With unemployment at 10 percent nationwide, getting a new job is difficult. It often comes down to who you know. That's where social networking sites like Twitter come in.
Charles Martin says it takes him only eight seconds to apply for a job after learning about it on TweetMyJobs.com, one of his favorite job search engines, including Gettele Communications Jobs, Its My Job, and Tech Jobs.
Just call it "the bailout effect." Likely fueled by huge increases in government spending, Washington, D.C. may the best city in America for job seekers, according to a new ranking by the job search engine JuJu.com.
Connecting employers with job-seekers in their own community is easy and effective with the recruitment experts at LocalWork.ca. Working close to home boosts work-life balance, the environment and the local economy.
The newly launched LocalWork.ca draws on the time-tested recruitment knowledge of Metroland Media Group Ltd.'s network of more than 100 local community newspapers and websites to be the premier source for linking local employers with the talent they need.
Christchurch, New Zealand -- With purse strings easing, smart, forward-thinking companies will be looking to capitalise on the prospect of new opportunities. This means the labour market is about to heat up. And from the perspective of students, the timing couldn’t be better. The key then, is finding these opportunities and seizing them.
From a small tourism office in downtown, you can tell a lot about unemployment in Anchorage.
"People when they come here are usually stressed, depressed ... sometimes you'll ask one question and a woman will sit down and burst into tears," said Essie Rastopsoff, who works at Alaska's Finest Tours and Cruises at Fifth and Gambell.
NBAA is pleased to announce its NEW job resource – Business Aviation Jobs! This new tool is designed to make it easier for business aviation professionals to find the newest available positions and gain greater exposure to hiring companies. In turn, companies can post openings to NBAA's Business Aviation Jobs site to find the most qualified people in the industry to fill their positions.
Web Scribble Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of job board software, is announcing the release of the latest version of its webJobs software.
webJobs allows small businesses and individuals to start a fully automated and comprehensive job site, providing the newest features of major employment sites out there. The job board script features support for employers posting jobs, various billing types, resume uploads in virtually all formats for job seekers, and a powerful search engine for jobs. webJobs also features a Job Agent and Resume Agent which allow job seekers and employers to receive email notifications when a new job or resume is uploaded that matches their criteria.
Simply Hired, the largest job search engine, today announced a new localized destination website for Japan (www.simplyhired.jp).
With more than 200,000 available local job postings at launch, Simply Hired's expanded presence in Asia will directly benefit job seekers-who anticipate a worsening in the job market toward the end of the year-and bring a wealth of opportunity to local recruiters, employers and Web publishers. The new job search engine for Japan joins localized Simply Hired websites in 14 other countries on five continents and in eight languages.
The job market is a competitive place, and it gets no more competitive than among the many online job search websites available for job seekers.
In Atlantic Canada, a clear frontrunner has emerged as the place to go if you're searching for a new career.
It's a recession, so few things are booming and no city is exactly thriving. But within the tech industry, some cities clearly have more job opportunities than others. Although tech employment overall has suffered along with the rest of the economy, there's been variance: High-tech manufacturing jobs have been shed more rapidly, while IT service jobs—in engineering and in software services, for instance—have fared better. And one future bright spot: Over the next three years, the federal government is projected to make 11,500 new hires in information technology jobs, according to a report by the Partnership for Public Service.
Despite Severn Recruitment Solutions making the first job placement using The Sun’s new jobsite recruiters have had mixed fortunes using the site.
JobMound.com, which indexes where organizations list jobs, launched a directory of where the nation’s hospitals list jobs on their websites this week. The index features listings for 255 hospitals across the fifty states and Washington D.C.
San Jose, CA -- Kontacs.com, Inc., has launched a website to help both employers and job seekers make the most of tight economic times with free job postings, and free resume postings, not just as a promotion, but everyday.
"I began this site in response to the downsizing of staffs and layoffs that were happening all around me in the IT sector," said Gary Dhaliwal, founder and CEO of Kontacs. "People needed to find jobs and I knew that the layoffs here were a reflection of what was happening across the country in almost every business and industry sector, not just IT," he said.
When you post your resume on Internet job boards — and you must if you’re looking for work — you may want to keep your name and contact information confidential.
If you don’t care who knows you’re job hunting, then don’t worry about it. But if you’re still working and want to job hunt without your current employer knowing about, then heed this advice.
San Francisco, CA -- GigFish is an online job site specializing in the high-tech sector, which includes the fields of engineering, research & development, web development & design, information technology (IT), technical sales & marketing, product management, science, biotech, and various other technical fields.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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