NEW YORK (Reuters) – More employers in the United States plan to hire workers next quarter than in any period since the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a survey by Manpower Group, the global employment services giant.
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An overall loss of 14,000 jobs for Hatters has been the effect of the 2008 economic downturn on the Gas City at least according to the Conference Board of Canada’s first-ever report on mid-sized cities.
“Ultimately it’s fairly accurate of the economic conditions of an area,” said Greg Sutherland, economist with the the independent not-for-profit research organization that published the Mid-Sized Cities Outlook 2013.
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Anything but college to try to get a job.
College no longer guarantees success or even a good enough job to pay back student loans. Thanks, but no thanks, some high school grads are starting to say to higher ed. Instead, some are starting their own businesses, working for free at companies to get experience, and flying out to conferences to network.
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CALGARY, AB, Apr. 20, 2013/ Troy Media/ – With some central banks around the world busy printing money, some observers have been fearful of global inflation. But in Canada, inflation remains well below any sort of danger level – at least for now.
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CALGARY – Canadian oil and gas professionals are the fifth highest paid in the world, according to the results of a salary survey released Tuesday.
The survey, conducted by international recruitment firm Hays and employment website Oil and Gas Jobsearch, shows the average annual salary for a domestically employed oil and gas professional in Canada is $125,680. That slightly outstrips the $124,000 that energy industry employees in the U.S. make, and lags only Australia, Norway, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.
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If you walk into the Careers Under Construction office, chances are you’ll run into someone from out of town.
In fact, over the five years that Amy Penny, the company’s regional manager, has been working at the office, she estimates that at least 70 per cent of people that walk through their doors come from out east.
“It’s continuous, and it has been continuous for five years,” she said.
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The year 2012 continued to be a strong recovery year for Calgary, most notably due to impressive employment gains with what will likely be record migration when the final stats are tallied. Indeed, the region is seeing increased attention from investors, businesses and people from all over the world. Truly, in terms of the economy, there are few better places in the world to be than in Calgary.
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