>From: "vivian Hutchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:13:18 +1300 >X-Distribution: Moderate >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Subject: The Jobs Letter No.137 >Reply-to: "The Jobs Letter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Priority: normal >Status: > > >T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 3 7 >------------------------------------------------- >published in New Zealand 10 January 2001 > >I N T H I S I S S U E >------------------------------------- >JEREMY RIFKIN >YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES >SHORTER WORKING WEEK >PRESENTEEISM >PORTFOLIO WORK > >The Jobs Letter is now freely available on the internet at > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13700.htm > >or to download as a PDF file (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) >at > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/pdf/jbl137.pdf > >E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y >------------------------------------------------- > > >* Our Diary of key events over the last few weeks. IT skill >shortages, new jobs being created, immigrant doctors >retraining scheme, regional development for Northland, >International Year of Volunteers, Winz regional plans, teacher >shortage, brain drain, Japan the internet nation, and more... > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13701.htm > >* It's been five years since the publication of Jeremy Rifkin's >controversial book The End of Work, and it has been released in a new >paperback edition. In a special introduction to the Penguin edition, >Rifkin observes that structural unemployment remains high, and the task of >�re-envisioning work� continues to be a major social and political >challenge. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/art/rifkin05.htm > >* Rifkin also argues that there is an opportunity to create millions of >new jobs in the Third Sector � the civil society � and create greater >social capital in our neighbourhoods and communities. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13700.htm#rifkin > >* The Taranaki LEC has launched a project aimed at giving young unemployed >people work and training in the not-for-profit sector. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13700.htm#youthworks > >* Winz in Canterbury now has case managers with a dedicated caseload of >young people. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13700.htm#winz > >* Simon Mortlock Lawyers in Christchurch have launched the new programme >designed to link school leavers directly into office employment with the >city�s leading legal and accounting firms. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13700.htm#mortlock > >* One year after the introduction of the 35-hour working week in France, >the unemployment rate in the county is dropping, economic growth is >steady, and the workforce seems happy. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13700.htm#france > >* Conversely, the British government has conceded that their introduction >of a 48-hour week has had no impact on the long-hours culture of the >British workforce. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13700.htm#british > >* Dr Mary Mallon of Otago University wants to challenge assumptions that >changes in the world of work are temporary and that they are necessarily >to be mourned. > http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl13700.htm#portfolio > > >C R E D I T S >------------------------------------- >ISSN No. 1172-6695 >edited by Vivian Hutchinson for the Jobs Research Trust >P.O.Box 428, New Plymouth, New Zealand >phone 06-753-4434 fax 06-753-4430 >email � [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Associates � Rodger Smith, Dave Owens and Jo Howard >Secretary � Shirley Vickery > >T H E J O B S L E T T E R >is an essential information and media watch >on jobs, employment, unemployment, the future of work, >and related economic and education issues. > >The Jobs Research Trust is a not-for-profit Charitable Trust >constituted in 1994 to develop and distribute information >that will help our communities create more jobs and reduce >unemployment and poverty in New Zealand. > >Kia taea ai te tangata te whiwhi mahi >ahakoa ki whea, ahakoa ko wai. >Our objective is that every New Zealander will have the >opportunity to be in paid work. > >visit The Jobs Research Website >Premier Award Winner of the 1999 Media Peace Awards >http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/ > >U N S U B S C R I B E >------------------------------------- >To remove yourself from this free update mailing list, >simply send a blank email to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
