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McDonalds to create 12,000 new part time jobs in Europe this year
McDonalds bucks the recession by announcing today that it will create 12,000 part time jobs and open 240 new restaurants in Europe this year. According the Financial Times, the company will hire 50 people at each of the 240 new … Continue reading
Microsoft slashes 5,000 jobs around the world
Microsoft today announced that it is to cut 5,000 jobs around the world over the next 18 months. The announcement comes after Microsoft reveal an 11% drop in profits. 58 Jobs will be cut in the UK immediately, which equates … Continue reading
Unemployment climbs as record numbers made redundant
More doom an gloom today as latest figures just released show that the number of people losing their jobs surged to 225,000 in the 3 months to November 2008, bringing the jobless total in the UK to 1.92million, the highest … Continue reading
UK Employers to give UK Jobseekers Priority
Today the UK Government announced that it is going to force employers to publicise job vacancies through JobCentre Plus before advertising them abroad. The move designed to give UK Residents priority access to skilled job vacancies comes in advance of … Continue reading
2012 Olympics creates 30,000 construction jobs
The workforce on the 2012 London Olympics is set to triple this year with further apprenticeships pledged. Whilst this doesn’t strictly fall in to the Part Time Jobs category it is significant enough to warrant a mention. In an article … Continue reading
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Waitrose Supermarket Creates 3000 new jobs
It’s been a bad week for job cut announcements, but it is nice to finish the week with a little bit of good news. The supermarket chain Waitrose has today announced that it will create 3,000 new jobs this year … Continue reading
South West Trains Set to Axe 480 Jobs
More bad news today as South West Trains announced that it is set to axe 480 jobs. A spokesperson for the company said "In common with other rail operators we have carried out a review of our cost base to … Continue reading
Top 5 Recession Proof Jobs
More Job Cuts If you picked up a Newspaper or turned on the television today you will have seen yet more news stories announcing job cuts from big firms. Today it was the turn of Jaguar Landrover (450 jobs), Barclays … Continue reading
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Labour’s graduates aren’t getting jobs
The government’s plans for an internship scheme look like a smokescreen for the numbers of highly qualified jobseekers facing the dole. This was the headline to a thought provoking article I read in the Sunday Times today. The article is … Continue reading
Iceland offer hope of new jobs in UK
Frozen food store Iceland Foods Ltd. came to the partial rescue of collapsed retailer Woolworths on Friday, saying it plans to create 2,500 jobs after buying 51 former Woolworths stores. The deal with the administrators comes just 5 months after … Continue reading