A survey of Northern Irish companies has shown that a quarter of participants (27%) are planning reductions in their employee numbers in 2010, although the situation has improved since 2008/9 when staff cuts were made by as many as two-thirds (65%) of organisations in the North.

The number of people who worked at home increased by nearly 2 million, from about 9.5 million in 1999 to about 11.3 million in 2005, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly half of these home workers had college degrees and nearly half of them earned $75,000 a year or more. These figures come from Home-Based Workers in the United States: 1999-2005, a series of tables that describe the type of employment, occupations and characteristics of home-based workers in the United States. The tables examine the total workforce and compare those who work at home with those who do not. The data are produced from a supplement to the Survey of Income and Program Participation.

•	General information about job entrance: Home Based Workers Numbers Up by 2 Million
•	Recruiting News: Working From Home Fosters Job Satisfaction

VinnEX – A Stock Market Simulation Portal by Vinnoite Media Private Limited, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, INDIA is a simulated real-time Stock Market Game aimed at giving viewers and investors an easy and interactive platform to understand and invest in the stock market without fear of losing their investment. The objective of this interactive stock market game is to educate and help first-time investors in understanding how the stock market functions and how they can make the highest profits from it.

A polished resume and portfolio aren’t the only tools advertising and marketing professionals need to land their next job. A new survey shows a sterling digital presence is important, too. Nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of advertising and marketing executives interviewed said they are likely to search for information about prospective hires online. Another 59 percent review job candidates’ LinkedIn profiles and 44 percent check out their Facebook pages.

The "World Business Dialogue" is the world's largest student-run business convention. Here, 50 top-class personalities from economy, science and politics enter a discussion about economically and socially relevant, future-oriented topics with 300 international students and just as many executives, notably from German companies. For 25 years, Cologne University is converted into a convention centre for the economic elite for two days. Also known under its former title "Deutscher Wirtschaftskongress", the World Business Dialogue will once again take place in March 2010 for the 13th time.

•	International Development : Global Risks 2010

HR professionals have often been stigmatised by the perception that they lack businessnous. Compared with other organisational functions, such as operations, finance or IT, HR has some times not been considered one of the more important functions when it comes to essential parts of a business. One move that HR professionals can sometimes make to broaden their business expertise – as well as their subsequent recruitment and career path prospects – is to move into other functions. David Owens, managing director of HR Partners, suggests that this is a more commonly held aspiration now than it used to be. It was seen as a highly desirable thing to do – particularly by the more ambitious HR professional, he says.

U.S. IT employment increased by 12,900 jobs, or 0.3%, in January, one of the best month-to-month gains since the recession hit in late 2008, the TechServe Alliance reported today. The positive news comes after the prolonged recession had reduced overall IT employment by some 200,000 jobs, according to the Alexandria, Va.-based IT services industry group, which tracks monthly changes in IT hiring based on its own analysis of U.S. unemployment data.

•	IT / telecommunication: A Hot Hiring Segment

(pte) - Aufgrund der immensen Ausbaupläne der Atomindustrie einzelner Länder droht schon in den kommenden zehn Jahren ein Versorgungsengpass mit Uran. Als Ursache führen Fachleute an, dass die Uranminen jährlich nur zwei Drittel des weltweiten Bedarfs fördern. Das Problem ist nicht neu, denn die Atombranche deckt den Rest bislang aus Vorräten, die vor 1980 in Zeiten des Kalten Krieges während der jahrzehntelangen Überproduktion in den Minen angesammelt wurden. Da Restbestände in den nächsten Jahren zur Neige gehen, bahnen sich Engpässe an.

Mit dem Schwerpunktthema Energieeffizienz in industriellen Prozessen und dem Partnerland Korea startet in drei Wochen die HANNOVER MESSE 2009. Vom 20. bis 24. April erwartet die Deutsche Messe Hannover 6 150 Aussteller aus insgesamt 61 Nationen. "Damit ha­ben wir selbst in schwierigen Zeiten das hohe Niveau der Veranstaltun­gen aus den Jahren 2007 und 2008 erreicht", sagte der Vorstandsvor­sitzende der Deutschen Messe AG, Dr. Wolfram von Fritsch.

Eine unabhängige Jury unter dem Vorsitz von Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster, Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung des Deutschen Forschungszentrums für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), hat unter insgesamt über 70 Bewerbungen fünf Unternehmen für den HERMES AWARD 2009 nominiert. Dieser Preis ist der weltweit höchstdotierte internationale Tech­nologiepreis und wird alljährlich im Rahmen der Eröffnungsfeier der HANNOVER MESSE übergeben.

Many employers sponsor H-1B holders to have them fill temporary posts, not to become full-time residents of the U.S., according to a study released last week by the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based nonprofit think tank. The differences in the ways companies use H-1B visas can be stark, according to the study, which was authored by Ron Hira, an associate professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a longtime critic of the H-1B visa program.

•	Living and working in...: Increased Inspections of H-1B in Fiscal 2010
•	Living and working in...: Possible Stop of H-1B Visa Hirings
•	Living and working in...: Working in the U.S.

Older job-seekers today need to learn some new tactics in order to overcome reluctance to hire them. These strategies include communicating about and packaging themselves in different ways, brushing up on their interviewing techniques, and networking and mentoring in reverse, according to OI Partners, a leading global talent management firm.

•	Career Lounge: ‘YOU ARE (ILL) ADVISED …’
•	Application tips: Career Expert Offers 10 Resolutions Workers Should Consider for 2010
•	Application tips:  How to avoid a bad job

(Computerworld) IBM has issued layoff notices to more than 400 workers, according to the Alliance@IBM/CWA Local 1701, an employee organization that has been the principal source of layoff information at the company. The Alliance's online job cuts board was abuzz today with news from employees, all anonymous, who had received layoff notices.

Unless you have been living off the planet Earth, you have probably already read or heard about several mechanical failures in Toyota automobiles that led the automaker famous for quality to recall nearly nine million cars worldwide. In addition, poor handling of the issue in the public eye has damaged the automaker’s brand reputation and caused sales to fall to their lowest point in more than a decade.

Governments and firms need to do more to tackle the gender equality gap in OECD countries, according to an OECD report. Even if the share of working women is high on average in OECD countries, with 62% of all women in paid work, women earn almost a fifth less than men. While one out of four women works part-time, only 6% of men do so. These gender differences widen when there are children, since women are more likely to adjust their work patterns than men.

•	Wages: In Some Places Female Telecom Engineers Earn More Than their Colleagues
•	Wages: Government ‘faces uphill struggle’ to promote effective action on closing gender pay gap
•	General information on studying at college: Women Outnumber Men University Enrolments Worldwide

Die Zeiten sind hart. Denn die schwerste Weltwirtschaftskrise seit 80 Jahren fordert immer mehr Opfer: Viele Menschen haben an der Börse erhebliche Teile ihres Vermögens verloren, die Altersvorsorge ist in Gefahr, Jobverlust droht.

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