Work-from-home boom risks loss of 6 million UK professional jobs
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – One in five jobs based in the UK could be outsourced to other countries in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, threatening the loss of well-paid white […]
Wall Street ends with solid gains after tepid jobs report
NEW YORK (AFP) – US stocks closed out a bumpy, holiday shortened week with solid gains as a tepid jobs report eased concerns the expanding economy would force the Federal […]
US jobs, inflation surprises not changing Fed plans, says top official
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The twin surprises of weak jobs growth and strong inflation in April has not dented the US central bank’s plans to keep its support for the economy […]
Why the young in US are quitting their jobs
(NYTIMES) – Something strange is happening to the exhausted, millennial workers of America. After a year spent hunched over their MacBooks, enduring back-to-back Zooms in between sourdough loaves and Peloton […]
Dow, S&P 500 end at records following weak April jobs data
NEW YORK (AFP) – Major Wall Street indices finished at fresh records on Friday (May 7) after disappointing US jobs data fuelled confidence of continued fiscal and monetary support as […]
JobsPivot Joins 2021 Efforts to Combat Unemployment in Singapore
Opportunities Provider Aims to Help Struggling Singaporeans Rebound After Difficult Year Singapore – JobsPivot today announced a series of job fairs and training partnerships in 2021 meant to help mitigate the […]
47,000 locals placed in jobs in 6 months, exceeding National Jobs Council target
SINGAPORE – Close to 60,000 local jobseekers have been placed into job and training opportunities under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package from April to October, with more than 120,000 […]
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq all end at records, extending rally
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks surged to fresh records on Friday (Dec 4), extending a post-election rally as disappointing US jobs data boosted the prospects for fiscal stimulus. […]
1,300 jobs available in S’pore’s logistics sector amid Covid-19 pandemic; 1 in 3 for PMETs
SINGAPORE – About 1,300 jobs are currently on offer in the logistics sector, with about one in three for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs). This makes up over 60 […]
Pandemic speeds up labour shift to robots
ZURICH • Robots will destroy 85 million jobs at mid-sized to large businesses over the next five years as the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates changes in the workplace, a World Economic […]