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Business
The Two Questions Jeff Bezos Asked a Job Applicant
One of Jeff Bezos's former employees at Amazon recently shared the story of her job interview with the company's founder and former CEO. Ann Hiatt, who landed a job interview with the billionaire businessman during the relatively early days...
Economy
Google to Create 20,000 New Jobs in Greece
Google's investment in cloud services in Greece could contribute over two billion euros to the Greek GDP by 2030 and create twenty thousand well-paid new jobs, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday speaking at the event for the presentation...
Business
Greek Company Receives License to Produce Medical Cannabis in Europe
The Greek company Kalacan Hellas S.A. recently announced that it had received its medical cannabis installation license, allowing the company to establish manufacturing facilities in Europe to produce cannabis.
The company plans on building its large-scale greenhouses on a 77,258...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Rate Falls to New Record-Low Levels
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 16.5 percent of the workforce in November of 2019, the latest month for which official data is available.
The unemployment rate during the same month in 2018 was 18.6 percent, dropping to 16.6 percent in...
Canada
Canadian Customer-Care Firm to Create 600 Jobs in Athens, Greece
The Canadian firm ''24-7 Intouch'' announced recently that it aims to expand its operation in Europe, creating more than 600 jobs in Athens, Greece.
The customer care and technology company said in a press release that it will open its...
Economy
Greek Unemployment Continues Downward Trend; Falls to 16.9% in July
The unemployment rate in Greece fell to 16.9 percent of the workforce in July of 2019, from a level of 19.1 percent seen exactly one year earlier and 17.1 percent in June of this year, the Hellenic (Greek) Statistical Authority...
Economy
Greece Remains First in the EU in Unemployment Among University Graduates
Τhe Center for the Development of Educational Policy of the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (KANEP-GSEE) published a study in Thessaloniki recently in which it shows that unemployment among young Greek university graduates remains very high, after nearly...
Greece
Greek Unemployment Falls to 17.6 Percent in April, Lowest Since 2011
The Greek unemployment rate fell to 17.6 per cent of the workforce in April 2019 from 18.2 per cent in March and 19.8 pct in April last year, the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said in a report on Thursday.
This...
Crime
Ioannina Cleaner Sentenced to Eight Years For Forged School Diploma
A cleaner from the Greek city of Ioannina has been convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment for forging her primary school diploma in order to be hired at the city hospital, local media reported on Thursday.
There is still no...
Economy
Greek Employment Rose in First Quarter of 2018: Report
The employment rate in Greece grew to 54.1 percent of the working population aged 15-64 in the first quarter of 2018, from 53.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 and 52.8 percent a year earlier, the Organisation for...