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With tragic news this morning of a cyclist fatality, in this edition of The Conversation Hour, we look at what measures need to be put in place to improve the safety of cyclists on our roads.Also in this edition, is it problematic for celebrities to put their name to weight loss ... Show More

Have you found yourself trying to chat to someone only to find they have their ear pods in? In this edition of The Conversation Hour we explore just how much ear pods are contributing to people feeling social isolation. Also in this edition, a big win for Softball Australia plus ... Show More

We often hear about cat curfews and importance of keeping cats indoors for the damage they do to native wildlife -but have dogs been going a bit under the radar? Do they do just as much environmental damage? In this edition of The Conversation Hour we explore whether we need stro ... Show More

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bizpod/BEN58-Hiring-Trends.mp3 In this Business English News lesson on recent hiring trends, we look at business English vocabulary related to human resources and recruitment. The world of HR is radically different than it was just five years ago ... Show More

Amid rising labour shortages and employers around the world struggling to find skilled workers, labour migration, if managed properly, can help widen the pool of available skills. But the complex issue of increasing migration and the skills challenges faced by migrant workers and ... Show More

Denmark has one of the highest job mobility rates in the world - about 20% of Danes start new jobs each year. Frequent job changes are a reflection of the Danish concept of "flexicurity" – flexibility with the security of the welfare state. As a matter of fact, if you stay in the ... Show More

New employment figures reveal much stronger jobs growth than had been forecast. 

Les enseignants français quittent leur poste en nombre record, submergés par des salaires bas, des classes surchargées et des exigences croissantes. Traduction:French teachers are quitting in record numbers, overwhelmed by low pay, crowded classrooms and increasing demands. Héber ... Show More

The number of occupations experiencing skills shortages has nearly doubled in the space of a year. 

As the job market continues to get more competitive, it’s taking months for new grads to land employment, with many settling for roles that don’t align with their goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Many of the jobs that keep the world running — like cleaning bathrooms, picking up trash, caring for the elderly — pay so poorly that workers can barely make ends meet. Nonprofit leader Zeynep Ton is intent on changing that, showing why everyone wins when companies pay their peop ... Show More

Apple, Google, and Netflix don't require employees to have 4-year degrees, and this could soon become an industry norm… so then what are the world’s top companies looking for when it comes to education and are university degrees becoming obsolete? What are the skills that we need ... Show More

Turns out, businesses kept on hiring in spite of predictions. The Labor Department reports that 216,000 new jobs were added in December, and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%. We’ll look at longer-term trends and parse out which sectors saw hiring booms. Then, gadget-make ... Show More