Large German firms are currently suffering from a huge shortage of skilled labour which could see businesses losing out on £27billion in revenue, a study by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research shows. According to research that has been carried out to fill in this massive gap in the labour, almost half a million workers need [...]
Theresa May and Sajid Javid (Home Secretary) have both pledged that post Brexit will allow far fewer low skilled workers from Europe. The Prime Minister has set out her global vision for immigration by proposing a skill based system which would not automatically favour migrants from other European countries. Sajid Javid has vowed that EU free [...]
New Zealand is one of the most spectacular places on this earth! It may seem like a long way to travel but your visit there will be one of the most memorable times of your life. New Zealand is a pretty small country, it's made up of two rather remote islands (and many smaller ones) and [...]
The German government wrote up a draft for immigration regulations on 17th of August. The new law is to reform the current, unwieldy immigration law of 2004 and to finally regulate labour market integration beyond asylum policy. Refugees are briefly mentioned in the draft whilst the focus keyword seems to be the skilled workers. Germany with [...]
If you're a foreign worker and you've worked in Australia in the last ten years on a working holiday visa you could be in for a tax refund. Tax refund specialists in Australia are calling up anyone who worked in Australia in the last the years to check their filing obligations [...]
Canada More Accepting? Whilst the USA crack down on immigration following President Trump's new immigration policies, a new light is being shed on the neighbouring country Canada. Canada has always been seen as the immigration friendly nation with more then 80,000 immigrants being recruited for jobs in the past five years alone. Canada is [...]
Despite the New Zealand government's changes to control immigration numbers, it has been reported that the number of people entering for work visas have increased massively. Last year more than 228,000 work visas were approved which has increased by 4000 from the previous financial year. The main industry in which a lot more foreign workers are [...]
In a bid to improve the shortage of labour workers Tokyo has opened its arms to greet low skilled foreign workers. Previously and more commonly Japan has been known to only accept highly skilled foreign workers but has now changed their mind as the ageing population has had an effect on the labour workforce. In June [...]
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour has marked the one year anniversary of the Global Talent Scheme Visa by adding three new job positions to the Global Talent Occupations List. By granting more jobs the visa continues to address the highly skilled labour market needs of innovative employers in Canada. The job [...]
Being attached to your hometown doesn't seem to be an issue for millennials as new research as found that over 80% of the generation would love to relocate abroad in the pursuit of work. Breaking free from the traditional 9-5 culture and embracing the digital nomads culture has become a lot more common amongst the new [...]
