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Britain’s Halfords Targets Retirees in Recruitment Drive
Date: November 23, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Halfords is aiming to recruit 1,000 new technicians over the next 12 months by attracting retirees to work in its car repair centres, as Britain’s tight labour market drives employers to think up new hiring strategies. Companies in Britain are struggling to recruit staff. The country’s unemployment rate hit its lowest level...
Lufthansa Launches Drive to Hire 20,000 Employees
Date: November 21, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – Deutsche Lufthansa said it planned to hire 20,000 new employees as the German flagship airline launched a recruitment campaign on Monday, with job openings in over 45 areas. The company said it was mainly looking for people in product-related and service-oriented areas at its locations in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and Brussels,...
Younger Chinese Are Spurning Factory Jobs That Power the Economy
Date: November 21, 2022
By David Kirton SHENZHEN (Reuters) – Growing up in a Chinese village, Julian Zhu only saw his father a few times a year when he returned for holidays from his exhausting job in a textile mill in southern Guangdong province. For his father’s generation, factory work was a lifeline out of rural poverty. For Zhu,...
UK’s Royal Mail Workers to Strike in Run-Up to Christmas
Date: November 18, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Postal workers at Britain’s Royal Mail will strike for six days in the run-up to the busy Christmas period in a dispute over pay and conditions, their union said on Thursday. The workers will strike on Dec. 23 and 24, in addition to Dec. 9, 11, 14 and 15, the Communication Workers Union...
Paris Commuters Face Travel Chaos Thursday as Metro Workers Strike
Date: November 10, 2022
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) – Paris commuters and visiting tourists are set to face serious disruptions on Thursday as metro workers go on strike, with a third of subway lines completely closed and most others working only at peak hours. The hardline CGT union called on workers nationwide to walk off their job but...
Meta Cuts 11,000 Jobs as It Sinks More Money Into the Metaverse
Date: November 9, 2022
By Aditya Soni and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it would cut more than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, as the Facebook parent doubled down on its risky metaverse bet amid a crumbling advertising market and decades-high inflation. The mass layoffs, one of the biggest this year and...