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MoneyWatch – How to Use Google to Get a Job
11/10/2011 Comments Off on MoneyWatch – How to Use Google to Get a Job
A good how-to on using Google in a job search. From moneywatch.bnet.com – How to Use Google to Get a Job With the economy in a state of slow recovery and an influx of recent grads in the job market, many Americans are searching for work. Trends from Google Search reveal that an increasing number […]
Continue reading …Infographic: The High Cost Dropping Out of College
07/10/2011 Comments Off on Infographic: The High Cost Dropping Out of College
Infographic: The High Cost Dropping Out of College
Continue reading …Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
06/10/2011 Comments Off on Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my […]
Continue reading …Corporations Couldn’t Wait to ‘Check the Box’ on Huge Tax Break That Allegedly Created Jobs
04/10/2011 Comments Off on Corporations Couldn’t Wait to ‘Check the Box’ on Huge Tax Break That Allegedly Created Jobs
By Jeff Gerth, ProPublica, and Megan Murphy and Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times This article was co-published with the Financial Times. A simple rule meant to cut paperwork for U.S. companies has grown into one of the biggest multinational tax breaks around, costing the United States and other governments billions of dollars in lost taxes each […]
Continue reading …Information Technology Outsourcing Goes Rural
03/10/2011 Comments Off on Information Technology Outsourcing Goes Rural
Information technology outsourcing is taking on a rural flavor in favor of American accents and fewer times zones. Your next help desk call may be answered in Iowa instead of India. It seems the are a growing number of reasons to keep jobs at home. This piece, written by an outsourcing consultant, takes a swipe […]
Continue reading …America’s Sputtering Economy by the Numbers
26/09/2011 Comments Off on America’s Sputtering Economy by the Numbers
By Braden Goyette ProPublica America’s Sputtering Economy, by the Numbers. With increasing signs that the economy is laboring [2], most economists agree that a short-term infusion of spending, or an extension of this year’s temporary cut in Social Security taxes, could help fend off a new downturn. But whatever one thinks of the debt deal […]
Continue reading …Do Regulations Really Kill Jobs? Not So Much
26/09/2011 Comments Off on Do Regulations Really Kill Jobs? Not So Much
By Marian Wang, ProPublica It’s become a mantra on Capitol Hill and a rallying cry for industry groups: Get rid of the job-killing regulations. In recent days, with nearly every one of the GOP presidential [1] candidates [2] repeating [3] that [4] refrain [5], the political echo chamber has grown even louder. Earlier this month, […]
Continue reading …About Unemployment Insurance in the United States
24/09/2011 Comments Off on About Unemployment Insurance in the United States
About Unemployment Insurance in the United States If you lost your job through no fault of your own, you may be eligible for unemployment compensation. The program meant to keep you up on your feet and putting food on the table until you can find your another source of income. However this gravy train has […]
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