Smartphone application developers are commanding a 15 to 20 per cent premium in remuneration over standard app developers, hiring experts say. Launch Recruitment managing director Rebecca Wallace said smartphone app developers were ...
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WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the idea on Tuesday of requiring all H-1B employers to make a "good faith" effort in hiring U.S. workers before taking on an H-1b worker. The good faith amendment to the comprehensive ...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday began debate on more than 300 amendments to the comprehensive immigration bill, including a number of changes to sections on H-1B visas. The debate put focus on sharp divisions that appear to pit ...
Within the U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration bill is a proposal to create a database that may shed new light on H-1B hiring. The intent of the database is to help improve the odds that a U.S. worker may get hired over a foreign ...
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Shell lays keel for world's first floating LNG project Thursday, May 09, 2013 In an important step, Shell has laid the keel for Prelude FLNG, the world's first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. When complete, Prelude is ...
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The move by some employers to set targets for recruiting women means technology should be a more attractive career option for females, a hiring expert says. Peoplebank chief executive officer Peter Acheson said quotas were necessary to ...
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The tripartite partners (Government, employers and workers) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) express their great sadness at the immense loss of life and serious injuries caused by the collapse of the Rana Plaza Building in ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued its eighth report assessing cross-subsidy between the services provided by Australia Post. Australia Post has a statutory monopoly over the delivery of standard letters ...
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Engineering skills initiative the UK Electronics Skills Foundation has added three more universities to its programme. The initiative is working with universities to address the declining number of electronic engineering degree students ...
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On April 18, Barry Leonard was recognized as the 2013 NC State University College of Textiles Leader of the Year. The award recognizes a textile industry executive who has shown outstanding leadership qualities that have moved the textile ...
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The government has launched a "technical baccalaureate" designed to represent a "mark of achievement" for school-leavers to show employers. Announced by education secretary Michael Gove and skills minister Matthew Hancock, the ...
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US insurance brokerage firm, Hub International Insurance Services has appointed Mary Castiglia as senior vice president of its San Francisco commercial division. Operating from the company's newest locations at 3 Embarcadero, Suite 560 in ...
Samco Inc of Kyoto, Japan, a supplier of etch, CVD and cleaning systems for the semiconductor industry, says it has expanded its OPTO Films Research Laboratory in California's Silicon Valley in order to strengthen its research structure and ...
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THE technology employment sector is expected to strengthen in the second quarter, with hiring experts forecasting a turnaround in the market. Hays senior regional director Peter Noblet said "positivity and growth" would return in Q2. ...
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A biscuit manufacturer has secured a loan of 276,000 from the Manchester Investment Fund to expand its business and create more than 45 jobs. Hill Biscuits will create more than 45 new jobs after a loan of 276,000 from the Manchester ...
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