In 2022, the cultural sector in the Europe employed 7.7 million people, representing 3.8% of total employment. Compared with 2021, it indicated a 4.5% increase from 7.4 million. The share of people employed in the cultural sector increased in 19 EU members and fell in the other 8. The most significant increases were recorded in Cyprus (+21.5 %), Luxembourg (+14.5%), Ireland
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Indian hotel aggregator Oyo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shri Vishwakarma Skill University and other organisations to create job opportunities in the European hospitality sector. Under the deal, Vishwakarma will provide training and certificates for young people registered with the Haryana Kaushal Nigam Limited, ahead of employment. Oyo will offer apprenticeships in the vacation home business, which will
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Europe is facing a demographic time bomb, and it’s threatening to worsen already critical labour shortages. By 2035, there will be about 50 million fewer people of working age in Europe than in 2010. Meanwhile, global GDP growth for 2023 stands at the lowest annual rate since the 2008 financial crisis, with the exception of the pandemic period, and prices of
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The report reveals that despite the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulting in an economic slowdown in the second half of 2022, EU labour markets have demonstrated remarkable resilience in 2022. The EU economy grew by 3.5% in real terms in 2022. Employment rates were at a record high at 74.6% with 213.7 million people employed in 2022, and unemployment rates
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With Europe reeling under severe shortage of workforce, this is the time to look for a job in Europe. Plenty of livelihood opportunities are available there right now. Germany tops the list with 951,774 vacancies followed by France with 757,571 and Belgium with 655,131 vacancies, according to EURES, a European cooperation network of employment services that covers all European Union
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The ILO and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission have agreed to pursue new research into macro and investment policies that could create more and better jobs and forge an effective path to social justice. The agreement between the ILO’s Employment Policy, Job Creation and Livelihoods Department, and the JRC emerged at the conclusion of a high-level symposium
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In Europe, companies like Google and Amazon are not able to hand over pink slips to tons of employees and the layoff process is put on hold because of labour protection laws that make it difficult for them to remove people in some countries without discussing the same with them. A lot of big tech companies have fired thousands of
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For job seeker visas, different countries have different rules. However, general rules include; education qualification, proof of financial capacity to sustain yourself and valid passport. Here, we explore countries that you should consider for a job seeker visa. Germanyis offering job seeker visas to nationals of a country outside of European Union for up to 9 months. To work in
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Some EU nations have the toughest immigration laws in the world, specially working against job seekers. Those days are gradually ending, with countries like Finland, Denmark and Sweden relaxing rules to attract more skilled workers. Like Canada and Australia, several countries in the European Union are also facing acute labour shortages that they are struggling to fill internally. Unlike Canada
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