JOBS

Global economic recovery is not resulting in job creation, as the number of the unemployed people worldwide stood at a record 205 million last year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned on Monday.

General Motors plans to add 750 jobs at its Flint Assembly, Michigan to produce Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty pickups.

A report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas says tech sector is losing jobs at the slowest rate in the last decade, possibly presaging a quicker recovery in that field.

President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night will touch upon steps needed to grow the economy, private job creation and reducing government spending, a White House spokesman said.

Job seekers with bilingual skills could look forward to a profusion of opportunities in the coming year and beyond.

President Barack Obama, in another shift toward the political center, named General Electric Co. Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt on Friday as a top outside economic adviser to help lift hiring.

Duke research suggests offshoring is more a result of the shortage of adequately skilled domestic employees, rather than the economic motive to cut costs.

BMO Capital Markets upgraded two U.S.-based staffing companies, On Assignment Inc (ASGN) and Hudson Highland Group (HHGP) to 'Outperform' from 'Market Perform.'

HSBC Holdings Plc is laying off about 500 employees as it ends credit card customer service and collections work at a center in New Castle, Delaware.

U.S. home resales jumped more than expected in December and claims for new jobless claims last week posted their biggest decline in nearly a year, showing two key economic trouble spots on the mend.

Two global wind farm manufacturers stepped up their commitment to Britain's growing renewable energy industry Thursday by planning to build factories in Hull and Scotland, creating up to 1,000 jobs.

Over the past two years, as U.S. unemployment remained near double-digit levels and the economy shed jobs in the wake of the financial crisis, over a million foreign-born arrivals to America found work, many illegally.

Research shows that jobs in the green sector in California grew by three percent over a period when the total employment growth in the state grew by one percent

In an effort to prevent the kind of unrest currently engulfing Tunisia, the government of Jordan has unveiled a $230-million economic package to help the nation’s poor by cutting the prices of essential consumer goods and by creating jobs.

Barclays Bank of Kenya, majority-owned by British lender Barclays, is cutting 200 management-level staff, or about 5 percent of its workforce, to cut costs by an unspecified amount.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) boss Steve Jobs sought cancer treatment in Switzerland in 2009, according to a report in Fortune magazine.

US automaker Ford Motors on Tuesday announced that it would invest $400 mln in the Kansas City plant to install a new body shop, new tooling and other upgrades.

The health of Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs will overshadow quarterly results on Tuesday from the consumer electronics powerhouse, whose iPhone and iPad excited holiday shoppers.

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Apple's Tim Cook rips into Android, tablet rivals and doesn't address Steve Jobs' health or leave-of-absence.

Blockbuster sales of the iPad and iPhone fueled better-than-expected quarterly results and forecasts from Apple Inc, assuaging investors' fears after CEO Steve Jobs' abrupt decision to take medical leave.