GRASAG Threatens Demo Over Unpaid Grants
The Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) chapter at the University of Cape Coast is threatening to demonstrate by Friday if the Scholarship Secretariat fails to pay members their...
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Entrepreneurship Not the Only Solution To Unemployment – UN Youth Envoy
The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, has debunked assertion by some Ghanaian youth that the only solution to Ghana’s huge unemployment problem is entrepreneurship....
US Firms Face Hiring Difficulties, Business Survey Says
A growing share of US employers are struggling to hire new workers and some have raised wages as a result, according to a survey released on Monday. The National Association of Business Economists...
US Job Creation Surges In June, Pointing To Market’s Resilience
US job creation returned with a roar in June, offering a dose of welcome news to the White House and offsetting fears of a slowing economy, official figures showed Friday. Still, the robust...
US Unemployment Rate Ticks Up To 4.4% In June
US job creation rebounded in June while the unemployment rate ticked higher as more people entered the work force in search of jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. The US economic engine...
No More Gender Gaps – Research Suggests
Reducing gender gaps would significantly benefit women, society and the economy, a new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report has revealed. It shows that closing the gender gap by 25 per cent...
S. Korea’s Moon Urges Lawmakers To Approve $10 Bn Stimulus Plan
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged parliament quickly to approve his $10-billion stimulus plan aimed at tackling youth unemployment, warning the issue could otherwise become a...
One District, One Factory Will Not Provide Employment – MP
The former Brong Ahafo Regional Minister and the Member of Parliament of Asunafo South, Eric Opoku has stated that the NPP’s policy of one district, one factory which is one of the party’s...
US Jobs Growth Accelerates In April
Figures from the US Department of Labour also showed the unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.4%, compared with 4.5% in March. The rebound in the jobs market could pave the way for the US central...
Unemployment Rate Drops To Lowest Number In A Decade
Job creation in the world's largest economy rebounded strongly in April, pushing the unemployment rate to its lowest level in 10 years, the US Labor Department reported Friday. After a slow March,...
US Unemployment Falls To 10-Year Low In April
The unemployment rate in the world's largest economy fell to the lowest level in 10 years due to a strong rebound in job creation in April, the US Labor Department reported Friday. After a slow...
US Unemployment Falls To 10-Year Low In April
Job creation in the world's largest economy rebounded strongly in April, pushing the unemployment rate to its lowest level in 10 years, the US Labor Department reported Friday. After a slow March,...
Global Unemployment Expected To Rise By 3.4m In 2017
ILO: Global unemployment expected to rise by 3.4m in 2017 The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly from 5.7 to 5.8 per cent in 2017 The global unemployment rate is expected to rise...
Nigeria Opens Online Jobs Portal
Registration however does not translate into getting a job instantly The Nigerian government has opened an online registration portal for job-seekers. It hopes to capture the data of millions of...
US Private Sector Hiring Edges Up In March
The pace of hiring by the US private sector edged upwards in March, with employers adding more than a quarter of a million jobs, according to the payrolls firm ADP. The survey, covering nearly 24...
Tackling Unemployment In Ghana
UNEMPLOYMENT is one issue that continues to linger on in this country. At a point it became so serious that we had jobless graduates in this country form Unemployed Graduates Association of Ghana...
More Than 1.2 Million People In Ghana Are Unemployed – Report
More than 1.2 million persons from 15 years and older are estimated to be unemployed, representing the total unemployment rate of 11.9%, according to the Labour Force Survey Report. Of this number,...
2015 Statistical Service Labour Force Survey Tells Government
The Ghana Statistical Service says the findings of its maiden labour force survey show government must do a lot to create jobs. These jobs the service hopes will help reduce the unemployment...
Ghana Gov’t Devices System To Tackle Unemployment
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatious Baffoe Awuah, has stated that government will soon roll out a system to tackle the country’s unemployment challenges. A survey conducted...
Ghana Gov’t Devices System To Tackle Unemployment
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatious Baffoe Awuah, has stated that government will soon roll out a system to tackle the country’s unemployment challenges. A survey conducted...