Help Wanted
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The competition for jobs on the global stage grows ever more difficult. Young populations are growing in many places, while older people are living longer almost everywhere. Labor is also more mobile within countries, within regions and worldwide. It might appear that it is more and more difficult for a young person to find work that pays the bills, to say nothing of work that is fulfilling. What does this stiff global and intergenerational competition for work mean for stability in the years ahead?
Future Challenges authors are in 65 countries, and they have very different perspectives on this question. Take your pick from the Local Views on the right, and explore the way writers from around the world think about the future of work in their regions!
Tags: demographic change, demographics, globalization, job markets, labor force, migration, unemployment, workforce, youth, youth unemployment
Tom Fries
Most recent Local Views on ‘Help wanted’
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Entrepreneurship is the future of youth unemployment
Written by Corina Murafa
on July 30, 2013. Can anything shake Europe’s vacation-emptied, heat-stupefied capital on a hot July day? Perhaps a sandwich protest can! Unpaid and low-paid interns and trainees working in Brussels this year decided to stage an unusual protest against unfair internship conditions, long hours and no pay, and the questionable educational value of their […]
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Jóvenes y adultos padecen por igual situaciones de desempleo en Venezuela
Written by Kira Kariakin
on May 17, 2013. Cualquier momento es bueno para redondearse un dinero extra, especialmente en tiempo de elecciones. Foto: Kira Kariakin. Abstract: In Venezuela it’s common to complement the monthly income with small side enterprises, a practice known as “killing tigers” (matar tigres), but for some it’s a way of living. Currently 40,6% of […]
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Returning Indians in Search of the Indian Dream
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
on February 27, 2013. At a recent dinner I bumped into two second generation Indians who had, a while ago moved to India from Britain and the US. Ravi had managed to jump the hurdles and settle down and was quite happy, but Neeraj’s story was different. Neeraj is a software engineer who returned […]
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Towards A Gender Friendly Economy
Written by Nighat Dad
on February 27, 2013. One question frequently voiced in Pakistan is why many educated women decide to sit back at home rather than working and participating in the country’s economic growth. Currently the literacy rate is improving along with a positive increase in […]
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Uganda’s remittances blues
Written by Mubatsi
on February 25, 2013. Migrant workers’ remittances across the world are receiving special attention due to the increase in movement of people resulting from globalisation. The money sent home by the migrant workers is another engine for development most especially in developing countries. This is because remittance flows directly impact on consumption, savings and […]
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Job vs. Business – Where does your future lie?
Written by Shahzeb Younis
on February 20, 2013. In one of my previous articles, I presented the lives of street vendors in the cities of Karachi and Hyderabad, Pakistan. The pictures gave a graphic description of the conditions in which lower class uneducated Pakistanis work, and what they think about unemployment and job conditions can easily be imagined. […]
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A College Degree is Just Not Enough!
Written by Muhammad Bilal Khalid
on February 18, 2013. Money is the root of all evil. This statement is as true today as it was some years ago. The world’s economy is suffering and Pakistan is on the high road to the next economic depression. Maybe we will be the first to suffer as the MIT predicts that the […]
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Waking up to the Future, Today: The Growing Political Consciousness of Bhutanese Youth
Written by Manny Fassihi
on February 4, 2013. Bhutan joined the growing number of democratic countries in the world in 2008 when the nation completed its first national elections and the signing of the Constitution. Five years after this historic transition, Bhutan is a young democracy. But Bhutan is not just a young democracy. It’s a democracy full […]
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Why Gen Y?
Written by Dominika Ricardi
on January 29, 2013. I’m a “Gen Y-er.” At the age of 30, I just fit in to the classification. Over the past several decades, work culture has changed significantly in Australia, and some employers would complain of our desire for flexible work options, training opportunities, and work-life balance. On the other hand, we […]
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Go West: Romania, Education and the Mirage of Mobility
Written by mariazirra
on January 28, 2013. This article is written by Dragos C. Costache and Maria Zirra When Romania acceded to the EU in 2007, there was a wave of public euphoria. The country was already riding a major economic boom and there was an overwhelming sense of national pride that united the fragmented Romanian public […]
