New study from Common Sense Advisory shows steady pay increases, overall employment stability, and high levels of job satisfaction for workers in the language services industry.

Boston, MA – October 21, 2010 — Global business depends heavily on the translation and localization services industry, which market research firm Common Sense Advisory estimates will generate US$26 billion in 2010. And, as globalization increases, more content is created in more languages than ever before. These two factors help to explain the findings of “Language Services Industry Compensation,” the latest report from Common Sense Advisory.

The new research, based on a survey of 1,037 people in 64 countries, reveals that individuals employed in the language services industry continued to see pay raises and increased demand for their services throughout the economic downturn.

“On average, translation and localization workers expected to receive annual compensation of US$63,130 in 2010, compared to US$60,673 in 2009,” observed report lead analyst and Chief Research Officer Nataly Kelly. “The language services market grew steadily throughout the recession, and salaries continued to increase throughout this period as well.”

Key research findings include:
* Compensation in emerging markets is rising at a faster pace. Translation professionals in China saw their income grow by 46.09%, while those workers living in Russia, Brazil, Israel, and Romania also saw increase in excess of 25%.
* Job title and location determine pay grade. In North America, the most highly paid individuals worked in executive management, sales, and content creation. In Asia, those working in compliance, customer support, and human resources reported earning the most. In Europe, the workers with the highest compensation were found in executive management, sales, and account management.
* Large companies have been giving better raises. Professionals experiencing the largest increases in pay were those working at firms with US$100 billion or more in revenue – those individuals saw their pay rise by 17.37% from 2008 to 2010.
* Gender disparities exist. Across the global sample, men earned an average of US$65,901 compared with women, who earned just US$55,790. However, in six countries – Denmark, France, India, Singapore, South Africa, and Switzerland – women earned more than men during each of the three years analyzed.

“While most translation and localization professionals saw wage increases, earning levels fell for workers located in some countries, such as Ireland and South Africa,” Kelly points out. “Still, on the whole, compensation on both the supply and the demand sides of the language services market grew steadily throughout the economic downtown, reinforcing our past findings that this is a recession-resistant industry.”

For more on the firm’s research, visit www.commonsenseadvisory.com.

About Common Sense Advisory :
Common Sense Advisory, Inc. is an independent research and analysis firm specializing in the on- and offline operations driving business globalization, internationalization, localization, translation, and interpretation. Its research, consulting, and training help organizations improve the quality of their global business operations. For more information, visit: www.commonsenseadvisory.com or www.twitter.com/CSA_Research.

Contact:
Melissa C. Gillespie
Common Sense Advisory
Boston, MA
+1 760-643-9140
[email protected]

http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com

The UK’s only recruitment agency review site has today revealed that three  in four British workers would have considered taking a pay cut or cutting down on their hours if their company was in financial difficulty during the recession.

New nationwide research conducted by the UK’s only recruitment agency review site had revealed that nearly  three in four workers would have taken pay cuts or worked less hours during the recession in a bid to save their company.

Www.HireScores.com polled 1,298 people to see how far people would have gone during the recession in order to keep hold of their jobs and save their company. Of those who would make a compromise, 63% said that they would have been willing to take a pay cut in order to save their company if the recession had affected the business financially.

Of those who said they would take a cut, one in five, 21% said that they would have taken a cut of up to 5% if it meant they could stay in their current employment. Half said that they would be willing to take a 2% decrease in their wages, with only one in ten people claiming they would allow a 10% decrease. Of the people that said they would take a pay cut, half said they would only do so if their boss were to take one too.

61% of those polled said that they would be willing to do more hours for no extra money in an attempt help out their employer. Four in five people who believed that this would help their company said that they thought it would eliminate the need for the employer to hire temps or extra staff to cover the workload.

The top things employees would have done to save their jobs and company during the recession are:

1. Take a pay cut – 63%
2. Work over time for no extra money – 61%
3. Work less hours – 52%
4. Go without annual bonus– 46%
5. Print less – 39%
6. Unpaid leave – 37%
7. Give up their company car – 35%
8. Give up their work phone– 33%

Of the 26% workers who said that they wouldn’t make an allowance in order to help their employer out, one in three, 34%, said that they didn’t care about the job that they had. Half, 49% said that they were unable to make any changes to their working hours or pay due to their living commitments, whilst 17% said that they didn’t like their boss enough.

Lisette Howlett, Managing Director of http://www.HireScores.com said;

“I think it is great that so many of those in employment are willing to make compromises in order to save their company, such as taking pay cuts, cutting down on hours and by taking unpaid holiday. This level of support should give many companies the confidence and ability to work their way through the recession.”

She continued;

“It is interesting to note how much more willing people became if their boss did something first, which says quite a bit about the importance of strong, authentic leadership during challenging times. Also interesting is the number of people who were not willing to make a change who stated that this was because they did not like their boss enough.”

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Link: http://www.HireScores.com

Gabrielle Lofthouse, 10 Yetis PR
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Note to Editors

About HireScores.com:

HireScores.com website is totally independent and not linked to a job board or recruiter which makes it ideally placed to provide such information
HireScores.com is committed to fair feedback with checks and balances in place to support this
Free to use for all with a strong and growing knowledge centre, Blog and Forum
Lisette has over 20 years industry experience with such firms as ICI,
Zeneca/AstraZeneca and Syngenta as well as local government and the public sector.

Beauty, wellness, and fitness is said to be fastest growing industry all around the world, both in conventional and online sectors. But, it has been complained quite often by the end users as well as service providers that there is no common platform where both the parties can exclusively interact. Atlanta, Georgie-based MySpaClassifieds.com now can act as the ultimate solution for all.

If you search for some information on beauty, wellness, and fitness in the popular search engine you are thrown up with innumerable results. In most of the cases they are too general or not location specific. But now you can use MySpaClassifieds for any information related to beauty, wellness and fitness. The portal has been exclusively designed for catering to people from Phoenix, (Arizona); Denver (Colorado); Washington (D.C.); Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando and Tampa (Florida); Atlanta (Georgia); Chicago (Illinois); New York (New York); Charlotte (North Carolina); Dallas (Texas); and Salt Lake City (Utah).

The site has a simple and straight forward structure where finding information is rather easy and quick. You will find classified sections like make money, buy/sell/trade, education, services, self-employment help, resumes, and free stuffs. In the make money section you will find many jobs listed in your area in which you may apply online. The terms and conditions of the jobs are clearly spelt out minimizing the chances of future confusion. If you are looking out for space to hire to start up your own business you can find that too.

In the buy/sell/trade section you will find subsections for buying business up for sell, used equipment, new equipment and products. The education section will inform you about all the certificates and diploma courses available in your area if you wish to pursue a career in beauty, wellness, or fitness. In the services section you can grab some great deals on services related to beauty, fitness, and wellness. Also, this section has other sub sections like massages, rants and raves, and deals.

The self employment section has stored listings on websites, business cards, online schedulers, business opportunities, and business resources. You may find the resume section to be interesting and extremely useful. Here you can upload your resume and also search for qualified and experienced professionals in Massage Therapy, Esthetics, Personal Training, Stylists/Barbers, Natural Healing, etc. The Featured Ad section can bring lots of clients for your business. And, you can browse through the upcoming event section as well using the interactive calendar.

Another great service provided by MySpaClaffieds is the opportunity to post your Ad or your event. You can post details along with photographs for an upcoming event and would surely attract huge attention from interested people. As the portal is exclusively meant for people related to beauty, wellness and fitness industry you can always find specific information and targeted audience.

About MySpaClaffieds:

MySpaClaffieds is a Atlanta, Georgia-based classified portal that exclusively caters to beauty, wellness and fitness industry. The portal works as an one-stop shop for everything related to specialized services, resources, human resources, equipments, events and more for the beauty, wellness and fitness industry. This is a confluence of buyers and sellers where everyone finds what they are looking for. It is therefore more effective than any general search engines or classified service portals.

Accrington based Cummins Mellor Recruitment have been an Umbrella Body for the Criminal Records Bureau for 4 years now.

The company has just launched a faster, more efficient, even friendlier CRB service called ‘Personnelchecks.co.uk’ MD Richard Mellor explains;

“Personnel checks have invested in a new ‘disclosit’ facility which has reduced the turnaround time for CRB checks to between 3-14 days. We have always prided ourselves in providing an efficient service as applications are processed the day we receive them, but now with the online facility we can cut out frustrating postal delays. Our friendly staff are on call to help with any query and discretion is assured. Much of our business is through our web site www.personnelchecks.co.uk. We have invested in the technology; have the specially trained staff and the room to expand and create more jobs, we just need to let people know we are here.”

Greg Pope the local Hyndburn MP popped into the offices to hear all about the service and see how Cummins Mellor Recruitment have been successfully fighting through the credit crunch.

“Recruitment agencies act as the barometer for local employment. They are one of the first to witness the peaks and troughs in the market place.” said Greg Pope
Richard Mellor commented;

“The first 6 months of this year were incredibly tough but things have really picked up now and we are busy in every department and none more so than Personnel Checks.”

Personnel checks is an official registered umbrella body for the Criminal Records Bureau but not all umbrella bodies are committed to processing applications the day they are received. The advice is – be discerning in your choice of supplier.

Personnelchecks is a division of Cummins Mellor Recruitment; a leading independent recruitment group which incorporates a chef recruitment arm, with offices in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, which has been established for over 19 years. The group is totally committed to Best Practice and quality service provision and is proud to be an Investor in People.

For further information on the services of Cummins Mellor and ChefsJobsUK, visit http://www.cummins-mellor.co.uk/ and http://www.chefsjobsuk.co.uk

The MyMilitaryFriendly.com team is committed to providing the most recent and accurate information about military benefits so that we can “serve those than serve us.”  The new Post 9/11 GI Bill applies not only to active, reserve, and veteran military members but also to their dependents.  We will help you understand more about the new Post 9/11 GI Bill as well as offering live GI Bill Advisors to help you find the best options for you!

MyMilitaryFriendly.com also offers information on Career Advancement Accounts and Portable Careers.  Many spouses may even be eligible for a $6,000 grant!  Additionally, MyMilitaryFriendly offers valuable information on many military-friendly colleges as well as their degree programs and commitments to student success.  We offer a list of the top military-friendly employers as well as a job search for military-friendly jobs around the country.  MyMilitaryFriendly.com is the one-stop location to find out about all the benefits offered to those that selflessly serve our country.

To find out more about military-friendly colleges, careers, and employers as well as determining what benefits are best for you, visit MyMilitaryFriendly.com today to talk or chat with a live GI Bill Advisor.

New Zealand – Friday, August 21, 2009 – the leading employment service provider – Adecco New Zealand – has released a warning statement to all hopeful job seekers to be more careful in choosing an online recruitment partner and had aware them of fraud online New Zealand job sites which are offering hoax employment opportunities in New Zealand in New Zealand.

These fraud online New Zealand job sites uses Adecco’s name to lure online job seekers to disclose their private financial information, passwords and usernames.

Adecco New Zealand emphasized that “Adecco New Zealand would never ask for confidential and financial information like bank account numbers and the likes” said Adecco NZ. Adecco New Zealand stated that anything the company sends via e-mail or through the web will always have a link back to the company’s official website.

Furthermore, Adecco said that, online job seekers should never disclose their username, password and other confidential information unless they are certain of the source. If receiver encounters anything suspicious, contact, report or consult the nearest Adecco NZ local office or send an email to Adecco support email address.

This statement from Adecco New Zealand serves as a warning to protect the wholeness and reliability of the company – a warning to all online job seekers to never make hasty decisions about disclosing valuable information. They should always check the websites or companies’ reliability and credibility before investing in them.

To further protect the interest of job seekers and the public who are searching for work in New Zealand, Adecco New Zealand state that online job seekers should always be vigilant in responding to such e-mails or web based offers presented by some companies.
If you do receive malicious e-mails bearing Adecco New Zealand’s name be cautious and report it to Adecco New Zealand at http://www.adecco.co.nz

About Adecco New Zealand

Adecco is the world’s leading employment service provider offering endless job opportunities such as Christchurch jobs, Dunedin Jobs, Wellington jobs, Auckland jobs and other career opportunities in New Zealand or job vacancies in New Zealand.
With 6700 offices in 70 countries and territories, the company is well positioned to give service to their client base, be this for large global clients or small local business partners.

Phinditt.com is a FREE online classified website. They offer multi-postings in different cities, embedded code promotion, integrated sharing features and more. Phinditt was developed to allow people to create, and view online classified ads free of charge. Their platform gives your ad(s) nationwide as well as worldwide visibility. Also this platform is used to enhance the satisfaction for users by offering promotional methods such as embedded images, bulletin, post, etc.

Great thing in this is that they offer a suggestion box where users can have a chance to interact with Phinditt team. They are giving the best secure and safer place for all users. Some of the features they allow are videos, ads, bulletins, blogging, messaging, developer apps, user feedback, music, ratings, and much more. You can even meet new people here to share everything.

Their main vision is to provide the needs to their users and the guests. They are maintaining a solid relationship with all users. Their main Values are Trust, Commitment, Loyalty, Honor and Dedication. Phinditt is called a social “all site” that helps people communicate on many levels.

After feeling disappointed with the online classified sites that were currently on the web in 2008 , Anthony and Andrew two 19 year old college students decided to give people a way to “Phind what they’re looking for” , just a simple system that would help people find things locally or worldwide, Anthony and Andrew were set on what they wanted to do with the idea , and started to work on the first mock-up design, with little money in there pockets they both put together what little money they had to get a programmer that would help them get the site up and running after going through several design changes , the two brothers finally came across a new modern web 2.0 look for the launching of phinditt. Phinditt received its first investment in 2008. Anthony and Andrew decided that no matter how big the site became they would never charge users or guest to pay to use the site. There is no required registration for phinditt, its very user friendly. Both subscribers and the number of postings grew rapidly in the middle of 2009, Anthony knew he would have to put school on the backburner. Phinditt allows users to flag a posting that appears to violate the site’s policies. Andrew thought of adding a suggestion box to the homepage of phindit to see what users really wanted to see on the site, Phinditt got great feedback from users and started to get thousands of suggestions a day. Phinditt offers users HTML embedded sharing codes to help users promote their ads on social websites. Anthony says “Phinditt works because we allow the people to find whats being offered in their community or the community around them”

For more details, please visit – http://www.phinditt.com

Contact:

http://www.phinditt.com

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Los Angeles, California ( Prfriend ) July 3, 2009 – A new Facebook application, published by ReferQuest.com, a refer-and-reward forum, reached a significant milestone in 5 days of being open to the public – 1,000 users.  Demand for the application, available at http://apps.facebook.com/referquest/, underscores the continuing trends of individuals seeking ways to monetize their online activities.  The ReferQuest Application allows Facebook users to post needs and offer finder’s fees to those who help them fill those needs, and is available to Facebook users in North America.

Traditionally, social networks have been regarded as a way to stay in touch with friends and family, and to associate with new people to build online relationships.  However, with Facebook purportedly fast-approaching 2 billion visits per month, as per Compete.com’s web analytics tool, social networking holds much more value than just simple communication amongst community members.

Many individuals, and companies alike, are seeking ways to monetize their social activities, and the ReferQuest application is one such tool that helps to fill this developing need.  “Facebook has let users aggregate a wealth of social capital. The ReferQuest Facebook application lets them translate it into speedier searches [for goods or services]…or even incremental income,” states Camille Landau, the CEO of ReferQuest.com.

Examples of current rewards offered through the ReferQuest application reflect the diversity of the new users, and further reinforce the fact that individuals, and businesses alike, are interested in utilizing their social activities for their betterment:

•    $40 offered to recommend a ‘green’ house cleaner

•    $16 offered to recommend a painting instructor

•    $20 offered to recommend a Mandarin tutor

The credit for the initial success of the ReferQuest application, according to Landau, is due to Facebook’s current popularity.  She also hints at why an application, such as the ReferQuest app, can help users to monetize their social activities, “the ReferQuest application is growing very quickly, because so many people have aggregated large networks on Facebook. It gives them a way to leverage their own network’s power, as well as their friends’ and friends-of-friends networks.”

About ReferQuest.com

ReferQuest.com is a refer and reward forum which allows users to offer finder’s fees to those who help them get their needs filled.  ReferQuest’s new Facebook application is available online at http://apps.facebook.com/referquest/

Contact:
Camille Landau / CEO ReferMe, Inc.
10801 National Blvd. #600
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: (310) 237-5646

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A member of BAE Systems Submarine Solutions’ Corporate Responsibility team has scooped a top award at a prestigious ceremony.

Paula Short won the Graduate category in the Cumbria Chamber of Commerce Profiting Through Skills – Excellence in Cumbria Awards 2009.

The 25-year-old Communications Advisor was presented with her prize by millionaire investor, and former star of TV’s Dragons’ Den, Richard Farleigh at the Rheged Centre, near Penrith.

Paula, who has worked at the Barrow site for 18 months, saw off stiff competition from two other candidates to land the award.

She said: “It was a surprise even to make the shortlist, so to actually win it given the standard of the other nominations was really pleasing.”

The awards, which were held on 14 May, celebrated the success of individuals and businesses who invest their time, money and effort into learning and development, benefiting both themselves and Cumbria’s economy.

Paula, who went to Chetwynde School and Barrow Sixth Form College before completing a BA (hons) degree in Marketing Management at Manchester Metropolitan Business School, is continuing to learn on the job.

As well as studying for a Diploma at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, she has also secured a workplace mentorship from the former leader of the Barrow Labour party, Terry Waiting, who now works as a Consultant for BAE Systems Submarine Solutions. Paula said: “I’m now able to pass on these new skills to the wider community as part of my role in the Corporate Responsibility team. It presents me with the opportunity to visit schools and colleges to explain what BAE Systems does, and hopefully help attract some of them to the business in the future.”  She was nominated for the award by Joe Sides, BAE Systems Submarine Solutions’ Corporate Responsibility Manager.
He said: “Paula has a very determined attitude which has made a huge difference towards the team she works within.”

June 2009 – Job losses in the UK media industry have led to the creation of a jobsite specifically for people working in journalism and public relations.

The site, pressjobs.co.uk , works hand-in-hand with top recruitment agencies and employers to provide a free resource for those looking for work in the media.

Press jobs.co.uk is made up of former journalists and public relations professionals. Unlike other media related job sites pres jobs.co.uk is not owned by a multinational or conglomerate.

“We’re a jobsite for the media made by people who actually work in the media,” a spokesman said. “jobs.co.uk Press is dedicated to keeping the media industry moving by providing a free job service for our friends and colleagues. We’ve had enormous support from recruitment consultancies across the board. It makes economic sense to advertise a job vacancy for free rather than paying the hefty charges levied by other recruitment sites. These media jobs sites seem to ignore the fact that costs are being cut almost everywhere you look.”

Media businesses have been forced to restructure, ahead of what is expected to be a painful 2009. Redundancy programmes were unveiled at Trinity Mirror, which has cut 1,200 jobs and axed 44 titles, Channel 4, which will reduce its workforce by 200, and at Independent News & Media, where 90 jobs are being lost.

The Daily Mail and General Trust announced the cutting of 400 jobs last month. In the magazine world, Emap and Haymarket also undertook significant reductions in their headcounts. Pundits expect further cuts to take place at Telegraph Media Group and job losses are expected at the Financial Times. Some 500 posts are believed to be under threat at ITV’s regional news operations, according to the National Union of Journalists. Although regional newspaper groups were encouraged by the BBC Trust’s decision last month to reject the corporation’s plans for a local video-based online service, the BBC said the decision would cost the jobs of 200 journalists.

The spokesman said: “There is no denying the fact that the face of the media industry is changing across the United Kingdom. But there are still hundreds of jobs being created every week in public relations and journalism. Press jobs.co UK is all about providing a showcase for these vacancies.”

For more information visit http://www.pressjobs.co.uk

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