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April 2013

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   © Andreas Solaro / AFP 2013

   European labour market

   Ten million more unemployed in Europe than in 2008

   08 April 2013

   Austerity measures have not addressed the root causes of the crisis nor have they brought down unemployment, according to a snapshot of EU countries based on an upcoming ILO report on the state of global labour markets.

February 2013

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   Eurofound 2013 Forum

   ILO Chief calls for immediate action to tackle unemployment

   15 February 2013

   ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, stressed how "world unemployment is still on the rise, and the feeling of the need to act and change is very much on our mind". While addressing the Eurofound 2013 Forum in Dublin, Ireland, Mr. Ryder went on to say how the social investment package offers an important opportunity to begin to move to a different direction, as people need to be brought back to the labour market. He concluded, it is not acceptable to tolerate levels of youth unemployment which are lived in millions of lives of quiet desperation.

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   By Guy Ryder

   Jobs, social inclusion and growth should top EU agenda

   14 February 2013

   ILO Director-General Guy Ryder discusses the priorities of the European Union in the context of his first official visit to Ireland, which holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU.

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   Global Employment Trends 2013

   Skills mismatches hurt job creation prospects

   04 February 2013

   The crisis has forced millions of workers to seek new jobs but their skills are often not those that employers are seeking, and this skills mismatch is driving up unemployment levels.

January 2013

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   Official visit

   ILO head in Latin America: More, but also better jobs are needed

   30 January 2013

   Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, highlighted the need to turn informal employment into decent jobs in the formal sector. He spoke during a Latin America visit that took him to Buenos Aires and Lima.

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   Davos

   Jobs crisis is far from over, warns ILO chief

   25 January 2013

   Speaking at the World Economic Summit in Davos, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, said that the dire jobs situation shows the crisis is far from over.

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   Global Employment Trends 2013 Report

   Emerging middle classes fuel new global growth engines

   22 January 2013

   Global economic growth slowed sharply in 2012 and its impact on jobs and labour productivity is being felt in every region. Unemployment has gone up the most in the developed economies, such as the European Union. However a strong middle class now emerging in East Asia and elsewhere in the developing world could become a new global growth engine, says ILO Labour Economist, Steven Kapsos.

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   Global Employment Trends 2013 Report

   New skills for new jobs

   22 January 2013

   With high unemployment workers are increasingly finding themselves looking for work in new occupations where they lack the skills employers are looking for. This skills mismatch means unemployed people are taking longer to find a new job, and this is driving up long-term unemployment rates, says ILO Labour Economist Theo Sparreboom, especially for young people.

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   Global Employment Trends 2013 Report

   Uncertainty holds back job creation

   22 January 2013

   Global unemployment was on the rise again in 2012 and with the economic outlook so uncertain businesses are reluctant to invest in jobs. Ernst Ekkehard, Chief of the ILO Employment Trends Unit talks about what can be done to help restore confidence and encourage job creation, especially for young people.

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   Global Employment Trends 2013

   Global unemployment rising again but with significant differences across regions

   22 January 2013

   Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, labour markets remain deeply depressed. Unemployment has started to rise again as the economic outlook worsens.