Uruguay launches an Act on Youth Employment

The Youth Employment Act grants a subsidy to private companies hiring young people, announced Daniel Olesker, the minister of Social Development. After the Council of ...

Latin America’s billionaires beat world record

By Andrés Oppenheimer When I saw a new report published this week showing that the percentage of billionaires in Latin America grew faster than in any other part of the world, ...

Formalization of outsourcing in Colombia

True outsourcing is “the action of resorting to an exterior agency to operate a function that used to be performed by a company”, says Miguel Perez García, President of the ...

The brake on economy, diagnosis and employment

Felipe Larraín: “The government speech swings between blaming the previous administration and holding the international economy as responsible. Both sides of this ...

Human Capital in the Mining Industry

Technical professions represent 81% of the demanded human capital in the Chilean mining industry. By Carlos Inostroza The continuous industrial growth of China during the past ...

Young Mexicans seem doomed to informal employment

Only a minority of Mexicans between 15 and 19 years old have a formal job. Most of them earn from 1 to 2 minimum wages. Ratification of ILO’s Convention 181 would stop the ...

Mexico needs specialized talent in order to grow

According to a report done by Hays, industries such as Engineering, Energy, Infrastructure and Healthcare show the highest levels of talent shortage. In order to take full ...