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…
If you’ve been trying to land a job these days, you know the search can be a job in itself. In an effort to make the hunt a little easier FedEx office stores throughout the country offered free resume printing Tuesday.
We stopped by the FedEx Office store on Emmett Street in Charlottesville for a few hours. Not many people were taking advantage of this offer but the people who did said they’ll take all the help they can get.
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.
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. – A Dauphin County Commissioners dinner Thursday proved helpful to job seekers.
The commissioners examined the accomplishments of 2008 and previewed their plans for 2009.
Commissioner George Hartwick told the crowd companies in the county are hiring. Commissioners have started a Web site to connect those looking for work with those hiring. more…
You have to sell yourself, stand out among the crowd
Job-hunters rarely make a big kill by reading job ads in newspaper classifieds or online. Today’s tough market has become a veritable war. To the victor goes the career.
“There are a lot of people bidding for the same positions. You have to be assertive, almost aggressive,” said Claudette Argabrite, assistant manager with the Gaston County Employment Security Commission.
Like many products on shelves today, the sale is often made through good marketing. In the job search, the seeker must be the biggest seller.
While you won’t see an ad in the used car section of the classifieds, several lines of vehicles are up for sale as the Big Three auto makers appeal for yet another bailout from Congress.
General Motors and Chrysler submitted recovery plans to the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday, requesting more funds and detailing how they plan to cut costs. Chrysler’s plan is to trim production capacity by 100,000 vehicles while GM’s proposal includes an even more radical step. It’s putting three of its eight brands on the block: Hummer, Saab and Saturn. (GM says if there are no offers to buy its brands, it will phase out Hummer this year and then Saturn in 2011. It has not revealed details of Saab’s fate.)
“This is pretty radical surgery,” says Jack Nerad, executive editorial director for Kelley Blue Book. “A lot of money goes into establishing a brand, so this decision is going to have a lot of teeth gnashing.”
New Process Gear announced Wednesday its plans to close its plant in Dewitt, which employs 1,400 people. With manufacturing jobs becoming more and more scarce, where do they go from here?
Most often, they go right to the classified ads. Today, we tried it out, to see what jobs around Syracuse were getting the most attention, and who was applying. Many of these jobs require very little experience, and after some brief training, can bloom into well-paying careers. more…
You can find virtually anything on eBay – a custom golf club, a corn flake shaped liked Illinois, or even a business.
So why not your next employee?
It might not be the best place to start, but, using online resources is definitely a great way to find your next employee.
The logical first place is your own Web site. If you have a Web site, use it to post job openings and make sure they’re easy to locate. If a potential applicant has to spend 15 minutes navigating your Web site to find job postings, and they are still required to come to your office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday to Friday to fill out an application, you’ll probably never hear from them. more…