Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | A large portrait of a bright-eyed young woman draped in a black graduation robe looms over a spotless, tiled lounge in Protea Glen, a suburb of Johannesburg’s Soweto township. It is a constant and gnawing reminder of potential that has gone unrealised for 10 …
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New Delhi, India | AFP | Vishal Chowdhary is young, bright and armed with an MBA. But he has spent two years struggling to find work in India’s sluggish jobs market — a major headache for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of looming elections. The government’s failure to create enough …
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JOB: COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Region: East and Central Africa Job Category: International Relief & Development (Outside UK) Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 31 January 2019 Potential Interview Date: 13 February 2019 Tearfund are looking for someone with extensive experience in the following areas: Copy writing in the English language & …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Job creation slowed unexpectedly in the United States last month as the service sector added fewer workers, but the unemployment rate held steady at a 49-year low, the government reported Friday. The new numbers fell below recent trends and avoided another blow-out result, denying …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday that a landmark minimum wage bill to bridge the country’s notorious inequality will become law from January 1 as he eyes elections due in 2019. The bill legislates that the lowest paid workers receive a minimum of …
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Montreal, Canada | AFP | A business group warned on Tuesday that a labor shortage in Canada is deepening, with more than 430,000 jobs at small and medium-sized firms remaining unfilled for at least four months. The job vacancy rate has risen to 3.3 percent, from 2.9 percent a year …
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JOB TITLE: Internal Auditor | Uganda National Oil Company REPORTS TO: Head of Internal Audit (HIA) JOB PURPOSE: Assist in the development of the annual audit plan, schedule and execute audit engagements and other tasks and complete special projects as may be assigned. Application procedure: Completed and signed Application Forms …
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JOB TITLE: Human Resource Officer | Uganda National Oil Company REPORTS TO: Manager, Human Resource Management JOB PURPOSE: Support the implementation of the Human Resource function including; recruitment, staff training and development, performance management and other related activities Application procedure: Completed and signed Application Forms together with certified copies of academic …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has clarified on why he has recently directly supported Youth Programmes, mainly in Kampala and Rukungiri. **** FULL STATEMENT CLARIFICATION BY H. E GEN YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI, ON THE CONFUSION SURROUNDING THE YOUTH PROGRAMMES Fellow Countrymen and Countrywomen, especially the NRM Leaders, I …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Independent Publications Ltd (IPL) seeks to fill the following vacant position: ADVERTISING MANAGER Job Title: Advertising manager Organisation: The Independent Publications Ltd (IPL) Duty Station: Kampala Reports to: General Manager About IPL: Independent Publications Limited (IPL), Publishers of The Independent Magazine the leading …
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