The Business Times

Youth

International

China youth unemployment edges up in February: official data

China’s youth unemployment rate rose slightly in February, official data showed on Wednesday (Mar 20), as policymakers in the world’s second-largest economy work to ease mounting fears of a downturn.

Blair Effron says Centerview is looking for people who have those types of skills, and it’s “less about whether you can make a great model”.
Working Life

AI means kids should learn judgement, not code, says Centerview founder

THE growth of artificial intelligence (AI) means young people should be learning how to think critically and have good judgment, rather than developing coding skills, said one of New York’s top banker...

University graduates attend a job fair in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Sept 4, 2023. On Wednesday, China's statistics bureau is expected to omit for the fourth consecutive month the release of youth unemployment data, suspended in July after reaching a record 21.3 per cent in June, just as 11.6 million fresh graduates were entering the job market.
Global Enterprise

Chinese graduates hold off career dreams, take temporary government jobs

HAVING failed to find his dream job at a Chinese internet company upon graduation, Peter Liu settled for a role in a state library where there is so little need for his participation that he spends hi...

Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
View More