While the world pursues the knowledge economy, employers are increasingly desperate for plumbers, welders and other technical staff, U.S. employment services firm Manpower Inc said on Tuesday, in its annual survey of staff shortages.

Saudi Arabia's Labor Minister found a novel way of encouraging Saudis to take jobs they think are beneath them -- by working as a waiter for three hours in a fast-food restaurant, newspapers reported on Tuesday.

THE BATTLEFORDS -- Immigrants moving to The Battlefords aren't just coming to fill jobs. They're creating their own.

Workers across the state may be singing the blues as a result of the nation's poor economy, but many Peninsula industries and employees are whistling an entirely different tune.

A struggling US economy lost 159,000 jobs in September as the weight of the housing collapse and credit crunch hit a broad swath of industries, government data showed Friday.