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Infographic – How To Craft The Perfect Resume For The Digital Age
21/03/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – How To Craft The Perfect Resume For The Digital Age
How To Craft The Perfect Resume For The Digital Age Writing, formatting and sending a resume to its intended recipient is a tricky proposition these days. Often the format of your resume and your choice of words determine whether your resume will make it through your perspective employer’s “talent management: software. So what to do? […]
Continue reading …Study Finds Healthy Social Network Helps After Job Loss
09/03/2012 Comments Off on Study Finds Healthy Social Network Helps After Job Loss
By BERNIE DeGROAT, University of Michigan — When faced with job loss, people who consider themselves poor may limit employment prospects by believing they have a smaller social network than they actually do, says a University of Michigan business professor. “Social networks help explain people’s outcomes in the labor market by determining how people seek help,” […]
Continue reading …Monster Behind The Job Board At CeBIT
07/03/2012 Comments Off on Monster Behind The Job Board At CeBIT
There’s a Monster behind the job board at CeBIT digital tradeshow taking place this week in Hanover, Germany. Job search giant Monster Worldwide, Inc., is the powering job board at CeBIT, the world’s largest information technology and telecommunications trade fair. The “CeBIT Job Centre powered by Monster” has nearly 11,000 IT jobs posted. During CeBIT, […]
Continue reading …Job Seekers Taking Their Job Search Mobile
05/03/2012 Comments Off on Job Seekers Taking Their Job Search Mobile
Job search and recruiting are going mobile. Leading job search engine SimplyHired.com has released its 2012 Mobile Job Search Outlook, a survey of current trends in U.S. mobile web activity and mobile job search. The report also includes advice for employers using mobile technology for sourcing and hiring. “Using mobile devices to find information has […]
Continue reading …JobsMiner Is First Job Search Engine Covering All Social Networks
04/03/2012 Comments Off on JobsMiner Is First Job Search Engine Covering All Social Networks
A group of technology and marketing entrepreneurs in Israel have come up with the first jobs search engine that they claim covers all social networks. JobsMiner.com crawls social networks, blogs and forums, filtering out the and finding only opportunities relevant to the job seeker. The aim of the search engine is to uncover “hidden jobs” […]
Continue reading …Canada Axes Student Summer Jobs Centers
29/02/2012 Comments Off on Canada Axes Student Summer Jobs Centers
Canada is shutting down its summer student jobs centers run by the federal human resources department after nearly 40 years in operation, saying more students prefer Internet job searches. The human resources department will expand the online resources available to students at youth.gc.ca. The move will reportedly save the government $6.5 million (Cn) a year, […]
Continue reading …Oregon May Ban Job Ads Telling Unemployed Not to Apply
28/02/2012 Comments Off on Oregon May Ban Job Ads Telling Unemployed Not to Apply
The Oregon House of Representatives voted Monday, 27 February 2012, to ban job advertisements that tell unemployed job seekers to not apply, the Associated Press reports. The Oregon House approved the bill on a 56-4 vote, sending the measure to Gov. John Kitzhaber. If the bill becomes law, Oregon’s employers could still simply exclude unemployed […]
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 …What Are The Consequences Of Unemployment?
17/02/2012 Comments Off on What Are The Consequences Of Unemployment?
One portion of a recent Congressional Budget Office report (released 16 February 2012) on high unemployment recounts some facts about effects of unemployment what should seem obvious, but bear repeating. Ultimately it is the human costs of an economy racked by the consequences of Bush-era capitalism gone wild that will take the biggest tool on […]
Continue reading …Maine Librarians Bridge Digital Job Divide
17/02/2012 Comments Off on Maine Librarians Bridge Digital Job Divide
By KISTINE CAROLAN, New America Foundation— Patrick Therrien holds a Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership and a Graduate Certification in Human Resources Management. During three months of unemployment, Therrien looked online to learn the latest tips on how to build his resume, write cover letters, and give a strong interview. Despite his tech-savvy, he felt […]
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