Bangor University has started a consultation with staff over plans to cut up to 200 jobs due to a budget shortfall. The coronavirus pandemic has meant a fall in international student recruitment for 2020/21 – leaving a black hole in their finances. It is understood savings of £13m are required. Arfon AM […]
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What Brad Bird Learned From Steve Jobs on Improving the Moviegoing Experience
TheGrill 2020: “The Incredibles” director joined “Training Day” filmmaker Antoine Fuqua for a discussion on the future of the big screen While writer-director Brad Bird was working on “The Incredibles” at Pixar, he spent a lot of time with studio co-founder Steve Jobs, and he believes some of the things […]
Napa school board approves elimination of 11 district jobs | Local News
The Napa Valley Unified School District administration building. Register file photo Another round of job cuts is on the way in the Napa Valley Unified School District, which has downsized its staff over the past year amid budget concerns and falling enrollment. Board members last week approved the elimination of […]
Raytheon Technologies now says it will eliminate 15,000 jobs
Raytheon Technologies Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to to cut 15,000 jobs as it looks to reduce costs in an effort to achieve bigger profits once the commercial air travel industry emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Waltham-based company has not said which jobs it plans to target in […]
Fort Wayne announces team to develop plans for next phases of riverfront development | News, Sports, Jobs
This aerial view shows Phase I of Fort Wayne’s downtown riverfront development project. Now plans are underway for phases II and III. (Courtesy illustration) City officials have selected DAVID RUBIN Land Collective of Philadelphia to lead the team of landscape architects, architects, urban designers, engineers and economists […]
Brazil’s economic priority is jobs, not fiscal discipline
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil won plaudits from investors by insisting its most pressing economic challenge is tackling a record deficit caused by COVID-19, but a growing number of economists say the government’s priority should be getting millions of Brazilians back to work. FILE PHOTO: Unemployed people line up to get […]
The pandemic made 107,000 oil and gas jobs disappear. Most aren’t coming back anytime soon
The oil and gas industry is laying off workers at an unprecedented pace to cope with a pandemic that crashed energy prices and raised doubts about the future of fossil fuels. A staggering 107,000 jobs vanished from the US oil, gas and chemicals industry between March and August 2020, according […]
Remote-access software firm LogMeIn cuts jobs
LAYOFFS © Essdras M Suarez LogMeIn Remote-access software firm LogMeIn cuts jobs Load Error One of the industry leaders in software for remote work is going through another round of layoffs. Boston-based LogMeIn said it’s trimming “less than 100” of its global workforce of 4,000, with Boston workers accounting for […]
Consultant recommends outsourcing dozens of Clark College jobs
Classified employees at Clark College are raising the alarm after an outside consultant recommended outsourcing dozens of jobs to cut costs. College officials, meanwhile, say they aren’t considering the proposal — at least, not until after hiring two new people in the human resources department. “We believe the recommendation on […]
With College On Hold & Jobs Scarce, Gen Z Consulting Is Booming
It is truly the worst time to graduate. For one, any plan of having a Booksmart-inspired summer bash before leaving for college is shot, and so are the freshman year parties. For college graduates, the post-grad summer of soul-searching will happen from wherever they call home — no international travel […]