In 2013, French President Francois Hollande said he aimed to reduce unemployment by the year end. However, record high in jobless claims reflect broken promises and have further fuelled public anger.
The U.S. dollar rose against other major currencies Wednesday on upbeat jobs data and the Republican Party's victory in midterm elections, arousing market speculation that more business-friendly policies would come out in Washington.
The Philippines could add 3.1 million jobs to its labor market as a member of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which is expected to come into force in 2015, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Wednesday.
China added 4.73 million jobs in the first four months of 2014, slightly more than the number created in the same period last year, figures from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) showed on Wednesday.
Australia's supermarket giant Coles will open 70 new stores and create 16,000 jobs across the country over the next three years, local media reported on Wednesday.
The U.S. job market is off to an unsteady start in 2014 with yet another lackluster unemployment report released on Friday.
Several U.S. economic indicators improved in 2013, but millions of Americans remain jobless after the end of the worst economic downturn in decades.
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny pledged on Sunday evening that his government will continue to pursue prudent budgetary policies and create more jobs.
The U.S. economy added 148,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment edged down to 7.2 percent, 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous month, the Labor Department said on Tuesday.
Friday' s jobs numbers continued to paint a bleak picture of the ongoing U.S. jobs crisis, and experts said at current rates the country will have to wait years to return to pre-recession levels of unemployment.
The reforms staged by the Mexican government will not only bring economic growth but help stimulate employment, said Mexican Labor Minister Alfonso Navarrete Prida here on Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday pledged continued support for economic reform in debt-ridden Greece.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a policy framework to help break through the political logjam in Washington and spur job creation in the nation.
China's job market showed some resilience in the first half despite economic difficulties, but officials warned Thursday that employment pressure remains high.
The U.S. economy still has a long way to go to make up for millions of recession-fueled job losses despite strong employment growth in February, economists said Friday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his first State of the Union address in his second term to return focus on his "unfinished task" of reigniting the economic growth for middle-class Americans.
The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent in January from 7.8 percent in December 2012, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
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