Highlights from a new survey conducted by The Bank of Canada show the number of companies facing labor shortages has increased to 37 percent, which is the highest rate since 2008. The companies are reporting labor shortages are getting more intense at a rate not seen in over a decade. Firms are expecting future sales […]
The old train station in Shijiazhuang, a northern Chinese city, is where hundreds of firms and thousands of job seekers gathered to mark the busiest hiring season. Job hunters checked out information about open jobs at firms ranging from environmental protection companies to steel parts makers. Wang Xinjie, who was at the job fair, said, […]
The US employment rate is the highest it has been in 50 years. The average monthly increase of jobs in the USA has been 161,000 during the first nine months of the year. The increase in US employment is in a 108-month stretch, pushing down the unemployment rate to a five-decade low and counteracting fears […]
