DETROIT — General Motors has dropped a four-year degree requirement for many jobs, opting for a skills-based, people-focused hiring process instead. “From a soft skills perspective, we really needed people who can connect with people,” said Tammy Golden, GM’s executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion and head of the automaker’s work force strategy. “When…
President Cyril Ramaphosa says lack of resources means that government is unable to assist Comair to solve its financial troubles. Comair, which operates the local British Airways and low-cost carrier Kulula.com, announced this week that it had applied for liquidation. The airline operator’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) had stated they “no longer believe that there is a reasonable prospect…
Speedway has already made a successful return, and greyhound racing is next. The stadium needs paddock stewards, track staff and racing office staff to assist with the sport’s return. Read again: Fond memories of greyhound racing The return of greyhound racing next month will be a boost to punters who enjoyed the sport in Oxford for…
People on the Prairies are harnessing the natural bounty of renewable energy to fuel a clean-energy revolution — creating jobs and helping steer us away from the vagaries of volatile international oil markets and prices. Photo of a solar farm. Credit: Zsuzska Boka / pixabay A David Suzuki Foundation study found Canada’s Prairie provinces could…