These Skills Could Boost Your Chances of Being Hired
Every discipline has a language, and the language of the business world are business skills. These skills are the set of terms and practices used by business organizations and their employees. For example, common knowledge of financial terms lets people worldwide agree on how to value a company or business. Within a company, business skills […]
New Zealand Receives High Marks for Stability and Economy
New Zealand’s clear plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to go “hard and early” proved to be successful. The economy is one of the most open in the world because of the government sticking to their plan. A second wave was eliminated while other countries are still dealing with getting the virus under control. […]
New Zealand Job Ads Surge 66 Percent
A top job ad website in New Zealand has seen the largest number of ads since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even the hardest hit sector, hospitality and tourism, saw a 45 percent increase in the number of open jobs from July to September. Job openings with the largest increase were in the advertising, […]
New Zealand Immigration Minister Reveals Work Visa Update
New Zealand loosened the criteria for skilled workers coming from overseas. Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi reported immigration instructions had changed for business owners requesting a border exception for workers under “the other critical worker” category. The previous rule said a person had to have experience, along with technical or specialist skills that were not able […]
Large Percentage of Immigrants Earn Top Salaries in the UK
Much of the worries about immigrants in the UK is about them being at the bottom of wage earners. But current information shows immigrants are highly represented at the top of the income earners and are actually paying more taxes. The showing of newcomers is even more drastic among the very high-income earners, according to […]
Ontario Group Seeks US Technology Workers for Jobs in Canada
The Waterloo, Ontario, tech sector hopes a $100,000 billboard campaign in California will lure misplaced tech workers to Canada. The recent suspension of the H-1B visa, popular among tech workers, has caused many not to be able to stay in the United States. Communitech is taking advantage of the opportunity of drawing the immigrants who […]
Canadian Employment Increased by 952,000 in June 2020
Close to an additional one million Canadians had jobs in June, according to Statistics Canada Businesses forced to shut their doors by the COVID-19 pandemic are beginning to reopen, and the nation is recouping their losses from March and April. A job force survey released by Statistics Canada reported 952,000 positions were added in June, […]
Canada Benefits From Opening Its Doors to Foreign Workers
Canada’s big welcome to foreign skilled talent has aided in the reversal of immigrants heading south to the United States and contributed to the Canadian tech sector’s fast growth in the country Pre-pandemic, multinational and domestic tech firms based in Canada were hiring talent at a rapid pace. Toward the beginning of the year, companies […]
Surge of 273,000 New US Jobs Surpasses Expectations
The growth of 273,000 new jobs in the United States was higher than expected by many economists According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, along with the increase of jobs, January’s average hourly earnings increased to $28.52, a rise of nine cents. Over the past 12 months, the overall average hourly wages have increased […]
Tech Workers Apply for Global Talent Visa to the UK
Tech workers around the globe are vying for tech talent blocked by the United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending many foreign work visas, including the H-1B and L-1 visas. Both of these visas affect companies that employ highly skilled workers in specific fields. James Wise, an investor with Balderton Capital, told […]