A new social enterprise to help people with autism find jobs has launched in Scotland.
Specialisterne Scotland is set to recruit a dozen trainees with autism over the next six months.
Those chosen for the programme will undertake four months training before being given jobs as software testers for major...
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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned of higher unemployment if economic growth misses forecasts. According to the employment group, growth needs to be at least 2.5% between now and 2015, in order for the private sector to create sufficient jobs to offset those that would...
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The Canadian economy, which only entered a mild recession last year, appears to be performing well after figures show the unemployment rate continues to fall.
Statistics Canada said on Friday that the country’s unemployment rate fell in April to 8.1%, from 8.2% in March.
The economy added a better than...
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The Labor Department today revealed the world’s largest economy added 431,000 jobs last month – the majority of them temporary Government jobs to help conduct the 2010 census.
However, the figure fell far short of the 515,000 expected by analysts and follows an unrevised 290,000 increase in April...
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