Sentences with phrase «jobs in the sector of»

Some schools or programs are focusing on preparing students for jobs in sectors of the market that have been identified as promising.

A payroll administrator is one of the most important jobs in the sector of administration.

Not exact matches

The booming tech industry in Texas's state capital gets most of the attention, but the education, health, and leisure - and - hospitality sectors have added more than 11,000 jobs in the past year.

Not surprisingly, jobs that service the energy sector and other primary industries in the West — Canada's hottest job market — rank near the top of our list.

Further, in an era of constant fretting about the mismatch of skills and opportunities in our labour market, it is unhelpful to create the perception of long - term job prospects in sectors where they simply aren't plentiful.

The promise of cheap energy supplies and jobs in the oil and gas sector have often overshadowed concerns over the environmental impact of fracking.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the manufacturing sector provided a growing share of middle class job opportunities, thanks to strong unions.

EPA chief Scott Pruitt, crediting Trump with creating almost 50,000 jobs «in the coal sector» since the fourth quarter of last year.

Facebook, he says, was way too slow to accept its share of responsibility for propagating fake news; Amazon doesn't seem to consider that it's helping destroy jobs in the retail sector; Airbnb is oblivious to the fact that it could do the same to hotel staffing jobs.

Greens would also create a department of tourism that would create more jobs in that sector.

«A lot of new jobs are generated by small and midsize businesses, and if the interest rate increases dramatically, it could slow investment to this sector,» Cooley says, adding that the increase in interest rates is also likely to further strengthen the dollar.

In the room were some 1,500 energy sector executives, most of them in a tetchy mood, given that oil was south of US$ 50 a barrel and over 35,000 Albertans had lost oilpatch jobs up to that point in 201In the room were some 1,500 energy sector executives, most of them in a tetchy mood, given that oil was south of US$ 50 a barrel and over 35,000 Albertans had lost oilpatch jobs up to that point in 201in a tetchy mood, given that oil was south of US$ 50 a barrel and over 35,000 Albertans had lost oilpatch jobs up to that point in 201in 2015.

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

This will help raise the wages of workers in that sector, but does nothing for jobs.

But prospects will vary by province and even by municipality, since many of these jobs are in the public sector and therefore dependent on government budgets.

A 2016 study examining 78 years of federal minimum wage hikes in the U.S. (between 1938 and 2009) showed no correlation between those increases and job losses, even in sectors most affected by such policies.

Whitman is something of a surprise choice for the job because her name has been bandied about in recent years for high - profile positions in both the technology sector and politics.

Earlier today, the Ontario government announced that it is «partnering with Cisco Canada to launch the largest job - creating investment in the history of the province's tech sector.»

Canada's resource sector was one of the primary drivers for employment over the past decade, according to Statistics Canada, so a correction in China would also rob this country of a key engine for job growth.

Almost half of his 110 employees have stayed in the company for five years or more, which is hard to achieve in a sector that sees tempting new tech jobs multiply by the minute.

The Tourism Council WA has attributed the creation of 2,000 jobs in the sector to a major rise in domestic tourism.

This research indicates that the difference in earnings between a woman and man who both graduated from the same university and who, one year after graduation, both work the same field and have identical jobs (in terms of occupation, sector and hours) is about 7 %.

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

This category covers a wide range of jobs, although they occupy a very specific strata in the public sector: these are the senior administrators that sit between elected politicians and the front lines of the civil service.

Cohen is also at the center of a huge debate unfolding right now about raising the minimum wage, and the low pay of service workers in the restaurant industry, where employment has increased 72 percent since 1992, compared to job growth of 22 percent in higher - paying private sector employment over the same time period.

From agriculture to Information technology, the Indian government's dream of creating jobs in India covered every sector that was hit by low skilled employees.

Similarly, in 2001's economic dip, women's job losses accounted for only 14 % of total layoffs, largely because women overwhelmingly work in recession - proof industries such as health care, education and the public sector.

Tourism is an enormous sector of the U.S. economy, generating $ 2.1 trillion in economic output and supporting 15.1 million jobs, with international arrivals a key component, according to data from the U.S. Travel Association.

The incumbent party tends to win counties with more highly skilled service sector jobs, not the type that are typically lost to trade, and lose counties in which there is a high concentration of trade sensitive low - skilled manufacturing.

So while it's understandable the state of manufacturing is of concern to presidential candidates, those who say they can bring back lost jobs in the sector either don't know what they are talking about, or are being disingenuous.

In recent years, many sectors experienced waves of mergers that gutted regional sales jobs as head offices centralized purchasing.

With the cost of college surging ever higher and the job market continuing to be precarious, it makes sense that science and tech degrees that provide a clear path to work in hot sectors are looking attractive.

As usual there is plenty of backlash, with environmental deregulation and attempts to save jobs in energy sectors that may be superseded, to protect old habits and infrastructures from change.

The Liberal leader, who owes her thumping electoral victory in large part to fear of public - sector job cuts promised by the opposition Progressive Conservatives, has promised to govern from the «activist centre.»

«Our calculations have revealed that the 92 firms in our sample had median job growth during this period of negative 0.74 percent, compared to the 6 percent job - growth rate of U.S. private sector firms as a whole,» said the report.

Working in oil can be dirty, but it pays The oilpatch is booming, and several of our Top 50 jobs are related to the energy sector, including two in the Top 10.

I believe that the re-orientation of British politics under Corbyn and in particular of the Labour Party is highly beneficial, not only to the large strata within British society that have been discarded in the last 20 to 30 years, but interestingly also for British business that produces real stuff as opposed to the City of London and various other service sectors that produce precarious jobs and nothing much of substance.

Yet one of the areas that gained hiring momentum in 2014 was the technology sector, where tech companies and startups have been increasingly aggressive about hiring BBAs for entry - level jobs, schools said.

Perhaps he proposed both initiatives because he was appalled by the behavior of D.C. politicians in the summer scuffle over the debt ceiling and because he believes the public sector right now is incapable of microfinancing in the service of jobs creation.

About a quarter of U.S. workers in the technology sector, which has faced criticism for a lack of diversity, said they felt discrimination at their workplace in a survey released on Tuesday by job site Indeed.com.

The finance sector's allure has held strong at the University of Virginia's McIntire School, where 47.8 % of students accepted jobs in the field in 2014, nearly the same number as last year, said Tom Fitch, McIntire's associate dean for career services and employer relations.

Wharton is among a number of leading undergraduate business schools that reported strong job numbers for the 2014 class in recent career placement reports, driven by a robust hiring market for finance, steady internship to job conversion rates, and an increased appetite for jobs in the tech sector.

Wall Street accounted for less than 5 percent of local jobs but 20 percent of private sector wages in the city, the report said.

«Throughout the recession and tepid, uneven economic recovery, the strength and entrepreneurship of the franchise sector has been a consistent job creator for the U.S. economy,» said IFA president & CEO Steve Caldeira in a statement.

In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the only sector to show year - over-year job growth as of May was education and health services.

Over the coming decades, Smith expects an influx of immigrants into the north, drawn by a milder climate and jobs in the resource sector, helping to deliver «an unprecedented economic jolt» to countries like Canada, Russia and Scandinavian nations.

Sheikh says he tried mightily as head of StatsCan to shift limited resources away from collecting data about the country's shrinking manufacturing sector — more than 300,000 jobs have been shed in Ontario and Quebec over the past decade — so the agency could spend more on tracking the boom in services and trade.

According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), one in 10 jobs worldwide is tied to a sector that generates 10 percent of global GDP.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that there were 700,000 vacant positions across the combined restaurant and accommodations sector in May, for a job - opening rate of 5.1 %, the highest since 2001.

A strong tech sector would diversify the economy, provide more high - paying jobs, allow some of the brightest minds to remain in Canada and attract others from around the world.