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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 …OSHA Model Workplace Program Now Subject Of Two Probes
03/03/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Model Workplace Program Now Subject Of Two Probes
By CHRIS HAMBY, iWatchNews— The Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General will examine a federal program that recognizes “model workplaces” and exempts them from regular inspections, the office’s audit plan for the coming fiscal year shows. The assessment comes as an Occupational Safety and Health Administration task force is conducting its own review of the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs […]
Continue reading …Atomic Workers Reject Union, Employer Misconduct Alleged
02/03/2012 Comments Off on Atomic Workers Reject Union, Employer Misconduct Alleged
On Wednesday, 29 February 2012, a two-thirds majority of technical workers at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) near Albany, New York, rejected a unionization bid, amid allegations of employer misconduct. The vote was 87 in favor and 166 against out of 265 eligible voters, according to a statement from Local 147 of the International […]
Continue reading …Executive, Professional Hiring To Keep Rising But Pace Slower
01/03/2012 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies
29/02/2012 Comments Off on 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 […]
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 …TheLadders Executive Climbs Another Rung
28/02/2012 Comments Off on TheLadders Executive Climbs Another Rung
Alexandre Douzet is adding chief operating officer to his current title of president of TheLadders. Douzet co-founded the company with CEO, Marc Cenedella, in 2003. TheLadders began as a job search site people making six figure salaries. In September 2011 it expanded its services to include under-$100K positions. “With over a decade in the job-matching […]
Continue reading …U.S. News Magazine’s Rankings Of The 25 Best Jobs of 2012
28/02/2012 Comments Off on U.S. News Magazine’s Rankings Of The 25 Best Jobs of 2012
U.S. News magazine’s rankings of the 25 best jobs of 2012. The 25 best jobs selected are high-opportunity jobs, with competitive salaries and strong job satisfaction. Best jobs for 2012 as ranked by U.S. News with salary ranges: 1. Registered Nurse Salary Range:$44,190-$95,130 2. Software Developer $54,360-$133,110 3. Pharmacist $82,090-$138,620 4. Medical Assistant $20,810-$40,190 5. Database […]
Continue reading …DirectEmployers Launches Job Search Tech R&D Foundation
28/02/2012 Comments Off on 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 […]
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