Unemployment

The divide in Iran's protests: Why ethnic minorities are not taking to the streets - opinion

Most Iranian ethnic minorities disdain both Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and the MEK, who have been calling for protests. However, that does not mean that they still should not join.

Protesters gather as vehicles burn, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released on January 9, 2026.
Einbal Mashash, CEO of the Employment Service

Israel's youth labor force participation rate declines as gender gap narrows

People walk near office towers at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020

Gaza war, AI use trigger rising unemployment in Israel's tech sector, Taub Center study finds

 A Chinese man sitting at his desk

Weird trend: Unemployed people pay to pretend they have jobs


Foreign workers in Bahrain face job cuts as government aims for 'Bahrainization'

Many companies in Bahrain are now tending to lay off non-Bahraini employees in jobs that can be filled by citizens, according to their specialization.

Manama, Bahrain

Lebanese women find work, if they can get it, 'senseless' due to economic conditions

Rising unemployment rates are affecting both men and women, but the latter are being hit much harder. Women are losing jobs and being forced into dependency.

Syrian refugee women and children work in a field in Al-Khiam village, near the Israeli border in south Lebanon October 13, 2017.

Palestinian unemployment in West Bank, Gaza Strip on decline - report

The report also indicated that 22% of Palestinian wage employees work in Israel and in settlements in the West Bank

 Palestinian men work in an orchard near Kibbutz Nir Am, southern Israel, February 20, 2022.

Israeli immigrant uses QR code to help with job hunt

What lengths would you go to in order to find your next perfect role? For one immigrant to Israel, the limit does not exist.

 QR code signs leading to a candidate's resume were posted up and down Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard.

Unemployment is pushing Gazan youths to move abroad

Tens of thousands of Israel-issued work permits do nothing to put a dent in an unemployment rate of 70% among Gazan youths.

 Moamen Toman, a Palestinian man, reads a book in his coffee shop in Gaza Strip January 23, 2023

Gen Z want more flexible working conditions - study

A study conducted by Fiverr has shown that workers aged between 16-26 value passion, flexibility and the ability to build skill when seeking employment opportunities.

The Bnei Brak Employment Center

Rewrite ‘internal algorithms’ to help in job hunt - comment

Here to help with your biggest job hunt questions.

THE UNNAMED ASSISTANT’S fears of messing up, disappointing her boss and losing her job conflict with her sense that Harvey Weinstein is abusing women and she is helping him do so, in a way that traps her in a kind of chronic torment.

What are the best jobs in Israel? Recruiting website has the answer

Israelis have plenty of options to expand their job hunt, yet they still flock to the same few companies. What's so special about them?

 Email Marketing Course at the workplace

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis could be laid off without change

The Manufacturers' Association of Israel has warned that if the situation doesn't drastically change, hundreds of thousands of employees will be laid off.

 Independent business owners and workers from the tourism sector protest, calling for financial support from the Israeli government, outside the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 13, 2021

Netanyahu fires 3 drivers who worked for 9 PMs without warning

Netanyahu claimed that the drivers could no longer work with him because he doesn't trust them after they worked for Bennett and Lapid.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU has formed a government but it will not be one that is easy to manage.