Supermarkets lead the way in new job opportunities
January 28, 2009
Supermarket giant Asda has announced that 7,000 jobs are to be created as part of plans to extend a number of existing outlets and the opening of several new stores. The supermarket sector is one which appears to have fought off the recession better than other industries such as retail and car manufacturing, and recently other supermarket chains have announced growth and new jobs to be created, including Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons.
Many of the new jobs at Asda will be aimed at people who have been unemployed for a long time, presumably as part of local employment partnerships in conjunction with the Job Centre. The chain is also intending work with Remploy, which is a government agency that provides:
“employment services and employment to people experiencing complex barriers to work” (www.remploy.co.uk)
Another company that has announced new jobs to be created is BSkyB, with 1,000 new vacancies to be made available due to the continuing growth in demand for services.
This is excellent news after weeks and weeks of announcements of redundancies in many industries including retailers such as M&S and car manufacturers such as Nissan. Recently Business Secretary Peter Mandelson announced a £2.5billion ‘lifeline’ package for the struggling car industry, a lot of which is to guarantee loans taken for lower carbon initiatives, and some of which is to provide funding for training and support for workers in the industry.
The jobs crisis is not just in the UK - the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that the global economic crisis could lead to the loss of 51million jobs worldwide this year, and the worst affected places will not be developed countries such as the UK but those who are still developing, such as countries in North Africa and the Middle East.
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