Some areas of Scotland have become worse than inner London boroughs in becoming the worst employment blackspots in the UK. West Dunbartonshire is apparently the worst place to find a job. More than 40 people are thought to be chasing every vacancy. The national average is six.
Some London boroughs including Haringey and Lewisham are regularly in the top 10 and are now joined by new areas such as the Isle of Wight, West Dunbartonshire and South Lanarkshire.
A cost cutting exercise at the University of Southampton has put hundreds of jobs under threat. The move comes after a money saving review, but the number of cuts will not be known until the 23rd October.
A government agreement between local authorities in Hampshire is hoped to create 15,000 jobs. The agreement will include building a rapid bus link between Gosport and Fareham, a new road linking Southampton Airport and a new ’strategic employment zone’ in Eastleigh.
Fancy a cleaning job with a difference, it pays £10 an hour but you do have to be naked! Both men and women can apply at the Southampton JobCentre Plus.
Staff will need to do washing, ironing and hoovering, in nothing but a pinny. Other cleaning jobs at the jobcentre pay £6 an hour, perhaps this is more of a summer job though!
9,000 Asda jobs in new stores and extensions throughout 2008. Asda are currently planning to open between 10 and 12 superstores, 10 Asda living stores and creating a further 1,500 Asda jobs to service their online shopping facilities.
The first opening will happen in Andover, Hampshire next month following an investment of £400m.
