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The Salary Checker App – a global overview of salary trends and levels

You might be aware of the annual Robert Walters Global Salary Survey, a comprehensive review of global recruitment trends and salary levels. But did you know that they have made this information available via a simple iPhone App?

The Salary Checker App allows you to check how much a typical contract daily rate or salary range is for a selection of job roles and seniority levels. It does not contain every country or job profile, it only covers the markets in which Robert Walters operate, but it does provide an useful quick (global) overview of salary trends and levels.

The Salary Checker App – a global overview of salary trends and levels

When to post on Facebook and Twitter? Science tells us

A question often asked to me is “when is the best time to post on social media?“. Data suggests that there are distinct windows in which to share content if you want to achieve to get maximum exposure. It’s important to know when the highest percentage of your audience is retweeting/sharing, clicking and reading your messages on your social networks. Use the data in the infographic below to learn when your audience is most likely to act on it via Facebook and Twitter. But remember, your own data is the best source for this kind of information!When to post on Facebook and Twitter? Science tells us

Employment Outlook: Uncertainty Seems to be Fading Globally

According to ManpowerGroup’s third quarter Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today, year-over-year hiring outlooks improve modestly across major countries with German employers reporting their most optimistic hiring expectations since the downturn.

Although overall hiring plans for countries such as Italy and the U.K. remain subdued, results for Canada and France are above the historical average and those in Japan and the U.S., while below pre-recession levels, are cautiously optimistic. U.S. employers across all 13 industry sectors surveyed expect hiring activity to be relatively stable or improve from three months ago. Meanwhile, employers in the emerging market countries of India and Brazil continue to report the strongest hiring plans globally, fueled in part by strong demand in the countries’ Finance / Insurance / Real Estate sectors.

Employment Outlook: Uncertainty Seems to be Fading Globally

Jobs for Technicians are the most difficult to fill

ManpowerGroup’s 2011 Annual Talent Shortage Survey surveyed nearly 40,000 employers in 39 countries and territories to discover that more than one third (34%) of employers globally are reporting difficulty finding the talent they need to fill positions. This is a 3% increase over 2010 and the highest percentage since 2007, just before the global recession hit.

The most difficult jobs to fill in 2011:

Jobs for Technicians are the most difficult to fill

The Netherlands Ranks #1 Worldwide in Penetration for Twitter and Linkedin

Hyves Maintains Position as Top Social Networking Site in the Netherlands Despite Facebook’s Rapid Advances

ComScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of social networking usage in the Netherlands. The study reveals that the Dutch social networking market continues to grow strongly as sites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin extend their respective footprints in the market.

“The social networking market in the Netherlands is really quite unique and full of interesting storylines,” said Mike Read, svp and managing director of comScore Europe. “It is one of the few markets remaining where a local social networking player [Hyves] continues to lead Facebook, but that lead is becoming increasingly tenuous. Another interesting facet to this market isThe Netherlands Ranks #1 Worldwide in Penetration for Twitter and Linkedin

New study reveals penalty for not keeping up in relentlessly changing mobile category

TNS, the world’s largest custom research company, launched TNS Mobile Life 2011, the largest ever global research study into today’s mobile consumer. Now into its sixth year, TNS Mobile Life is the result of more than 25,000 hours of interviews with over 34,000 respondents in 43 countries. It provides a complete understanding of consumer experiences with mobility today and insights into how this will change tomorrow.
The findings highlight that as “static” functionality such as SMS and still imaging become commoditised, growth will be driven through further demand for social functionality and new demands for video calling, streaming and sharing services: New study reveals penalty for not keeping up in relentlessly changing mobile category

Global Employment Trends 2011: The challenge of a jobs recovery

The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) report provides the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market. Taking into account macroeconomic trends and forecasts, the GET includes a short-term outlook for labour markets around the world.

Download the full report here [10MB, 107 pages]

This report is the first to take stock of the labour market situation during the recovery from the global economic crisis. It incorporates the most recent labour market information available to explore the state of the labour market globally and regionally. Global Employment Trends 2011: The challenge of a jobs recovery