NEWS STRAITS TIMES Unemployment rate drops 2011/07/06 THE country’s unemployment rate currently stands at 3.1 per cent compared with the 3.4 per cent last year‚ the Dewan Negara heard yesterday. Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said the government was fully harnessing its workforce to keep the unemployment rate at four per cent and below. This was because according to international standards‚ this was considered full employment. "According to the Statistics Department
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Why is Unemployment high in the Philippines? As a result of the global economic crisis‚ which drastically cut our exports and slowed down our OFW (overseas Filipino workers) remittances‚ Philippine economic growth in GDP (gross domestic product) terms which was registered at 7.1 percent in 2007 was brought lower to 3.8 percent last year and to just about 1 percent in the first half of the year. Despite the slowing down of the domestic economy‚ however‚ Philippine unemployment rate remained at almost
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University Unemployment is a Serious Social Issue Unemployment is the condition and extent of individuals out of work within an economy‚ measured by the “official” unemployment rate (U-5). This measure is the number of unemployed workers divided by the total civilian labor force. As of June the “official” unemployment rate stands at 9.2%. What is rarely reported‚ and even more ominous‚ is the underemployment rate. This rate includes two groups that are not considered in the official unemployment rate:
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Name:___________ Date Due:__August 01‚ 2011_______ Chapter 8: Unemployment and Inflation 1. What does the unemployment rate measure? ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________ 2. What does the labor force participation rate measure? ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________ 3. If the
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Nowadays unemployment is one of the biggest problems among all countries in the world. It is caused by many reasons and it is more complex than it may seem. People are mostly dissatisfied with their salaries. They feel they get not enough money for their work. As a result‚ they prefer to take unemployment benefits than take up any job. Another problem connected with unemployment is lack of workplaces. It happens when there are a lot of people interested for particular post. It demotivates and discourages
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CASE STUDY Cherry Grace Cuizon Danice Marie Lorenzo Roselle Corpuz Roleen Carl Cuarteron Ralph Anthon Tato Problem The increasing number of unemployment rate in the Philippines and parallel to this is the increasing number of poor people Objectives Alternative Course of Action Freeing the majority of the Filipino people from feudal bondage through a genuine agrarian reform program and rural industrialization. Establishing a livelihood and vocational programs in ever community if possible
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Unemployment‚ and challenges in Saudi Arabia Is it not strange to hear of the unemployment problem from the largest oil exporter in the world? The problem of unemployment in Saudi Arabia began to appear at the beginning of the last century. In 1975‚ "Saudization" was launched as a way of replacing expatriate with Saudi workers for localization jobs‚ but after 37 years of unemployment is still one of the important topics of concern to citizen. The causes of the problem are education system‚ labor
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ARE GRADUATES TO BE BLAMED? UNEMPLOYMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATES IN MALAYSIA By Norshima Zainal Shah Dublin City University‚ Ireland ABSTRACT The primary aim of this paper is to identify future help which can contribute towards reducing the unemployment rate of graduates in Malaysia‚ especially those with Computer Science Degrees. It does so by gaining initial insights into this problem through two groups: graduates and employers. The data draws on why graduates are unemployed from their own
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(temporarily‚ I hope) I am one of them. Yet I am convinced there has never been a better time to be young. The world is bursting with opportunity; every day‚ new inventions answer questions we had never thought to ask. It’s time to tackle youth unemployment in that spirit; as Einstein said‚ “we can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Generation Y should stop asking “why me?” and start asking “why not?” First‚ we must adopt the right mindset: positive
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POLAN BIN PILIN Jalan Maju‚ P.O.BOX 67896 09102 Tawau Sabah |PERSONAL DETAILS | Date of Birth : 04 Mac 1988 Height : 157 cm I/C No : 880304-12-0000 Weight : 45 kg Sex : Female Health : Excellent Religion : Islam H/P No : 013-05060708 |EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
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