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JobsMiner Is First Job Search Engine Covering All Social Networks

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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” […]

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Executive, Professional Hiring To Keep Rising But Pace Slower

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Executive, Professional Hiring To Keep Rising But Pace Slower

Hiring in professional fields is likely to keep rising in the second quarter of 2012 but at a slower pace than forecast for the first quarter, according to a new survey by the staffing firm Robert Half. A net 2% of executives interviewed for the Robert Half Professional Employment Report plan to add full-time staff […]

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Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies

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Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies

Canadian companies are taking advantage of Ireland’s economy, which reeling from a prolonged financial crisis, by actively recruiting skilled workers. The Star Phoenix newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ca., reports that at least 26 firms from the province were taking a trip to attend the Working Abroad Expo in Dublin, Ireland, and then traveling to Cork […]

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DirectEmployers Launches Job Search Tech R&D Foundation

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DirectEmployers Launches Job Search Tech R&D Foundation

Taking a bold technological stance in the job search world, the DirectEmployers Association has launched the DirectEmployers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) educational and scientific nonprofit, “dedicated to the rapid development of game-changing open source job search and career marketing tools.” During the past decade, DirectEmployers Association has created new products to keep its members on the […]

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Infographic – Social Media Recruiting

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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 […]

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U.S. In Longest Period Of High Unemployment Since Great Depression

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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 […]

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US Outlook: Job Market Improves, But Will It Last?

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US Outlook: Job Market Improves, But Will It Last?

In the most recent sign the job market in the US is steadily improving, the number of people on unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest point in almost four years last week, according to a US Department of Labor report issued 16 February 2012. In the unemployment report, the Labor Department reports weekly applications for […]

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Attention Students! Start Summer Job Search In Winter—Like Now

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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 […]

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Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim

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Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim

By ROBERT SCALLY and R. DAVID WENDEL– Pepsi Beverages will pay $3.13 million and provide job offers and training to settle charges of racial discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Minneapolis office. More than 300 African Americans were affected by a criminal background check policy that disproportionately excluded black applicants from permanent employment […]

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How The Economic Stimulus Recharged Electric Car Biz And Created Jobs

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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 […]

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