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Tweet[IWS] EUROPEAN VACANCY MONITOR (growing North-South divide in EU labour market) [24 February 2014]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Commission
EUROPEAN VACANCY MONITOR [24 February 2014]
Issue No. 12 / February 2014
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=11426&langId=en
[full-text, 40 pages]
See also
MONITORING THE JOB MARKET
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=955
Press Release 24 February 2014
Employment: vacancy trends reveal growing North-South divide in EU labour market
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-184_en.htm?locale=en
[excerpt]
Vacancy trends in the European labour market indicate a widening gap in job opportunities between Northern and Southern countries. The latest issue of the European Vacancy Monitor (EVM) reveals a shortage of labour supply in countries such as Austria, Denmark Sweden, Estonia and Latvia, while competition for jobs is increasing in countries such as Greece, Slovakia and Spain. The report also highlights the strengths and weaknesses in the recruitment markets of four Southern countries, and warns that more measures are needed to help young people find skilled jobs and, therefore, boost labour productivity.
The Monitor confirms stagnation in labour demand in the EU in the second quarter of 2013, except for a small increase in the number of job vacancies in the public sector. Overall, recruitment fell by 4%, a larger decline than in the previous quarter. Hiring increased in less than half the countries over the period.
AND MUCH MORE....
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