by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment, Overseas, World
Vienna : The unemployment rate in Austria declined 4.6 per cent year-on-year for October, the Social Affairs Ministry said.
This equates to 393,029 people in the country presently registered as jobless, Xinhua news agency reported.
The number of non-self-employed persons increased by 65,000 compared to October of last year, the ministry report on Thursday stated, while the number of available job positions at the Public Employment Service (AMS) is currently over 59,000, a 44.5 per cent year-on-year increase.
The unemployment drop was seen across all states in the country other than Vorarlberg, where a slight 0.3 per cent increase was recorded.
Also notable in the new figures was a 0.7 per cent decline in unemployment for persons aged 50 and over.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate Jobs, Employment, Government Jobs, Private Jobs
Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti
New Delhi : Days after naming former Intelligence Bureau chief Dineshwar Sharma as its interlocutor for talks in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre on Thursday said it will expedite development projects to generate more jobs in the troubled-state where some 10 lakh men and women are unemployed.
The decision was taken at a meeting between Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti here.
“It has been decided to fast track projects under Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) by making encumbrance free land available for the infrastructure projects including road, power and health,” a Home Ministry statement said.
The two leaders also decided to “accelerate the development projects relating to additional jobs to Kashmiri migrants, transit accommodations, transfer of cash relief or honorarium through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode and provide employment to youth of the state”, the statement said.
Sixty-three major development projects have been approved in the state under the Rs 80,068-crore package. Of this, Rs 22,042 crore have been released, according to the statement.
Jammu and Kashmir is one of the states with highest unemployment rate in the country. According to government records, some educated 600,000 men and women have registered for work with employment centres.
However, according to estimates, the actual number of unemployed youth is close to 10 lakh because not all educated youth register themselves and the figure with employment centres doesn’t include those who have not passed Class 10.
The Thursday meeting which began around 11 a.m. and went on for an hour and a half was Mehbooba Mufti’s first with Rajnath Singh after the government on Tuesday said Sharma will have a “sustained” dialogue with “all stakeholders” to solve the problems in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Chief Minister arrived here in the morning along with a team of state government officers, including Chief Secretary B.B. Vyas.
The meeting was also attended by the Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba.
The statement said the government decided to lay “special emphasis” for development of border areas while selecting projects under the Border Area Development Program (BADP).
“It was decided that to ensure safety of the people in border areas, construction of bunkers along the borders will be expedited.”
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate Jobs, Employment, Government Jobs, Private Jobs
Chandigarh : The Punjab government has instructed all government departments/state-run undertakings and private organisations/businesses to notify every vacancy to the Employment Generation and Training Department, official sources said on Tuesday.
“This has been done to boost employment opportunities,” a government spokesperson said here.
He said as per Compulsory Notification of Vacancies Act of 1959, it was mandatory for all government/private establishments to notify such vacancies to Employment Exchanges across the state.
He said this practice was not followed religiously and most vacancies not notified to the employment exchanges.
“A Supreme Court judgment of 1996 made it compulsory for every vacancy to be simultaneously advertised in newspapers and notified to Employment Exchanges. Most employers began advertising in the print media, but stopped notifying the Employment Exchanges.
“Therefore, the state government has instructed all establishments in the government and private sectors to share information/advertisements of all jobs/vacancies in departments/organisations (contractual/outsourcing/regular) with the Joint Director in the office of Director, Employment Generation and Training.”
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment, Overseas
Mumbai : There has been a sharp decline among Indians seeking jobs in two top destinations — the United Kingdom by 42 per cent and US by 38 per cent – attributed mainly to the political situations there, a new survey by top global jobs portal Indeed has revealed.
Similarly, there has been a fall in the number of Indians wanting to work even in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 21 per cent, based on searches on Indeed, as per the survey results for 2016-2017 released here on Wednesday.
The report said that the prospects of Brexit could be a deterrent for Indian jobseekers in the UK, as other countries like Germany and Ireland have witnessed a 10 per cent and 20 per cent respectively increase during the same period.
Indeed India Managing Director Sashi Kumar said as one of the world’s largest hubs for IT talent, India has historically seen a steady outflow of IT professionals to countries like USA, UK and Australia.
“The new data shows an apparent reversal of that trend. The steadily growing Indian economy coupled with political uncertainties abroad has persuaded highly skilled Indian talents to stay back and find jobs here, which in turn has fostered a thriving ‘start-ups’ scene,” said Kumar
In fact, he said the research shows an overall five per cent decline in Indians looking to move abroad for job opportunities, while there has been a whopping 25 per cent increase in people from UK seeking jobs in India, and a 170 per cent increase in job-seekers from Asia-Pacific region to India.
He attributed the growing popularity of India as an ’employment destination’ to initiatives like ‘Make In India’ and ease of doing business, and the latest figures indicate a trend of people working in UK and Asia-Pacific regions willing to return to India.
Despite the declining figures, the USA still remains the top choice with 49 per cent of people searching for job opportunities there, followed by UAE (16 per cent), Canada (nine), UK (five), Singapore (four), Australia (three), Qatar (two), Bahrain and South Africa (one percent each).
In 1960, there were around 12,000 Indian immigrants to the USA, which increased to 2.4 million by 2015, making Indians the second largest immigrant group in the US after Mexicans.
There are around 1.50 million Indians living in the UK, making them the largest single ethnic minority group, accounting for nearly one-quarter of the total ethnic minority population in that country.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Business, Economy, Employment, News
New Delhi : With growth in international arrivals in India, there would be a creation of approximately one million additional jobs, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report.
As India prepares to launch the Incredible India 2, the report put forward few recommendations, including the importance of public-private cooperation in its execution, and suggesting that advantage be taken of the unexplored 6,00,000 villages with their own culture and heritage, ecotourism and cruise tourism to create unique experiences for travellers.
Another recommendation was to integrate the Incredible India campaign into a holistic campaign that includes not only print but also other channels, such as digital, social, placement, review sites and global media, focussing on the positives of visitor-created content while addressing the challenges these visitors say.
Taking advantage of the labour force available in India to provide a quality product to tourists and enhancing the perception and reality of India as a safe destination were other recommendations.
Several top names from the Indian travel and aviation industry have contributed towards the findings in the report, the WEF said in a statement on Wednesday.
“The industry is people focused and the quality of its people defines the value of the product. Hence the need to train and educate staff is acute here”, said Aditi Balbir, one of the contributors to the report.
He observed that the industry had the power to create jobs across the economy at various skill levels, and for the marginalized sectors of the society.
The WEF white paper also recommends a proposal to create a Tourism Board.
“Currently, India’s travel and tourism industry is fragmented and lacks a unified public-private body to represent the industry, in turn hindering its ability to achieve its potential.
“This board could support enhancing industry coordination, public-private sector initiatives and enacting change through policy recommendations,” it said.
It noted that India welcomed nine million international travellers in 2016 and its domestic demand nearly touched the 100 million mark, adding India is effectively one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world and according to the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017, one of the most improved nations, reaching 40th position compared to 65th in 2013.
—IANS
