Provides the latest RSS feeds for Jobs News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Chicago Chronicle.com http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/cat/53df525786e1d78c/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:20 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:20 -0400 30 More than half of the workers of the fashion industry are dissatisfied with their jobs, a new survey has revealed. More than 1,300 workers in different disciplines with various degrees of seniority and expertise, were surveyed in a poll conducted by recruitment firm 24 Seven, only 48 percent of the employees have said that they are satisfied with their current position which is 51 percent last ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288450/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:04 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288450/scat/53df525786e1d78c Research firm Universum surveys university students in China each year to see where they most want to work. These are the top 10 dream employers for humanities, liberal arts and education ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215291378/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:21:29 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215291378/scat/53df525786e1d78c Iceland has resumed fin whale hunting after taking a two year break from the controversial practice due to a collapse in the market. Most of the products from the endangered species reportedly end up as luxury dog food snacks. Animal welfare groups have condemned the ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215289946/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:06:59 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215289946/scat/53df525786e1d78c Sacramento is getting 200 new jobs in the mortgage industry, sopping up some of the talent left over from the housing crash.PennyMac Loan Services of Moorpark, in Ventura County, has already hired 40 workers and will ramp up to a total of 200 jobs eventually, the company said Tuesday. Its decision to come to the region was announced by SACTO, the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288810/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:28:54 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288810/scat/53df525786e1d78c WASHINGTON – By 2016, women could be permitted to train for most combat roles, including infantry and artillery positions, under detailed plans released by the Pentagon on Tuesday describing how to integrate female troops throughout the armed forces. But military leaders made clear that they will move cautiously as they lift remaining barriers to women in combat and indicated that, after ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215289502/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:35 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215289502/scat/53df525786e1d78c Late Monday, a ruling by Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, cancelled the June 11 decision of the government to immediately close the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), with the loss of 2,700 jobs.The provisional ruling is an attempt on behalf of the Greek ruling class to manage a crisis that has threatened to spiral out of control. It stated the decree last ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288302/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:29:43 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288302/scat/53df525786e1d78c Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) operations across Rustenburg and north of the Pilanesberg had returned to normal after the release of 2 400 trapped miners, the company said yesterday. The miners were kept underground at Thembelani mine by a group of miners on Friday afternoon. They were freed and returned to the surface on Friday evening. Amplats said the sit-in was in protest against the ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288651/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:19:15 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288651/scat/53df525786e1d78c Producers are struggling with higher costs as demand wanes, prompting companies including Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), to consider cutting back ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288652/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:19:13 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288652/scat/53df525786e1d78c BUILDING Holden Captivas in Elizabeth instead of South Korea is among union suggestions to safeguard northern suburbs manufacturing jobs. Australian Workers' Union state secretary John Camillo said Holden sold about 14,000 Captivas in Australia each year and moving production of the 4WD to Elizabeth might help make the factory more sustainable. Holden has started talks with the union about ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288653/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:22:00 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215288653/scat/53df525786e1d78c At a time when workers want greater balance between work and personal lives, some professionals find their perfect job by buying into it. Even in a rocky economy, the timing can be right to buy a business, invest in a franchise or start a company from scratch, experts say, especially for those who have built experience and financial resources working for others and can make the ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215287866/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:00 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215287866/scat/53df525786e1d78c Djiboutian Secretary of State for National Solidarity Zahra Youssouf Kayad signed two project agreements worth $692,000 (125 million francs) with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative Hodan Haji-Mohamud Monday (June 17th), the Djiboutian Information Agency reported. The first project will evaluate Djibouti's National Initiative for Social Development (INDS). ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215287282/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:51:16 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215287282/scat/53df525786e1d78c Stein Mart Inc. said Tuesday it will resume paying a quarterly dividend, based on its increased confidence in its ability to generate free cash flow. The discount retailer, based in Jacksonville, sells clothes, home decor and other items at its estimated 262 stores nationwide, including one in Lakeland. Stein Mart decided in 2008 to suspend its quarterly dividend and slow its store expansions to ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215286981/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:19:59 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215286981/scat/53df525786e1d78c IDG News Service - An email composed, but never sent, by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs may prove instrumental in the Justice Department's case that Apple, along with the five largest book publishers, colluded to fix prices for electronic books. In a draft email intended for Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue about negotiations with one publisher, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215286982/scat/53df525786e1d78c Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:07:30 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215286982/scat/53df525786e1d78c SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California state legislators on Tuesday told regulators and oil industry lobbyists they wanted more information about the use of acid to increase flows in wells in a technique that is used more often in the state than the controversial fracking ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215286532/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:21 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215286532/scat/53df525786e1d78c Click here to receive the Daily Digest via email. "This was really eye-opening for me": Fed's Raskin Shocked at Low Quality of Work at Local Job Fair ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215286355/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:49:58 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215286355/scat/53df525786e1d78c Photo credit: Newsday / Ed Betz | Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone talks about the county's budget problems and solutions during a press conference in Hauppauge. (April 2, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215284614/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:20 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215284614/scat/53df525786e1d78c Zhejiang Semir Garment, the Chinese youth apparel chain controlled by billionaire Qiu Guanghe, plans to acquire a domestic men's fashion chain in order to expand its product line. Semir will pay up to between 1.98 billion yuan, or $325 million, and 2.26 billion yuan for 71% of Ningbo Zhongzhe Mushang, which specializes in mid- to upper-end men's leisurewear, according to a prelimary ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215284653/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:21 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215284653/scat/53df525786e1d78c Acknowledging that the nation's educators face large challenges in preparing students for more rigorous academic standards and tests, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, told state education officials on Tuesday that they could postpone making career decisions about teachers based on performance evaluations tied to new ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215285314/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:40:47 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215285314/scat/53df525786e1d78c MONTREAL -- Four of seven chiefs in the Kanesatake First Nation are fighting for their jobs after being booted out of office by a non-confidence vote Saturday.The vote came after a months-long stalemate on band council that nearly forced the federal government to take control of basic services on the Mohawk territory -- which has a history of political tension dating back to the 1990 Oka ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215285315/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:35:57 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215285315/scat/53df525786e1d78c To the Editor: Re ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215290433/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:02 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215290433/scat/53df525786e1d78c To the Editor: Re ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215291377/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:02 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215291377/scat/53df525786e1d78c Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215282061/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:05 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215282061/scat/53df525786e1d78c Seven out of 10 workers have "checked out" at work or are "actively disengaged," according to a recent Gallup survey. In its ongoing survey of the American workplace, Gallup found that only 30 percent of workers are "were engaged, or involved in, enthusiastic about, and committed to their workplace." Although that equals the high in engagement since Gallup began ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215281483/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:21 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215281483/scat/53df525786e1d78c The Washington Post's Dana Milbank and Georgetown University's Michael Eric Dyson discuss the Grand Ol' Party of "stupid" is ignoring jobs - and instead "naval-gazing" on another anti-abortion bill that has no hope of ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215281489/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:33:56 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215281489/scat/53df525786e1d78c Computerworld - While Windows 8 is getting blamed for dismal PC sales, upgrading laptops and desktop systems isn't a priority for business users, according to new research. Businesses are increasing capital spending, but they are directing that money at developing new systems, such as mobile platforms, and upgrading existing ones, according to new data from Computer Economics. "Very ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215282062/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:21:42 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215282062/scat/53df525786e1d78c GE Aviation confirmed Monday a plan to add 50 jobs at its engine assembly plant in Durham, N.C., to boost capacity for assembly of a new jet engine that one company official said is being developed to power heavily-used aircraft. The company formally announced the plans to add capacity at the Durham plant as part of larger announcement of a $195 million total statewide investment that ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215280673/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:52 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215280673/scat/53df525786e1d78c Women in top executive positions in the United States and elsewhere are frequent participants in team sports, a survey by accounting firm Enrst & Young found. The survey that included 821 executives and senior managers of substantial firms found 67 percent of women in top executive jobs at some point participated in a team sport while managing their careers. The survey only included ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215279981/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:09:54 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215279981/scat/53df525786e1d78c World Bank defines it as "the provision of financial services to the entrepreneurial poor." In fact, the Bank says that about 95 percent of these individuals around the world do not have ways to obtain credit, insurance, and other components of microfinance.Many organizations, both in ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215280221/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:07:27 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215280221/scat/53df525786e1d78c A Southern California mortgage company is opening an office in Sacramento, bringing 200 jobs.The arrival of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust was announced today by SACTO, the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization."Their decision is yet another sign of the long anticipated recovery in the housing market and the region's overall economic health," said SACTO Chairman David ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215279476/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:37:31 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215279476/scat/53df525786e1d78c President Aquino: Focus on job generation and rural development. AP MANILA, Philippines--To prove his critics wrong, President Aquino is embarking on a jobs generation and rural development program in the next three years as part of the economic road map that he will present in his State of the Nation Address next month, Malacaang said on Tuesday. After some hits and misses the past three years, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215279723/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:31:28 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215279723/scat/53df525786e1d78c Accra, June 18, GNA - The Commission of Inquiry into Judgement Debts Payments and other related matters, established by President John Dramani Mahama, would resume its public sittings from Monday, June 24, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215279724/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:23 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215279724/scat/53df525786e1d78c Accra, June 18, GNA - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has called for more investment to create jobs, achieve inclusive growth and eradicate poverty on the ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215278802/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:16 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215278802/scat/53df525786e1d78c By Karen ParrishAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 – The services and U.S. Special Operations Command have completed plans to gradually open jobs to female service members that used to be closed to them, senior Pentagon officials announced today. Joined by senior service officials at a Pentagon news conference, Juliet Beyler, the Defense Department's director of ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215278279/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:15 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215278279/scat/53df525786e1d78c GENEVA (ILO News) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has called for more investment to promote job creation, achieve inclusive growth and eradicate poverty in a continent which in the next fifty years will be home to 1.1 billion workers - more than a third of the global workforce. "We are determined to step up our efforts to promote job creation, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215277554/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:59:25 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215277554/scat/53df525786e1d78c If you care about the Republican Party's plans to modernize, then you should know that there have been some positive developments on that front online. There is a growing community of "reform conservatives," and they are broadly unified by two big ideas: a willingness to recognize that the economic problems America faces are different from the problems President Reagan faced, and ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215277171/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:27:47 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215277171/scat/53df525786e1d78c WASHINGTON: A group of major American business organisations and advocacy groups launched a new alliance against what they allege as India's "discriminatory" economic policies, including intellectual property issues, which they claim ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215276054/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:35 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215276054/scat/53df525786e1d78c 1 of 4. Yellow crime tape surrounds a field which investigators are prepared to dig up for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in Oakland Township, Michigan June 17, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215276508/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:10 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215276508/scat/53df525786e1d78c As Senate democrats and President Barack Obama gear up for another round of gun control legislation, I find it ironic that the same lawmakers who think expanded background checks are useful in helping filter out who shouldn't own a gun, don't see the same benefits when used by U.S. businesses to sift through potential job ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215275798/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:19:41 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215275798/scat/53df525786e1d78c Indeed.com have teamed up to compile a list of the 10 cities with the highest number of available STEM positions, which are occupations that require an education in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics disciplines. Indeed.com searched its data for all open STEM jobs, as defined by ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274604/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:07:33 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274604/scat/53df525786e1d78c PREMIER Campbell Newman has called on Clive Palmer to guarantee jobs at his Yabulu nickel refinery, following reports the billionaire may have to axe up to 1000 jobs. Speaking about stories published in The Australian this week, in which Chinese company CITIC Pacific claimed they were not paying Mr Palmer's Mineralogy the $500 million a year in royalties he claimed, Mr Newman said the ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274308/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:41 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274308/scat/53df525786e1d78c CSIRO staff association secretary Sam Popovski said 17 people at CSIRO's Battery Point offices had been verbally informed their jobs were about to end. Mr Popovski said another employee with the Ecosystems Science division based at the University of Tasmania's Sandy Bay campus had also been told the same. In April, Denison independent MP Andrew Wilkie foreshadowed the loss of 13 CSIRO ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274309/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:05 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274309/scat/53df525786e1d78c The former ethanol plant in Luverne, Minn., was retrofitted last year to ferment another corn-based alcohol, called isobutanol, that can fuel vehicles or be used to make ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215272999/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:09:26 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215272999/scat/53df525786e1d78c Oseberg oil-field center in the Norwegian North Sea, which closed Monday following the activation of a gas alarm, has resumed partial production. "Some production has resumed at fields producing over [the] Oseberg [area]," said a spokesman for Statoil ASA, which operates the field, in a message on Tuesday. The Oseberg field contributes one of the four grades to the BFOE basket of ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274310/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:08:05 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274310/scat/53df525786e1d78c off the Santa Barbara coast . So it shouldn't be surprising that the state is moving at a glacial pace to decide the rules for hydraulic fracturing (AKA fracking) in the Monterey oil formation--the largest oil shale reserve in the U.S., with approximately 15 billion barrels of oil just waiting to be tapped. The battle over fracking in the state--which ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215273948/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:22 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215273948/scat/53df525786e1d78c IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets. HP said that top executive Todd Bradley will step down from his role as executive vice president of the Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) group to become executive vice president of Strategic Growth Initiatives, where his first order of business will be ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274307/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:27 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274307/scat/53df525786e1d78c "If we assume a $1500-ounce price and look at the breakeven platinum price for operations, then there are around 24 000 jobs at risk next year," Peter Attard Montalto, a London-based strategist with Nomura, wrote in an e-mailed report today. This "rises to 121 500 in 2015. We can therefore see that the necessity and effects of restructuring will spread widely beyond ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215271891/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:58:00 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215271891/scat/53df525786e1d78c Dajabon, Dom. Rep.- The local retailers association of Dajabon, the country's biggest and most active border town, lifted the strike in effect since yesterday to protest the Haitian government's ban on Dominican Republic poultry products, enacted citing concerns over alleged bird flu. Tractor-trailers and other vehicles were allowed to cross into and out of Haiti since early Tuesday ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215271933/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:52:57 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215271933/scat/53df525786e1d78c The monthly payrolls report from the U.S. Labor Department will always be the big kahuna of economic releases. Other, less prominent indicators of the American job market nonetheless can offer additional insight into the employment backdrop. Take the clumsily-acronymed JOLTS report, which stands for Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. It shows the ratio between job openings and job seekers, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274311/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:27:58 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215274311/scat/53df525786e1d78c See your ad here NEWCASTLE City Council has wielded the axe and approved cuts to 90 jobs, The Loft youth venue, city lifeguards and a raft of other services.One of the most significant and ''blunt'' budgets in the city's history was passed seven votes to six by councillors last night.The debate became heated at times as Labor and Greens councillors attempted ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215271271/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:57:46 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215271271/scat/53df525786e1d78c Johannesburg - Employment in South Africa's non-agriculture sector edged up 0.1 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the previous three months, although the key mining and manufacturing sectors shed jobs, Statistics South Africa said on ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215270515/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:49:42 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215270515/scat/53df525786e1d78c One in 10 of the Netherlands’ larger firms relocated work overseas between 2009 and 2011, largely to other EU countries, according to new figures from national statistics office CBS. Lower wage costs played a major part in the decision to offshore services, often IT and administration tasks, the CBS said on Tuesday. Company strategy was another main reason to relocate work abroad, followed ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215271273/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:46:50 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215271273/scat/53df525786e1d78c More than a dozen 7-Eleven franchises took in more than $180-million in revenue by running a "modern-day plantation system," prosecutors in New York charged on Monday, built on the unpaid labour of dozens of illegal immigrants hired using sham Social Security numbers.Federal authorities seized 14 7-Eleven stores on Long Island, N.Y., and in Virginia, arresting nine owners and managers, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215269970/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:53:30 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215269970/scat/53df525786e1d78c JOHANNESBURG: Up to 121,500 jobs and 60 per cent of South Africa's platinum output could be a risk in coming years amid unrest and upheavals in the sector, economists ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215269297/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:22:42 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215269297/scat/53df525786e1d78c Berlin - Management and employees' representatives at Commerzbank, Germany's second-biggest bank, have agreed in principle on cutting more than 5,000 jobs worldwide, according to a German newspaper report on ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215268732/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:42:05 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215268732/scat/53df525786e1d78c The staff at PolitiFact took a look at a statement by Florida Senate President Don Gaetz this week. He said: "More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed." The PolitiFact team rated this claim "half true." PolitiFact's Angie Holan said there is a big problem with the statement: While it's based on reputable research, ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215268079/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:37:43 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215268079/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:56am EDT * Commerzbank strikes preliminary pact with labour-sources * Job losses form part of cost plan announced in November * Cuts amount to 10 percent of workforce (Adds comments from more sources, previous cutback plans) FRANKFURT, June 18 (Reuters) - German lender Commerzbank will shed more than 5,000 jobs, 10 percent of its workforce, under a preliminary deal with staff ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215268733/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:56:54 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215268733/scat/53df525786e1d78c - Up to 145,500 jobs and 60 percent of South Africa's platinum output could be a risk in coming years amid unrest and upheavals in the sector, Economists at Nomura bank warned on Tuesday. Analysts at the Japanese bank said that rising mining costs - because of wage increases, regulation, increased electricity prices and a need to drill deeper - as well as political risks, would force mines ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266848/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:39:02 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266848/scat/53df525786e1d78c Emirates has decreased compared to 2012. The biggest drop was seen in the consumer service sector. This finding was made by the Monster Employment Index for the Middle East region. The research uses job vacancies posted online to measure and examine the job demand. What it discovered was that the amount of job postings in the UAE has dropped with ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215267627/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:17:58 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215267627/scat/53df525786e1d78c More than 4,000 soldiers have been told they have lost their jobs in the latest round of Army redundancies.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced 4,480 Army personnel have been made redundant as the Government tries to reduce the number of regulars to 82,000 by 2018.The MoD said the move is necessary to help balance the books but insisted operational capability would not be affected.Defence ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266492/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:40:24 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266492/scat/53df525786e1d78c More than 4,000 soldiers have been told they have lost their jobs in the latest round of Army redundancies, the Ministry of Defence has announced. A total of 4,480 Army personnel have been made redundant in the latest tranche of job losses as the Government tries to reduce the number of regulars to 82,000 by 2018.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said the move is necessary to help balance the ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266618/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:38:23 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266618/scat/53df525786e1d78c Johannesburg - The waste sector is vital to the generation of jobs within the green economy, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266619/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:34:51 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266619/scat/53df525786e1d78c After the heavy rains and high water stopped the upper Hudson River dredging program last week, this capital cleanup project resumed on Monday, according to ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266510/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:14:21 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215266510/scat/53df525786e1d78c Students will find it increasingly difficult to find work for a few weeks during the summer months because of demographic and working practice changes, website nu.nl reports on Tuesday. Automation, the ageing population and the economic crisis means manufacturing companies are less likely to take on short-term staff in the summer.However, the hospitality industry, gardening, tourism, cleaning ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215265633/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:28:25 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215265633/scat/53df525786e1d78c Thousands of soldiers will learn today whether they have lost their jobs in the latest round of Army redundancies. A fresh tranche of up to 5,300 Army personnel are to be handed redundancy notices as the Government tries to reduce the number of regulars to 82,000 by 2018. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the move was necessary to help balance the books, but insisted operational capability ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215265634/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:24:26 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215265634/scat/53df525786e1d78c Johannesburg - A sweeping restructuring, potentially involving job cuts and the disposal of money-losing assets, is looming at Telkom as the country’s fixed-line operator ramps up its bid to cut costs and position itself to compete in a cut-throat telecommunications ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215264785/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:26:31 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215264785/scat/53df525786e1d78c /enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - Women may be able to start training as US Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy commandos a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces. They call for requiring women and men to meet the same physical and mental standards to qualify for ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215263874/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:20:41 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215263874/scat/53df525786e1d78c SEOUL, South Korea -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneurship and venture firms in Asia's fourth-largest economy. Park's office said Zuckerberg assured the South Korean leader that Facebook would continue to invest in the country, and he invited South Korean firms to jump on Facebook to reach ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215262350/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:27:42 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215262350/scat/53df525786e1d78c Chinese youth will continue to face a tough job market over the next five years following record graduations in 2013, said Yin Weiming, minister of human resources and social security on ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215263086/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:17:39 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215263086/scat/53df525786e1d78c ET presents five missives of India Inc's leading lights to their daughters...Be passionate about things other than your work. Learn and enjoy music, books, environmental protection and enjoying nature, writes Gopinath to his daughters Krithika & ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215262399/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:58:21 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215262399/scat/53df525786e1d78c Says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, MD, Biocon, 'Intake of more women in IIMs will certainly have a positive impact on gender diversity and on building women in leadership roles in corporate ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215262406/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:58:04 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215262406/scat/53df525786e1d78c ArabicNews.com resumes operation after more than one year of silence Regional, Notice to readers, 8/23/2011 After a news publishing stoppage lasting more than one year, ArabicNews.com is making an effort to resume publishing. We hope this will be beneficial to us and the public good. During this short stoppage period, a lot of events have taken place in the Arab States. South Sudan became ... http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215263087/scat/53df525786e1d78c Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:40 -0400 http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/sid/215263087/scat/53df525786e1d78c