Also, India's "Labour market efficiency" category of the The Global Competitiveness Report 2014 ranked 112th out of 144 states. 2.1. Main Features of India's Labour Market High informal employment is one of salient features in India. ... Also, the National Skill Development Corporation has made some progress in skill formation targeted, particularly at the large unorganized sector. ... In India, unorganized workers take a big part of the labour market and over half of them are outsiders. ... The Industrial Disputes Act is the most important piece of legislation on job secu...

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Since the consumer training market was not yet mature the company chose to focus on corporations, mainly Fortune 1000. ... The company must continue to ramp up their sales force and continue to keep their current employees technologically up-to-date since they are in an ever changing market. ... Also since DigitalThink is targeting business giants they must quickly and extensively train new employees so that they posses the skills necessary to efficiently provide support. ...

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The company markets their products on five continents, but 93% of their operating income and 75% of sales come from the United States and Canada. ... It also manufactures and markets a diverse portfolio of food products in many Latin American, European and Asian countries. ... Quaker focuses on recruitment of minorities by instituting several programs that targets those groups. ... BA in logistics, supply chain management, marketing, MA in market research, and finance are recruited from Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State. ... The commitment programs in the recruitment and selection ...

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(Gordon, Craig, 2000) Companies like Ford, however, are concentrating on targeted efforts through specific communities. "To reach diverse communities, we're doing things like targeting universities with a higher percentage of women and minority groups, as well as getting involved with disability groups and local communities," says Surinder Sharma, European diversity director at Ford. ...

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To make things even worse management decided to lay-off some people just before Christmas shutdown to save some money by not paying holiday and as well they targeted older employees. ... It has simply taken new forms in today's job market. ...

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In fact, 75% of Internet users search online for jobs while 79% of Internet users search using newspaper classified ads, according to Greenfield Online, an online market research firm. ... "Using these more targeted Web sites limits somewhat the recruiters" search time and efforts and may reduce the number of less-qualified applicants who actually apply" (Jackson and Mathis, 217). ... Therefore, the employment sections of organizational Web sites must be shaped to market jobs and careers effectively" (Cappelli). ...

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(Market Alert, News Release 2001) During recession, management often makes better use of human capital by correctly assigning workers to areas where they have higher productivity to survive. ... As the labour market composition is clearly shifting towards the higher skilled occupations in services producing industries. ... NTUC Income pioneered this arrangement as it saw the need to keep its insurance agents constantly updated on the latest market information. ...

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One of the reasons that China's GDP has been growing at a yearly average of ten percent for the past two decades is the large amount of Foreign Direct Investment coming from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the West. However, China's GDP growth rate dropped to 8.7 percent during 2012 with a slow down in export growth from 26% to 7%. A lot of economists started to doubt that this might be the end of the phenomenon of the Chinese export miracle. With other developing countries emerging in East Asia, many investors have begun to consider moving their factories and investments out of China and into...

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Standard textbook models of the Labour market suggest that a minimum wage leads perfectly competitive employers to cut employment; whereas in monopsony employment may not fall and may even increase. ... The UK labour market provides a good testing ground for the effects of minimum wages as it has never been subject to a nationwide minimum wage. ... Had it been their intention to target 9 percent of the workforce than the NMW rate would have needed to be substantially higher. ...

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Today this huge company owned by the French State is trying to switch from their old engineer-oriented culture to a more market-oriented one with the help of all the new managerial tools. ... The company offered no: - opportunity to develop themselves - encouraging environment - access to skills, information and support from a knowledge-generating team Additionally, the French railway market is going to be liberalized soon. ...

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Also, Shrek acknowledges that when unions are formed their wages are higher but the only way to pay the employees more are to increase the prices and know consumers are being targeted (10). ... A war is brewing in the American workforce between big companies and workers; the battle is leaving debris on the market and needs to come to end. ...

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Abstract Western governments around the globe have become increasingly focused on the successful transition of young people from school to further education and/or training. It could be suggested that for many countries this is the key focus of their youth policies. Nevertheless, the divide between ...

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Abstract Western governments around the globe have become increasingly focused on the successful transition of young people from school to further education and/or training. It could be suggested that for many countries this is the key focus of their youth policies. Nevertheless, the divide between ...

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Abstract Business losses due to employee theft are estimated to approach $200 billion annually in the US. Experts pose many reasons for employee theft, but provide few prevention strategies for human resource managers. The various causes of employee theft are explored, from employee personality char...

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Topaz has been present in the Irish petrol service station market for the last 3 years. It took a foothold on the Irish market by acquiring and subsequently merging Statoil and Shell service stations, which through their re-branding of the acquired service stations, gave them a country wide presence in a matter of months. ...

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