Volkswagen plans to create some 8,500 new jobs worldwide in 2008 after several lean years at the biggest European car maker.
They currently employ about 329,000 worldwide. Of the 8,500 new jobs about 5,500 will primarily go to graduates and apprentices. The remaining positions will go to people currently working for the company on a temporary basis in its new plants.
It has been announced that some 200,000 jobs will promised to british workers for the 2012 Olympic games in London. Some 10% of the workforce will come form the hosting boroughs within London. Outsourced suppliers of the games will be unlikely to make such promise with cheaper costs likely to be achieved in offshore operations.
You could soon be seeing ‘Quality food honestly priced’ when ever you are on your travels as Waitrose is set for overseas expansion. Dubai is sees its first store open in April with a for 20 sites across the United Arab Emirates by the end of the decade. Waitrose feel that is reputation combined with a large expat community will drive the success of the store. I doubt they will actively looking to recruit UK Temps in Dubai we’ll be sure to let you know of any Waitrose part time jobs that crop up across the UK.
Rolls-Royce will cut some 2,300 jobs to reduce costs and improve efficiency across the engineering company.
A spokesperson for the group said that its cuts will extend across the UK, US, Germany and the Nordic region. Although it is not understood quite how many jobs will go in the UK, it is thought that the cuts will affect all types of managerial, professional and clerical staff. On a positive note the company has promised that they will continue to recruit for graduate programmes and apprenticeships as well as hiring staff that will bring direct growth to the organisation.
Recent reports on activity from the UK job market and changes in the Australian immigration laws have lead to record numbers of UK citizens leaving the UK for what they see as greater quality of life elsewhere. The type of individual that is leaving is the skilled worker who the UK economy relies so heavily on. This UK Brain drain is concerning economists as figures from the National Office of Statistics showed that more than 380,000 people emigrated in 2006 and approximately 200,000 were considered to be long term emigrants.
