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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
In the opinion of Bitkom – an association lobbying on behalf of the German IT industry – and its President Willi Berchtold, Germany’s immigration policy needs to be subjected to a rethinking process. As it is, the association states that the country already has too few engineers and other specialists in computer science, for example.
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, globality internationality
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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
In early July, the French Parliament passed legislation into law to overhaul immigration policy. Most of the new rules make obtaining a visa or a work permit much more difficult, and it abolished an old policy of granting legal status to illegal immigrants who could document ten years of residency.
Tags: age, english, ethnicity origin race
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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
Addressing an audience of senior executives from all over Europe at the second annual “Women in Leadership” conference held this year in Geneva on 17 and 18 June, Niall Fitzgerald, KBE, Chairman of Unilever and Vice-Chairman of The Conference Board, referred to a study completed 25 years ago which listed several feminine qualities that served […]
Tags: english, gender, research
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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
The European Year of Disabled People in 2003 provided the perfect opportunity for Bertelsmann – a worldwide media corporation – to launch its disability initiative. Its German companies, which employ around 35% of the group’s 80,000 staff, are taking the initiative to change perceptions of the role of disabled people in professional life, both in […]
Tags: english, mixed abilities, work life navigation
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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
Age discrimination is not only widespread in the workplace, but is shot through with inconsistencies. That showed a survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Six in ten managers reported being a victim of age discrimination
Tags: age, english, gender
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24. August 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
A former housing officer of black South African descent has been awarded £30,000 after a job at Edinburgh Council was withdrawn after a warning from an official at Stirling. Seg Naicker had formerly been a housing officer with Stirling Council. Three years ago, Stirling Council compensated Mr. Naicker after he had suffered racial harassment and […]
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1. August 2006 || by News Desk || Marketing, Newsletter ||
Langsam streift die Kamera über eine metallicgraue Autokarosserie, dazu erklingt die deutsche Nationalhymne. Eingeblendete Schriftzüge künden von den Pionierleistungen der Automarke: Kurvenlicht, Fahrwerk mit Niveauregulierung, Spurassistent. Soviel High-Tech ist typisch für ein deutsches Auto, schließt der Zuschauer… und irrt sich.
Tags: german, globality internationality, holistic
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1. August 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
Raiffeisen Schweiz geht in der Familienförderung neue Wege. Mütter, Väter, Frauen und Männersollen vermehrt ihr Potenzial entfalten können. So startet die auf Diversity und Chancengleichheitspezialisierte, neu gegründete interne Fachstelle „Profil“ ein dreistufiges Entwicklungsprogramm mitden Raiffeisen-Familienferienwochen: Während der Zeit vom 10. bis 14. Juli und 7. bis 11. Augustbetreuen Studierende der Pädagogischen Fachhochschule Rorschach PHR rund […]
Tags: age, gender, german
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1. August 2006 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
Chronisch psychisch kranke Menschen haben von allen Behindertengruppen in Deutschland die geringstenChancen auf eine vollwertige Beschäftigung. Darauf hat in Kempten der Ärztliche Direktor des Bezirkskrankenhauses Kaufbeuren, Peter Brieger, hingewiesen. Mehr als 27 Prozent der erwachsenen EuropäerInnen leiden nach seinen Angaben mindestens einmal im Leben unter relevanten psychischen Störungen.
Tags: german, inclusion, mixed abilities
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1. August 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
Die Zahlen sind alarmierend. In den vergangenen Jahren ist die Zahl der Ausbildungsplätze für jungeMigrantInnen nach Einschätzung des Statistischen Bundesamtes stetig gesunken. Seit 1994 hatsich der Anteil ausländischer Auszubildender fast halbiert. Von den 1,55 Millionen Lehrlingen imvergangenen Jahr hatten 4,4 Prozent einen ausländischen Pass.
Tags: ethnicity origin race, gender, german, globality internationality, research
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