21 percent increase in net migration into Britain
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12:57 31/08/2011
Net migration into the UK increased by 21 percent in 2010 to 239,000 immigrants. The increase was mainly due to a smaller number of people leaving the UK which coincided with a huge increase in the...
Alberta, Canada recruiting American workers
12:30 31/08/2011
Alberta Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk is traveling to the US to look for skilled workers for the province's energy industry. Lukaszuk says the US has similar health and safety...
US H-1B visas slow on the uptake
13:18 23/08/2011
Less than 1,000 United States H-1B visa applications are lodged every week, highlighting what is still a somewhat lackluster job market in the US. At the same time it should be noted that the US...
Technology sector wins big with US immigration changes
12:55 23/08/2011
At a meeting in May at Stanford Law School, academics, executives, and lawyers were asked by US Federal chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra and USCIS director Alejandro Mayorkas what they could do...
Australia needs accountants
10:17 23/08/2011
Despite the recent huge increase in the number of accountants obtaining skilled immigration visas to Australia there is still unfulfilled demand for accountants in Australia. Skills Australia intends...
Australian labour shortages affecting businesses
17:35 17/08/2011
One of Australia's biggest contractors is refusing to bid on new contracts until it can find enough workers to deal with skilled labour shortages. Demand for labour in Australia is at an all time...
