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Networking Tips For Women – Four Ways To Shatter The Glass Ceiling
08/03/2012 Comments Off on Networking Tips For Women – Four Ways To Shatter The Glass Ceiling
By PENELOPE TRUNK — One of the reasons the Glass Ceiling persists is because networking is key to getting ahead and women are not as effective as men at building a network. For one thing, men, more than women, are likely to be invited out to dinner (since men are doing the inviting). Also, men, more […]
Continue reading …Infographic – Building A Work Wardrobe When You Haven’t Been Paid Yet
07/03/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – Building A Work Wardrobe When You Haven’t Been Paid Yet
Infographic – How To Build A Work Wardrobe When You Haven’t Even Gotten Paid Yet It never hurts to dress for success. But when you don’t have much money, obtaining suitable business attire – a work wardrobe – no matter what the job, can be a source of stress. This handy infographic illustrates how to […]
Continue reading …Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
27/02/2012 Comments Off on Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
By ROBERT SCALLY — The outlook for the U.S. economy is mostly unchanged from that of three months ago, according to 45 economic forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The economy continues to slowly improve, and should keep getting better for the next few years. The overall forecast for job growth and […]
Continue reading …Analysis – Business Education, MBA Programs Helped Trash The Economy
20/02/2012 Comments Off on Analysis – Business Education, MBA Programs Helped Trash The Economy
By MARGARET HEFFERNAN– Business schools educate armies of bankers, investors and corporate finance executives. How come they don’t feel responsible for the financial havoc that has ensued? After the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, and then again, following 2008’s financial crisis, there was a brief flurry of soul-searching among business schools. Then poof — gone. […]
Continue reading …Infographic – Social Media Recruiting
19/02/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – Social Media Recruiting
Bullhorn Reach, a division of Bullhorn, Inc., global software-as-a-service for provider for employee recruitment, recently put the findings of some of its research on how recruiters are using social media into an infographic. Among the key findings about social media recruiting: LinkedIn delivers nearly nine times more applications than Facebook and three times more than […]
Continue reading …U.S. In Longest Period Of High Unemployment Since Great Depression
17/02/2012 Comments Off on U.S. In Longest Period Of High Unemployment Since Great Depression
If you’re unemployed and searching for job and it seems like things are REALLY tough out there, it is not your imagination. As far as unemployment is concerned, these are officially hard times, according to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Not only is the United States is in the midst of […]
Continue reading …Social Media Jobs Salary Guide – Infographic
15/02/2012 Comments Off on Social Media Jobs Salary Guide – InfographicThe folks at Onward Search, a Wilton, Conn.-based Internet marketing and interactive design staffing firm, developed this handy infographic salary guide for social media jobs in in 20 major U.S. cities. Social Media Jobs Salary Guide Onward describes its social media jobs salary guide as a look at the “most in-demand job titles and average […]
Continue reading …See The Big Picture–Five Overlooked Rules Of Management
07/02/2012 Comments Off on See The Big Picture–Five Overlooked Rules Of Management
By PENELOPE TRUNK– All managers have one, shared goal: Get a promotion. But many times, the job of a manger is so multifaceted and detail-laden that the manager loses site of that big picture. Here are five jobs of a manager that are often lost in the muddle of managing smaller, day-to-day issues. 1. Manage […]
Continue reading …Attention Students! Start Summer Job Search In Winter—Like Now
06/02/2012 Comments Off on Attention Students! Start Summer Job Search In Winter—Like Now
By PENELOPE TRUNK–Students who want a job or internship in June need to start looking in the winter. Those who wait until spring to search set themselves up to be bottom feeders in the job market. The hardest part of a job search is starting. Here is a guide to help you start sooner. Summer […]
Continue reading …How The Economic Stimulus Recharged Electric Car Biz And Created Jobs
03/02/2012 Comments Off on How The Economic Stimulus Recharged Electric Car Biz And Created Jobs
By MICHAEL GRABELL/ProPublica–A common criticism of President Obama’s $800 billion economic stimulus package has been that it failed to produce anything – that while the New Deal built bridges and dams, all the stimulus did was fill some potholes and create temporary jobs. Don’t tell that to Annette Herrera. She was 50 when the auto […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill