Twenty-five large projects in the offing, creating 7,000 jobs
A total of 25 large project with a cost of more than €7 billion are being promoted by the Cyprus Association of Large Investment Projects,...
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Cabinet approves 53 new job openings at Okypy
The cabinet on Wednesday approved 53 new job positions for state health services organisation Okypy. The jobs include management, secretarial and accounting positions. Health Minister...
New stimulus package could fall flat
Businesses balk at renewing job incentives, fear it would only delay, not stop likely layoffs By Kyriacos Iacovides UNCERTAINTY surrounds the latest package of measures...
Government ‘determined to preserve jobs’ but difficulties ahead
The government’s priority is to support employment and it is determined to do whatever possible within its means to preserve jobs, the deputy government spokesman...
Thomas Cook collapse endangers labour peace in hotel sector
LABOUR Minister Zeta Emilianidou has given hoteliers 15 days to decide on whether they will sign an agreement with workers unions after the former expressed...
Welcome to the gig economy
Increasing numbers of the young are being forced to take work with no benefits or jobs well below their level of qualifications Freelance, piecemeal...
AI will have ‘massive impact’ in coming years, Georgiades says
WITH 90 per cent of all jobs after 2020 requiring basic digital skills, and with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), which is estimated to...
It’s finally an employee’s market in Cyprus
By Katerina Andreou For all you Job seekers, restless professionals or simply curious people, 2019 is here and let’s take a look at what the...
99% of UNic medicine graduates found jobs
Based on employment records kept by the careers office at the University of Nicosia medical school of a total 255 graduates so far (from 2015...
Too many employers ignore a key concept: employee contentment
By Katerina Andreou The employer-employee relationship can be said to be transactional and a mutual investment. Corporate words and very clinical. Or are they? Like...
Technology as game-changer and life-changer
By Dimis Michaelides “The job your child will do doesn’t exist yet,” said the young principal from one of Singapore’s most prestigious private schools in...
Rolls-Royce CEO cuts 4,600 jobs to boost profitability
Rolls–Royce is to cut 4,600 jobs over two years in the latest attempt by boss Warren East to cut costs and make Britain’s best known engineering...
Number of vacancies drops 5.7% in Q3
The number of job vacancies fell 5.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2017, to 4,703, compared to the respective quarter of 2016, as...
Tackling unemployment ‘highest priority’, says minister
The highest priority for the government is to tackle unemployment, through a coordinated effort that has begun to deliver the first positive and promising results,...
After a dip in numbers, Greeks again finding Cyprus attractive for job seeking
Cyprus is seeing an new upsurge of Greek nationals seeking employment on the island as conditions in Greece slide and those in Cyprus improve, reports...
Two new advanced fire trucks for Paphos airport
Two new firefighting vehicles were handed over to the fire service at an official ceremony by Hermes airports on Sunday for use at Paphos airport....
Foundation stone laid for Napa marina
FINANCE Minister Harris Georgiades on Friday laid the foundation stone of the Ayia Napa marina which is expected to be completed in five years. Georgiades...
Job vacancies rise 4.1% in Q2, Cystat says
The number of job vacancies rose 4.1 per cent in the second quarter to 3,389 compared to the respective period of 2015 and 11 per...
August jobless figure drops 13% to 35,786 0
The number of registered unemployed fell in August to 35,786 or 13 per cent compared to the respective month of 2015 mainly on a drop...
Remand for scam artist promising jobs at Limassol port
A 36-year-old woman from Nicosia was remanded on Thursday for four days after she was reported for allegedly taking money from unemployed people with the...
