking Amid EU Crisis
Posted by Bernadette in Accounting and Finance, UK, UK News, UK Research
Bankers in London’s financial districts expect bonuses to shrink by about a fifth from last year as the sovereign-debt crisis crimps revenue.
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New Zealand: September job losses follow August gains
Posted by Bernadette in NZ, NZ News, NZ Research
Job numbers dipped 0.1 per cent in September, after a jump in August.
But the number of jobs in September this year was up 1.2 per cent on the same month last year, a rise of about 22,000, according to Statistics NZ figures.
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The Irish corporate jobs market has had a mixed last three months, with a number of sectors and industries seeing dips, but with others continuing to show real promise and growth.
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UK Immigration Minister Damian Green has announced that employment restrictions placed on immigrants from Bulgaria and Romania will be extended until the end of 2013, after which time European Law demands the restrictions are lifted.
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Ireland should consider cutting public sector wages to reflect falling private sector incomes even if it means breaking a key deal with unions, a senior official at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Friday.
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United Kingdom: London tops the list for international jobseekers
Posted by Deb in Accounting and Finance, HR, IT, Law, Marketing and Communications, UK, UK News
London remains the most desirable city for worldwide jobseekers, despite the UK having the highest unemployment rate since 1996.
According to a survey of over 160,000 people commissioned by jobs website totaljobs.com, the top cities for jobseekers globally are: London, New York, Singapore, Paris and Sydney.
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United Kingdom: Highest paid jobs in the UK 2011
Posted by Bernadette in UK, UK Inspiration, UK Research
We look at Britain’s highest paying jobs and what sort of increases (or cuts) they’ve had in 2011, according to the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
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Asia: Smaller pay, lower bonuses expected next year
Posted by Bernadette in Asia & Middle East News
Lower salaries and smaller bonuses are to be expected next year, reported The Straits Times.
Economists and recruitment professionals that the paper talked to said this in reaction to the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s (MTI) announcement yesterday, when it issued a forecast for full-year economic growth next year of just 1 per cent to 3 per cent.
On a positive note, those they spoke to also said job losses may be ‘relatively limited’.
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United Kingdom: Average earnings in UK rise 3.5 times less than current CPI
Posted by Bernadette in Accounting and Finance, HR, IT, Law, Marketing and Communications, UK, UK News, UK Research
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has issued official figures that reveal the average pay increases for UK employees in April 2011 were more than 3.5 times the current rate of the consumer prices index (CPI) rate of inflation, which is five per cent.
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Asia: Why it’s so difficult to get a banking IT job in Singapore these days – unless you become a contractor
Posted by Bernadette in Asia & Middle East News
Finding finance tech work Singapore in the current quarter is a tricky business as the flow of new jobs slows to a trickle, but there is hope in the form of contracting and replacement roles.
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