In today’s economic situation an unemployed person must wear many chapeaus in order to obtain a career. These various skills and talents are necessary because of the significant unemployment rate, a competitive job market and the reduction of companies hiring employees – thus, making it more difficult for job seekers. more…
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While browsing through the job advertisements in the classifieds, I noticed an organisation which identified itself as ‘a reputable financial institution’ which did not reveal its identity and had an e-mail account registered with Yahoo!. more…
Chicago, IL (AHN) – For the 2.3 million students graduating from college this year, the job market will undoubtedly be competitive, as the global economic crunch forces companies to downsize and the job market, in general, to take a hit. As a result of the contraction, opportunities for employment are perhaps scarcer than past years, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing out there–you just have to know where to look.
There has been much buzz on college campuses, particularly among graduating seniors, about the murky job market and its effects on their career plans. In just one year, the unemployment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds increased by 4.7%, and with 2.3 million students graduating from college this year, many find this to be disconcerting. more…
TAMPA — Robin Eads has one of the most unlikely problems imaginable in today’s economy: hundreds of jobs to fill and only a handful of people applying.
Reports of major lay-offs, salary freezes or companies closing their doors have been slowly becoming the everyday norm during these troubling economic times. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a release saying that 13.2 million people are currently unemployed, a rate of over eight percent. Without a doubt, the majority of those 13.2 million are hitting the pavement, looking for employment. With fierce competition and a scarce number of jobs how can you stand-out? more…
Durham, N.C. – OptimalResume.com, an innovator in online career services used at more than 600 career centers nationwide, is now offering its private label virtual career platform to the human resources community to help streamline corporate outplacement efforts. At a time when companies and HR departments are facing unprecedented challenges, the need for cost-effective outplacement services for transitioned employees is essential. more…
If you’re looking for a job, prepare to spend a lot of time sitting at a computer, searching help-wanted postings, filling out online applications, e-mailing resumes and cover letters — and networking.
From the store-based computer-application stations now in widespread use by major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Sears to software that allows companies to peruse professional social networking sites and electronically review resumes, many employers are turning to automated screening. more…
New unemployment numbers out Friday paint a dark picture of the state of the economy.
651 thousand jobs were lost last month alone.
That means more workers are dedicating their time at Job-Link Centers looking for work.
In turn, business owners are faced with laying-off or cutting back on hours to stay in business, providing less opportunities to post jobs.
Life has taught me that change and unpredictability are consistently predictable. I, like everybody else, have gone through a constant string of transitions. These transitions are rarely easy and sometimes painful. This churn is not limited to our personal lives.
There are societal transitions so significant nearly everybody and everything is affected. We are living through such a transition. The Internet has not only changed the way people communicate and live, this societal shift is also grinding up newspapers and journalists. more…
eBay Inc., which still reaps big profits but has been struggling to attract new users, said Monday it will cut its work force by 10 percent “” about 1,600 jobs “” in an attempt to streamline its business.
eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe said the company is “creating efficiency” in areas that require it. eBay would not describe which positions would be cut, other than to say they will come across the company and around the world.
The company expects restructuring charges of about $70 million to $80 million as a result of the cuts, mostly in the fourth quarter. eBay said the reductions will lead to $150 million in annual cost savings.
About 1,000 full-time employees will be gone, while eBay will achieve the rest of the cuts by letting temporary and part-time workers go and leaving open positions unfilled. It is eBay’s largest round of dismissals ever.
The latest round of cuts follows eBay’s announcement earlier this year that it was cutting 125 jobs in Europe and North America, including 70 posts at its headquarters in San Jose, Calif.
Only a couple of years ago, the image of the “Polish plumber” symbolized the massive wave of Poles who migrated to continental Western Europe and the United Kingdom following their country’s admission into the European Union. Nearly a million Poles arrived in the UK in subsequent years and they helped fuel the rental market, especially in major cities such as London and Manchester. But a growing number of these migrant workers have packed up and returned home, as the UK’s economy slipped into a recession and as unemployment figures grew. more…