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Daisy Pushers: Top 10 Dying U.S. Industries
26/04/2012 Comments Off on Daisy Pushers: Top 10 Dying U.S. Industries
Some industries simply aren’t participating in the recovery, says a recent report by IBISWorld, Los Angeles-based publisher and analyst of financial information. “In fact, some are pushing up daisies,” according to the report by Caitlin Moldvay and Douglas Kelly of IBISWorld. IBISWorld defines a dying industry as one in a declining life cycle, with both […]
Continue reading …Your Resume Has Just Six Seconds To Impress Recruiters
24/03/2012 Comments Off on Your Resume Has Just Six Seconds To Impress Recruiters
By R. DAVID WENDELL– A new study by TheLadders job board suggests recruiters spend just six seconds reviewing a resume before deciding if the candidate is a good fit. Despite most recruiters self-reporting that they spend at least four minutes reviewing a resume, the results revealed that they devote only a fraction of that time. […]
Continue reading …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 …Career Lessons From Interviews With Idiots
19/03/2012 Comments Off on Career Lessons From Interviews With Idiots
By PENELOPE TRUNK — In case you’ve never noticed, I rarely interview anyone for this column. Most of my sources are family and unsuspecting friends who complain that I make everyone look bad. But it is not true. It is true that they THINK I make them look bad, but in fact, I could rip […]
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 …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 …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 …EEOC Wins Religious Discrimination Suit With Convergys
20/02/2012 Comments Off on EEOC Wins Religious Discrimination Suit With Convergys
By LAURA LIEBECK– During a 2011 job interview Shannon Fantroy, told a Convergys Customer Management Group recruiter that he observes the Jewish sabbeth — which is from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday — and could not work on Saturdays. The recruiter for a call center in Hazelwood, Mo., told Fantroy that unless he […]
Continue reading …US Outlook: Job Market Improves, But Will It Last?
16/02/2012 Comments Off on 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 […]
Continue reading …Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim
05/02/2012 Comments Off on 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 […]
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