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After 20 years of a declining suicide rate among English regions in the United Kingdom, 2008 marked a spike in suicide rates. Due to the rise in unemployment in 2008, suicide rates have rose 8 percent among men and 9 percent among women. 
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As part of the online web series Which Way Next, hosted by Singularity University, Vivek Wadhwa, VP of Academics and Innovation, sat down with Carl Bass, CEO at Autodesk, to explore some of the pivotal technologies coming online that promise to redefine the jobs available to humans in the 21st Century. Check out the video.
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Even in the face of today's tough economy and high unemployment rate, a new study revealed that it is still no excuse: in dating, unemployment is a deal breaker, particularly for straight women.
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According to Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg the five managerial mindsets represent default ways in which individual managers tend to approach situations.
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New research shows that having a more positive, motivational outlook had a beneficial effect on job pursuit, especially at the outset of the search.
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(AP) -- Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
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A study at the University of Alcalá, Spain has compared the employment crisis of 1991-1994 with the current crisis from 2007 to 2010, as well as the labour reforms that took place in 1994 and 2010 respectively.
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As Internet junkies and smartphone addicts know all too well, technology has changed the way we connect with people -- for better and for worse. We may be out with our friends, for instance, but really more engaged with the... Articles about ROBOTICS http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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Economics professor Daniel Hamermesh estimates good-looking people can bring in $230,000 more in salary over a lifetime than unattractive people. He talked with the Journal about the social science behind the numbers, and ways to beat the average.
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American unemployment has remained above nine percent since the onset of the Great Recession despite ongoing technological advancements which are meant to deliver more jobs. What can explain this? "America's current employment woes stem from a precipitous and permanent change caused by not too little technological progress, but too much," says The Economist's American correspondent N.V. Unlike past technological gains, which have replaced blue-collar workers, machines are beginning to take middle-class jobs.
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Employing people who are interested in doing a job is a better way to ensure that the right person is hired for the job than depending only on the applicant's vocational interests, says a new study.
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A study found that unemployed Americans face a greater risk of dying than their German counterparts and that the risk of death increased as they moved down the rungs of the economic ladder.
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There is a lot of evidence of the effect of job loss on peoples’ future earnings and employment opportunities. New research into the impact of fathers’ job loss on their child’s educational attainment, for the first time in the UK, finds significant effects on the next generation.
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A study that followed recently unemployed people for five months -- or until they landed a new job -- found that staying positive and being persistent helped people find work sooner.
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A study in Spain shows that insecurity at work is directly and negatively linked to satisfaction in work and life, as well as affecting performance and commitment. Furthermore, the research reveals that the consequences of this insecurity are different according to the occupational group they work in.
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Want a job where the talent is scarce -- and likely to remain that way for at least the next five years? Become a data scientist.
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An unpleasant employee can spread stress far beyond the office...
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Microsoft has patented a technology for tracking employee work habits by monitoring e-mails, phone calls and even mannerisms in video conferences.
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Astronomy | [UPDATE: It has been pointed out to me that some of the conclusions I draw in this post are in error. To help correct these, I have written a follow-up post.
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