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82 Percent of Employers in Greece Report Skills Shortage
The demand for skilled workers in 21 European countries is not being met, with 75 percent of employers unable to find workers equipped for their roles in 2023, and Greece reporting the higher end of 82 percent.
A shortage of...
Economy
AI to Hit Almost 40% of Jobs Worldwide, Warns IMF
A recent warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) highlighted the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs worldwide. The IMF, based in Washington, D.C., stated that almost 40% of jobs globally could be influenced by AI.
Moreover, high-income...
Business
The Two Questions Jeff Bezos Asked a Job Applicant
One of Jeff Bezos's former employees at Amazon recently shared the story of her job interview with the company's founder and former CEO. Ann Hiatt, who landed a job interview with the billionaire businessman during the relatively early days...
Economy
Data Scientists in High Demand as AI Job Market Grows
ChatGPT came out almost a year ago and has only increased enthusiasm for generative artificial intelligence and jobs in this field.
Increased enthusiasm in the labor market is apparent both among employers and job seekers. Thus, over the year, the...
Europe
German Tabloid Bild to Replace Editorial Jobs With AI
Germany’s Bild tabloid, the biggest-selling newspaper in Europe, plans to replace a range of editorial jobs with artificial intelligence (AI), it has told staff in an email, according to The Guardian.
As part of a separate, more immediate €100m cost-cutting...
Economy
Google to Create 20,000 New Jobs in Greece
Google's investment in cloud services in Greece could contribute over two billion euros to the Greek GDP by 2030 and create twenty thousand well-paid new jobs, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday speaking at the event for the presentation...
Business
Greek Company Receives License to Produce Medical Cannabis in Europe
The Greek company Kalacan Hellas S.A. recently announced that it had received its medical cannabis installation license, allowing the company to establish manufacturing facilities in Europe to produce cannabis.
The company plans on building its large-scale greenhouses on a 77,258...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Rate Falls to New Record-Low Levels
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 16.5 percent of the workforce in November of 2019, the latest month for which official data is available.
The unemployment rate during the same month in 2018 was 18.6 percent, dropping to 16.6 percent in...
Canada
Canadian Customer-Care Firm to Create 600 Jobs in Athens, Greece
The Canadian firm ''24-7 Intouch'' announced recently that it aims to expand its operation in Europe, creating more than 600 jobs in Athens, Greece.
The customer care and technology company said in a press release that it will open its...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Continues Downward Trend; Falls to 16.9% in July
The unemployment rate in Greece fell to 16.9 percent of the workforce in July of 2019, from a level of 19.1 percent seen exactly one year earlier and 17.1 percent in June of this year, the Hellenic (Greek) Statistical Authority...