| Filling the skills gap - new ways of attracting and retaining ...
A lack of qualified professionals in certain sectors is leading to companies seeking out new ways of attracting and retaining staff. Trips to Eastern Europe, mortgage allowances, training programmes and referral fees are all being used by international financial services companies to hire candidates and fill their skill gaps. .
Blue Chip News: KB Home is Added to Watch List
KB Home continues to hammer out the details in the homebuilding industry. The acquisitive company (formerly Kaufman and Broad Home) has grown to become one of the largest homebuilders in the US. KB Home builds mainly for first-time and trade-up buyers in Arizona, California, the Carolinas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas. Its homes range in size from about 1,400 sq. ft. to over 5,000 sq. ft. KB Home's majority-owned Kaufman & Broad S.A. subsidiary builds single-family homes, condos, and commercial projects in France. The company offers financing, mortgage assistance, and home insurance through Countrywide Mortgage Ventures, a joint venture with Countrywide Financial. Shares were down 2% as Beazer fallout hits homebuilders. BellwetherReport.com is a leading online research firm for international investors looking to get an edge over their portfolio.
One Eye On Immigration: A Singular Devotion To Passing Policy ...
Nevertheless, there must be a rude awakening that "compromise" is when one group is advantageously affected while another group will be adversely affected. There should not be advocacy for just proposals that inflicts injustice on others through a set of tradeoffs. As we debate and compromise, scores will continue to perish in the Arizona dessert, families will be broken up, foreign born workers will continue to earn less and continue to die or be injured on the job at higher rates than native workers. Meanwhile native workers are taking home poverty wages and facing unemployment.
How will the grassroots field respond: will there be continual fight for all 12 million undocumented, or is 3 million the dealmaker? Who is going to remain in the fight after a bill is passed or not? When will immigrant rights be linked to the larger movements towards human rights and racial and economic justice?
The community and the government must learn from past flawed immigration comprises.
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