Avue Technologies has unveiled the new "Avue Central(TM)" -- featuring a new look and several revolutionary new applications that guarantee the fastest, most efficient and user-friendly Federal job application site available.
"Hundreds of thousands of hard working highly qualified Americans need jobs, while hundreds of thousands of Federal jobs need hard working, highly qualified Americans," said Linda Rix, Co-CEO of Avue. "Our mission is to make this connection better, faster and much, much easier."
For most job seekers, the routine is numbingly familiar: See an ad, respond to an ad, wait for a response, repeat. It happens every day in every market across the United States. Unfortunately, it's one of the least efficient ways to get a job, says Richard Deems, a career coach and organizational expert.
It’s all about information.
Odds are, you have a computer, or at least access to one. Go to your local library if you don’t and jump on the internet highway. When you’re out of work, the internet is your best tool for amassing information that can help in your job search, provided you utilize it effectively.
MILWAUKEE — With little relief in sight on the employment scene, job hunters have to be savvier and more careful than ever about what they choose to spend money on as they search.
Luckily, one of the best ways to find a job — networking — is practically free.
The key is to stay focused on your goals, experts said. Here are some tips on ways to keep spending down while looking for the job you want.
Ohio Cox Media in partnership with Yahoo Hot Jobs launched an online virtual career event on August 31st.
The site contains job postings for various companies ranging from logistics company Warner Enterprises to Dannon, a dairy product manufacturer and distributer. The event is scheduled to end Oct. 14.
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.
Everyone complains about the horrible process for hiring online. There’s often a flood of irrelevant, useless applications, especially with the dire job market spurring some people to apply for any and all positions. There are a number of startups trying to solve this problem, and now a new one called Localbacon is throwing its hat into the ring.
Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN -- I Lost My Job.com announced today the launch of their website designed to help people who are going through the life event of job loss. The site combines informative videos with written articles to help people cope with all aspects of losing a job, regardless of the reason.
Downtown Tampa / Andrew Avitus
Tampa, FL - With the Tampa Bay area's unemployment rate above 11 percent, finding a job these days can take a heroic effort.
Tales of hiring managers being inundated with resumes are everywhere.
When a company called Vangent opened a telephone call center in Riverview earlier this summer, it received 2,000 applications for 200 positions.
Wausau, WI -- Books aren't the only thing drawing job seekers to the library.
The Portage and Marathon County Public Libraries are seeing a 10 percent increase in computer usage, over this time last year.
A Middle Eastern man was looking to hire an English tutor for his teenage daughter who'd be attending school in Chicago this year. The pay? $40 an hour. One day a week for two months.
Under better circumstances, Denise Misrac, 34, would not have given the ad a second thought. But she needed money and was desperate to find a teaching job, even if it was temporary. She responded to the post on Craigslist by e-mailing her credentials to the man. Soon after, she received notice that she had landed the job.
As any job-seeker over the last year can tell you, there comes a point when you hit a wall. For those who are out of work, there is usually a burst of activity in the first few weeks as networks are built up and resumes are updated. Then, by around the third month or so, fatigue begins to set in. After the inevitable dead ends and politely worded rejection e-mails, it begins to sink in that the average time it takes to find a new job in this economy is about six months--and you're only halfway there.
Claire Benjamin, 17, left, stands next to her mother Laurie Vial, right, underneath a billboard advertisement for Vial's online resume. (THE PANTAGRAPH/B MOSHER)
Bloomington, IL -- Laurie Vial has sent out resumes and networked for 11 months, but hasn't found a job. Frustrated, she hopes a billboard along Veterans Parkway will change all that.
The billboard, across from Panera Bread near the Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center at Veterans and Brickyard Drive, is visible to motorists driving south on Veterans. It advertises her as a qualified candidate seeking a full-time position and lists her job search Web site.
Like many job hunters, Jim Sterns pored over the want ads for employment opportunities. He thought he found one in a listing for a warehouse job.
But after the Lee’s Summit resident paid a $195 job-search fee — and despite the job “guarantee” he was promised over the phone — he found he was the victim of a phony job-placement company.
There are a slew of programs online that job-seekers can use to build personal Web sites.
Even though the numbers have improved, there are still a lot of people looking for work these days.
But the newest way to get your name out there may be right at your fingertips.
Beyond social networking sites, people are creating personal Web sites to job search. Will Lindow is one of them.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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