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China's Manufacturing Activity Keeps Expanding
Jan 1, 2017China's manufacturing activity expanded for a fifth month in December. The manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) came in at 51.4 in December, lower than 51.7 in November and staying above the 50-point boom-bust line for the fifth ...
Tags: Manufacturing Activity, PMI
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apicsAu Launches Career Portal Exclusive to The Supply Chain Domain
Jun 23, 2016apicsAU has announced the final element to its professional development to members and the broader supply chain community by launching a dedicated career portal and signing a preferred recruitment partner agreement with specialist supply ...
Tags: apicsAU, logistics domain
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Social Inclusion Project Identifies Furniture Workplace Potential
Mar 23, 2016The BFM is part of an industry consortium that manages Working Tri21, an EU-funded project which aims to enhance the social inclusion of people suffering from disabilities by integrating them into the job market, specifically in the ...
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New Economy Needs Renewed Focus on Soft Skills
Mar 23, 2016As China rebalances its economy, some are concerned that the expected slowdown in investment might lead to job losses. Yin Weimin, minister for human resources and social security, told a news conference on February 29 that 1.3 million ...
Tags: Soft Skills, coal sector
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HOW WE MADE IT: Jobstacles,The Hilarious Hiring Game
Mar 18, 2016Created by Steve Robinson, Jobstacles promises a 'hilarious take on the job interview scenario'. Having launched to Kickstarter last week, the title is already on track to securing its $7.5k goal. Robinson takes us through how he made it... ...
Tags: Kickstarter, Inventors, Jobstacles
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Talent Policies to Help Transform Shanghai
Feb 22, 2016To achieve its ambitions to become a global innovation and technology hub by 2030, Shanghai is going all-out to attract foreign talent to speed up its transformation. Since June, the city government has introduced several beneficial ...
Tags: Talent Policies, foreign talent
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China's Startup Boom Continues
Jan 13, 2016China saw a record number of firms established in 2015 despite the slowing economy, official data showed. Chinese set up a total of 4.44 million companies last year, up 21.6 percent from a year ago, which means 12,000 new companies every ...
Tags: Chinese economy, economic slowdown
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Restructuring Puts China Growth on Dual Tracks
Dec 17, 2015Call it a tale of two sectors -- China's slipping manufacturing and flourishing service sector have defined the country's economy. The Chinese economy is undergoing heavy restructuring as it slowed to a six-year low of 6.9 percent in the ...
Tags: economy, service sector, manufacturing
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Will China Double Your Salary?
Nov 26, 2015With a GDP of over RMB 60 trillion, China's economy has again achieved a more than seven percent growth, which can't be equaled elsewhere in the world. Also, 100 of the world's latest top 500 companies are from China. Do these facts leave ...
Tags: Salary, job, China's job market
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STEM and Business Education
Apr 2, 2015Axalta Coating Systems and Penn State today jointly announced a partnership that will include an on-campus press event and special learning opportunities with Jeff Gordon and his team at Pocono Raceway. The program, designed to drive ...
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A Good Holiday Season and a Strengthening U.S. Job Market That Encouraged People to Spend
Jan 29, 2015Visa Inc, the world's largest credit and debit card company, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday due to a good holiday season and a strengthening U.S. job market that encouraged people to spend. The company said ...
Tags: Visa, credit card, debit card
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ATDC Received an Award for Introducing New Innovative Skill Development Training Courses
Jan 23, 2015Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC), India’s largest apparel industry training institute bagged the ‘Best Institute: Innovation’ from ASSOCHAM at ‘Summit-cum-Awards on Skilling India’. ATDC received ...
Tags: innovative skill, apparel industry, Textile
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A Strengthening Job Market and Lower Fuel Costs Helped to Enhance Us Consumer Sentiment
Jan 21, 2015The University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for January rose to an 11-year high of 98.2, helped by a strengthening job market and lower fuel costs. The preliminary reading was the highest since January 2004, and up ...
Tags: job market, fuel costs, Sporting Goods
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Total Holiday Retail Sales Increased 4 Percent to $616.1 Billion
Jan 15, 2015Total holiday retail sales, which include November and December sales, increased 4 percent to $616.1 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The results were just shy of the National Retail Federation's projected forecast of 4.1 ...
Tags: job market, gas prices, Sporting Goods
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Jewelers in The U.S. Have Been Facing Economic Headwinds
Jan 15, 2015U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 7.1 percent year on year to $2.734 billion in November -- the latest sign that jewelers in the U.S. have been facing economic headwinds. Furthermore, the sales figures from November, the month that ...
Tags: specialty jewelry, jewelry
