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Esclavos urbanos en Brasil
Abstract: Most bolivian migrants in Sao Paulo working in sweatshops don’t know that there are binational agreements that make working legally in Brazil quite easy. However, this information is not out there where unemployed and desperate people contact the recruiters that prepare the transportation of workers all the way to […]
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Delhi Gives Hope but not Work
“People need hope, people need loving People need trust from a fellow man People need love to make a good living People need faith in a helping hand…” So sang Abba a few decades back. Sadly, hope, trust, love and faith are all in short supply. Well, so are jobs, […]
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Youth entrepreneurship in the UK: Challenges and opportunities
Is entrepreneurship an answer to current job losses and economic difficulties? For those who always wanted to go “their own way” there’s no better time than now to become an entrepreneur. The United Kingdom offers a huge variety of support schemes and mentoring schemes for aspiring young entrepreneurs. There is […]
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An Open Letter to [Job] Seekers: How to Live Your Way into Employment
Job stability is passé, and you can be the master of your own professional aspirations, leaning over a post-modern drawing board. You either have found – if not employment per se – a longer-term vision to pursue, or you are still searching. Here are a few honest tips how to approach the search in a post-crisis reality.
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Designing our very own American Dream
Growing up in Central and South America, we were raised on tales of the “American Dream”: how an immigrant could go to the USA and before long have a house, a car, a family and enough money to send back to his extended family in the home country. Things have […]