Comments on: The State of Israel’s Job Market Early in the Global Economic Crisis: What’s Going On? http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/ JobMob is about bringing together job seekers and jobfinders to find jobs in Israel and all over the world. Our motto is "all together now." The blog is filled with straight-talking advice based on real world experience and lots of humor thrown in. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jacob Share http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/#comment-68892 Jacob Share Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:34:17 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/#comment-68892 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@HR_Productivity The Israeli economy isn't doing so well, most of my predictions have come true http://tr.im/jW6P I'll blog an update soon</span></span> @HR_Productivity The Israeli economy isn’t doing so well, most of my predictions have come true http://tr.im/jW6P I’ll blog an update soon

]]> By: Jacob Share http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/#comment-45123 Jacob Share Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:37:18 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/#comment-45123 Thanks for the corrections, Nelson, I updated the article. If you feel see any other errors on other JobMob articles, please point them out as well. Thanks for the corrections, Nelson, I updated the article. If you feel see any other errors on other JobMob articles, please point them out as well.

]]> By: nelson http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/#comment-45122 nelson Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:28:09 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/#comment-45122 I enjoyed your article. It seems well thought out and you seem to be welled informed of what is currenlty going on in your country. As an independent English teacher, I'd like to point out the following grammtical mistake of yours. You wrote: "Less people are being hired". The correct word is "fewer" because people is a countable noun (person-singular, people-plural). Same goes for "there really are less job openings listed". The sentence should read: "There are really FEWER job openings (openings is a countable noun). Less is used with uncountable nouns; such as, wind, salt, water, etc. Uncountable nouns are always singular. For example: "I drank LESS water than you" "Dan spend LESS time than you on the final exam" I hope this comment in good faith adds to your well thought out articles. Sincerely Nelson I enjoyed your article. It seems well thought out and you seem to be welled informed of what is currenlty going on in your country.
As an independent English teacher, I’d like to point out the following grammtical mistake of yours.
You wrote: “Less people are being hired”. The correct word is “fewer” because people is a countable noun (person-singular, people-plural).
Same goes for “there really are less job openings listed”. The sentence should read:
“There are really FEWER job openings (openings is a countable noun).
Less is used with uncountable nouns; such as, wind, salt, water, etc. Uncountable nouns are always singular. For example:
“I drank LESS water than you”
“Dan spend LESS time than you on the final exam”
I hope this comment in good faith adds to your well thought out articles.
Sincerely
Nelson

]]> By: josh http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/#comment-14613 josh Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:54:20 +0000 http://jobmob.co.il/blog/global-economic-crisis-affecting-israel-job-market/#comment-14613 Very nice summary! The mass media here in Israel has been very irresponsible in their reporting of the global issue. Even when the crisis had not yet touched Israel, we were told about the sky falling as if we cared. Sure Israel is a bit ethnocentric about news, but frankly, the vast majority of us are not directly invested in stocks. Even the much publicized pension issue is exagerated since the pensions funds are always spread over different sectors, not only in stocks. So people have started to pull back on spending, shopping, restaurants and basically this started the ball rolling long before it was supposed to. Sure the media has a responsibility to warn us of an impending issue, but not with 10cm high banners and black and red cover pages. The Yeshivas being hit with a loss in donations means sending out people into the workforce. This might actually mean the Israeli economy will spring forward at the expense of Torah study. With God's help, the students will be able to return to the yeshivas sooner than later. Very nice summary!

The mass media here in Israel has been very irresponsible in their reporting of the global issue. Even when the crisis had not yet touched Israel, we were told about the sky falling as if we cared. Sure Israel is a bit ethnocentric about news, but frankly, the vast majority of us are not directly invested in stocks. Even the much publicized pension issue is exagerated since the pensions funds are always spread over different sectors, not only in stocks.

So people have started to pull back on spending, shopping, restaurants and basically this started the ball rolling long before it was supposed to. Sure the media has a responsibility to warn us of an impending issue, but not with 10cm high banners and black and red cover pages.

The Yeshivas being hit with a loss in donations means sending out people into the workforce. This might actually mean the Israeli economy will spring forward at the expense of Torah study. With God’s help, the students will be able to return to the yeshivas sooner than later.

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