As the government seeks to make further cuts in public spending to help reduce the budget deficit, union bosses are warning that large numbers of public sector jobs will be lost. In fact the GMB trade union has estimated that 200,000 jobs will be cut by councils in England this year.
The union fears the cuts will be hurried through before the end of the financial year in March, claiming that the speed and size of the cuts will be unprecedented. However, Grant Shapps, the local government minister dismissed the union’s …

2010 ended much as it started for British Airways with the chaos caused by the bad weather netting further losses for the beleaguered airline. For BA bosses it has been pretty much a year to forget with a series of problems haunting the company.
The snowfall in December was just one of several problems for British Airways as cabin crew strikes and the Icelandic volcano brought huge disruption to flights in 2010. Flights from London-Heathrow were particularly affected by the heavy snow in December. Terminal 5 at Heathrow is used exclusively …

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) say that applications for University are on the rise, so far there has been an rise of 2.5% in applications to UK universities, compared with last year’s level.
The main reason for this is believed to be the rise in tuition fees that will be taking place in 2012, with students wanting to apply before this happens.
The surge in applications will surely bring a large strain on the available university places.
Vocational Places

There has also been a rise in students applying for vocational places …

In the month of October, unemployment rates fell in over half of America’s biggest cities. In November, however, they actually rose in almost a third of them. As a result, the hiring outlook in the United States is mixed. Out of three hundred seventy-two cities in a recent Labor Department report, the jobless rate went up in one hundred eight, while reaming the same in sixty-four. This is the smallest number of improved cities since July.
Despite all of this bad news, though, there were some positive developments as well: Only …

Almost two million of us will have lost or will lose unemployment benefits by the end of the year. It could be a dark holiday season for many. One union electrician told a reporter that he’s not looking forward to Christmas. He can’t afford a tree or gifts for his family in Northeastern Ohio.
When Rockefeller Center had its tree lighting a few days ago, around forty New Yorkers who were out of work, marched in protest. The organizer was bitter about families losing their only source …

PM David Cameron has condemned tuition fee protesters after yesterday’s (9th December 2010) violence where the Prince of Wales and Camilla’s car was attacked.
The couples car was damaged while on its way to the royal variety performance as protesters cracked windows and threw paint on the Rolls-Royce after it became separated from its police escort.
Prime minister, David Cameron, has condemned the violence as “unacceptable”. “It is shocking and regrettable that the car carrying the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall was caught up and attacked in the violence.”

They …

Recently, the President of the United States struck a controversial deal with the Republican members of Congress. Despite misgivings bout the deal on the part of members in both parties, many economists insist that the deal ultimately gives Americans a much needed pay increase. As a result, money gets pumped into the economy immediately. Further, these same economists predict that because of this package,  hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created during the next two years.
The biggest cause for the optimism seems to be a surprise cut of two …

Jobseekers who are overweight may be postponing their search for employment until they lose some of their holiday pounds.  Statistics have shown that people who are overweight, likely earn less and can be overlooked for promotions and jobs, while thinner workers aren’t.  They also don’t want employers to look upon them as additional health risks due to the weight.
A small business owner in Long Island stated that if everything else on a job-seeker’s application is equal, that he’d hire the fitter candidate over another one.  He was thinking …

With overall unemployment figures at 2.45 million (7.7 per cent), and graduate unemployment at 21,000, many students are struggling to find work, and the situation has shown no signs of improvement. Until now.

Job markets are brightening a little for 2011.  About 3% more jobs are opening up and the consulting and financial sectors may provide the most jobs.  Joe Light reported that if employers could feel better regarding taxes, political strategies and health care costs, they would consider hiring more.
Their concerns aren’t totally focused on the economy at this stage, so that’s a good start to recovery.  Concern over other restrictions to their business growth remains.
How should graduates into the job market look at opportunities available in 2011?  Business owners need to …