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Tech world debate on robots and jobs heats up

by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Are robots coming for your job? Although technology has long affected the labor force, recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are heightening concerns about automation replacing a growing number of occupations, including highly skilled or “knowledge-based” jobs. Just a few examples: self-driving technology may eliminate the need for taxi, Uber and truck drivers, algorithms are playing a growing role in journalism, robots are […]

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Brexit job fears stalk Britain’s financial centers

by Roland JACKSON / Jean-Baptiste OUBRIER Agence France Presse MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Worries are whirring in Britain’s smaller financial centers — which together employ far more people than the glamorous City of London — that the looming EU departure will lead to heavy job losses. In Manchester’s buzzing finance district of Spinningfields, a worker at an insurance company said he thought it would have “a huge impact”. “Business are going to pull out, […]

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EU: Western Balkan common market could create over 80,000 jobs

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFP) — The European Union on Thursday encouraged Western Balkan countries to create a common market which it estimated could create over 80,000 jobs in an area of high unemployment. “On a very short and medium-term perspective, this could allow.. more than 80,000 jobs in the region,” EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn told reporters in Sarajevo. He spoke after a meeting of six Western Balkan countries’ prime ministers — Albania, Bosnia, […]

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Amazon to deliver 100,000 new US jobs

by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Amazon on Thursday unveiled plans to create 100,000 US jobs over the next 18 months, as President-elect Donald Trump presses the business world to boost activities on American soil. The US tech and retail giant’s plan to bring its American workforce to over 280,000 is the latest — and largest — of a string of job-creation announcements as Trump prepares to take office on […]

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Trump, China’s Ma hold ‘great’ meeting on jobs

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump and China’s billionaire founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba held “great” talks in New York on Monday focused on creating US jobs and enabling trade with Asia. The incoming Republican president, who will be sworn in as commander-in-chief in less than two weeks’ time having never previously held elected office, has made job creation a key promise of his incoming administration. His team said the meeting between […]

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Deutsche Bank to cut 3,000 jobs in Germany

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Deutsche Bank announced Thursday plans to cut 3,000 jobs and almost 200 bank branches throughout Germany, part of a vast overhaul following big losses and scandals at Germany’s biggest lender. “It is a painful decision to reduce jobs. Unfortunately, this step cannot be avoided if Deutsche Bank is to remain competitive in the long term,” board member Christian Sewing said in a statement. Almost 3,000 jobs will be cut in the […]

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Modern Ways To Job Search

No doubt about it, job-hunting is one of the most difficult challenges faced by new graduates! This is specially true nowadays, as social networking sites up the ante, providing instant background checks for each potential applicants! We at eaglenews.ph hope that these tips will prove a great help for job-hunters! Do you want to share your own job-hunting tips? Please post your comments!

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