The Ford F-150 pickup’s days are numbered. It’s production factory is shedding workers quickly. Ford is laying off about 200 more temporary employees. This comes after the 120 temporary, or long-term supplemental, employees that were laid off just last week. They are looking to cut more in the coming weeks. Are factories laying off in your area? Are they hiring? [Detroit Free Press]
The West Australian resources industry says Australia is in desperate need of some 40,000 skilled migrants to fill jobs by the end of next year. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has the stance of training Australia worker’s rather than using access to skilled migrant workers as an excuse not to. What do you believe for the United States? Do you think we should train our unskilled workers prior to allowing skilled workers to fill the position? Another way of asking this on a different scale, if you ran a business would you hire those you would have to train or would you spend the extra money for those that are skilled? Do you believe that Career training would be sufficient to place a candidate with a position? Or would training necessitate train work facilitated programs, morphing staffing companies into quasi-government agencies and relying more on governments’ (local, state or federal) contracts with businesses? [Radio Australia]
A temporary worker was fired after he got into a fight with a coworker and then threw a water bottle at him in his rage. This sounds like something Chuck would do. [Twinsburg Patch]
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate drops to 7.8%. [Pittsburgh Live]
It’s getting it’s getting it’s getting competitive out there and businesses in Long Island area are looking for skilled employees. “It’s the skilled people who are sought after,” said Barbara Gebhardt, president of Opus Staffing and Opus Scientific in Melville. “And companies can find the skills they want.” [New Hyde Park Patch]
Ohioans are finding work but at less pay. Jobs for the middle level skill set and experience level are few. Ohioans are settling for what they can get. Ohioans: in your experience are you finding that businesses are paying less in wages? Are costs for unemployment or worker’s comp rising? What’s the deal? You thoughts? [Dayton Daily] [Columbus Business First]
The production halt at Saab Automobile’s Trollhattan plant in Sweden has pushed another 55 temporary workers to unemployment in Stockholm. [Morningstar]
Every time an Arizona resident registers as a patient for a medical marijuana card with the The Arizona Department of Health Services, a temporary worker gets paid. [ABC 15]
Illinois Valley Community College hosts a successful job fair with hundreds in attendance. Debbie Clausen of Manpower Inc. said, “Right now we’re especially looking for welders, lab techs, administrative office people, call center people.” [News Tribune]
Jobless in the Netherlands? You’ll may soon have to move! Government wants to crack down on unemployed and bad employers. [Dutch News]
