Nigerian Times

29 Sep 2011 05:00 Africa/Lagos Google is the World's Most Attractive Employer STOCKHOLM, September 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Based on the preferences of over 160,000 career seekers, with a business or engineering background from the world's 12 largest economies, Universum releases the global talent attraction index: "The World's Most Attractive Employers 2011 [http://www.universumglobal.com/Top50 ]". The index, split in the business category - preferences from business career seekers - and engineering category - preferences from engineering career seekers - reveals the current level of attractiveness companies have as employers - and their potential to lead the world of tomorrow. On the Business index, Google repeats the win for the third consecutive year, with KPMG keeping its second place and with PwC overtaking Ernst & Young to secure a podium finish. "The talent market for business career seekers is being dominated by the professional services firms, k...

Caption: Street demonstration during Labor Day Photographer: Maillard, J. Country: San Francisco, US Date taken: 1987 Copyright: ILO Nigerian oil workers are on strike as we mark the May Day and they are not the only workers who are unhappy all over the world today. The Punch of Nigeria is asking if there is any hope for Nigerian workers? Yes, there is hope as long as the Nigerian workers join hands together to demand their rights to better wages, better working conditions and secure their future in the nation building of a New Nigeria for the common good of all Nigerians. Let us focus on the plight of the poor majority of wage earners who are being exploited and underpaid by their ruthless employers and contractors. If you are one of the employers of labour, please put yourself in the worn and torn shoes of your workers and ask yourself, if you have not been cheating and exploiting them? How would you feel if your were in their condition? Pay a visit to the homes of your office cl...