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Saying “No” To Dad’s Office Life — Why Gen Z Is Choosing Blue-Collar Jobs

While the traditional most promising path to well-compensated employment included a college diploma followed by a corporate job, an increasing number of young people are instead looking to the trades for better work-life balance, increased compensation and a break from the patterns set by their parents.

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Economy Future

AI For Africa? The Best And Worst Of Times

AI could offer a great new way in to the global economy for sub-Saharan Africa. Yet with some 20 million jobs needed to be created annually to absorb the massive influx of young people in the labor market, AI could also create new unemployment.

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Migrant Lives

Brain Drain? Brain Waste: Why Sweden’s Educated Migrants Can’t Find Good Jobs

High language requirements, a one-size integration policy, and discrimination. Despite the need for labour, landing a job in Sweden has become a hurdle race for college-educated migrants, a new joint investigation with Lighthouse Reports shows.

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Economy Migrant Lives

A Bitter Return To Sri Lanka After Failed Migration Attempt

More workers are leaving the country by illegal means. Those who are caught are deported back home, but often have nothing to return to — except government surveillance.

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Corporate News

Worldcrunch Partners With Jobbio’s Amply Network

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today marks a significant milestone in the future of talent acquisition as Worldcrunch announces a strategic partnership with Jobbio‘s Amply network. This collaboration merges the cutting-edge recruitment technology of Jobbio with the unparalleled global journalism expertise of Worldcrunch to create a job platform that redefines how companies connect with top talent across […]

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Economy Society

The Right To Laziness — A New French Theory To Put Work In Its Proper Place

A French politician recently made the case for the “right to laziness”. In the era of the “great resignation” or “quiet quitting”, the idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds. After all, history shows us that work is a very recent human passion.

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Who Wants To Work For The Post Office? Snapshot Of Italy’s Uncertain Future

Why are no locals in the northern Italian city of Verona applying for the once prized permanent job posting? The answer is found elsewhere.

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Geopolitics Society

Germany Set To Welcome British Exodus After Brexit

LONDON — Britain’s departure from the European Union would have immediate far-reaching consequences for the British job market as hundreds of thousands of British and European Union citizens want to leave the UK to work on the continent instead, according to a recent survey by the StepStone global private markets specialist found. Some 600,000 British-based […]

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Migrant Lives Syria Crisis

If History Is A Guide, Today’s Refugees Are In Trouble

Many refugee families after World War II took generations to get on their feet. A new German study finds today’s influx of refugees face the same risk, and new ones too.

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blog Society

Breaking Down The “Beauty Bonus” – Why Attractive People Get Paid More

MUNICH — The old proverb that says, “beauty pulls more weight than oxen,” is getting some close investigation in the modern job market. The latest study from Germany found that not only do good-looking people have a better chance of finding a job, they also earn as much as 20% more. This “beauty bonus” appears […]

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Society

A German Fix For The Over-50 Unemployed

Job hunting gets harder the older you get, right? A program in Germany is showing that it may just require the right training, and the right candidate-job matching.

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