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Michel Cournoyer
Brand-New Jobs Site HireSmartz.com Connects Job Seekers to Open Positions
As the face of the U.S. job market continues to evolve, skilled workers struggle to find attractive openings while companies report a lack of qualified applicants for key positions. To bridge this gap, HireSmartz.com, a brand-new job search portal, provides free search options for job seekers and affordable postings for companies of all sizes. Job … Continue reading
Snyder says losing A-10s from Selfridge could cut 600 jobs in state | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said the state could lose more than 600 full- and part-time military jobs if the Air Force moves A-10 fighter planes from Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County. “I’m not sure we are getting treated fairly by the Air Force,” Snyder said Monday after he attended the National Governors … Continue reading
Union reports layoffs at IBM | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper
IBM is going through another layoff, according to a labor union trying to represent the company’s workers. The IBM Union Alliance in New York state, where IBM is based, began receiving calls and emails from IBM workers Monday morning. The layoffs are scattered across various sites and affect numerous divisions, said Lee Conrad, the union … Continue reading
Thai floods cut thousands of jobs, put many at risk | theSundaily
Flooding in Thailand last year forced more than 45,000 people out of work and has put another 164,552 jobs at risk as 284 flood-hit firms have still not reopened, the state planning agency said in a report, adding that wage increases in April could add to the problem. The worst floods in decades battered seven … Continue reading
Singapore | MP calls for centralised agency to match companies with job-seekers – Channel NewsAsia
MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Gan Thiam Poh has called for a centralised agency to match short-handed companies with local workers. This was just one suggestion Mr Gan made to help Singaporeans, especially those in the lowest wage groups, find jobs. He also called for a union to look into the welfare of low-wage workers … Continue reading
SIX to cut 150 jobs as franc hits profits – FT.com
Switzerland’s SIX Group, is to cut 150 jobs after it warned that operating profits had been hit in recent months by tough markets and the strength of the Swiss franc. The operator of the Swiss stock exchange further cautioned that market uncertainty and cost-conscious customers were damping sales expectations for 2012 for all business areas. … Continue reading
Hiring graduates with best degrees from top universities ‘could be discrimination against average students’ | Mail Online
Companies hiring graduates with top degrees could be discriminating against students with average grades, according to a Government-commissioned review. Jobs that require applicants to have a minimum qualification of a 2:1 degree may prevent firms meeting diversity targets, the report said. Many sought-after positions – particularly in the corporate sector – require a certain standard … Continue reading
A jobs-centered approach to African American community development: The crisis of African American unemployment requires federal intervention | Economic Policy Institute
Unemployment rates for African Americans have been far higher than those of whites for the past 50 years, even in good times. In fact, since 1960 the black unemployment rate has been about twice the white rate. Had blacks had the same unemployment rate as whites in 2010, an additional 1.3 million blacks would have been employed. Millions of African Americans live … Continue reading
Great Employee Qualities: Do You Have Them? | CAREEREALISM
Some great employee qualities bosses appreciate include: 1. Managing Yourself 2. Managing Your Boss 3. Managerial Attitude 4. Managing Your Time 5. Work to Get Results 6. Out-do Yourself 7. Can Do 8. Strive For Excellence 9. Enjoys Work 10. Contribute Positively 11. Work Relationships. Read More @: via Great Employee Qualities: Do You Have … Continue reading
Be on lookout for the unadvertised job opportunities – USATODAY.com
Job hunters hold up signs in bleachers and post notices on their T-shirts. Why not a bar? But I do know of hundreds of job hunters who sit down at their desks and computers every day and call up, email or send LinkedIn messages to people and say, “Hey I’m looking for a job. Do … Continue reading
UK | Disgrace of unemployment becoming a nice little earner | Herald Scotland
DAVID Cameron is sick, he says, of “anti-business snobbery”. Speaking in London the other day, the Prime Minister denounced the “dangerous rhetoric” which holds that wealth creation, as he understands it, “is somehow anti-social, that people in business are out for themselves”. It’s not clear who is supposed to have said these things, but on … Continue reading
Job Hunting in the Internet Age – IEEE Spectrum
Few things have changed as much as looking for a job. In a way, it’s all Google’s fault. We’ve gone from an information-scarce world, in which the hardest thing was finding jobs you might be right for, to an information-rich world in which the hardest thing is standing out from the hordes of people who … Continue reading
Unemployment Extension – Version 2 – Nicole Kurokawa – Townhall Conservative Columnists – Page 1
Passed last week as part of a comprehensive payroll tax cut/doc fix/general handout bill, Congress also moved to extend unemployment benefits. That’s hardly a surprise, given the reluctance of fiscal conservatives to take any stand that could be construed as incentives to out-of-work voters. While extending the enhanced federal unemployment program, the bill will scale … Continue reading
Unemployment insurance: It’s killing small businesses – Baltimore Sun
I run a small business — about 20 employees — in the Baltimore area. We are a manufacturing company in the construction industry. I have worked extremely hard and sacrificed my own pay to keep our people employed over the last five years. I have not had a layoff and had previously earned a low … Continue reading
Still not enough jobs – The News Herald
The jobs situation nationally is slowly improving, but is the pace fast enough to reward President Barack Obama with reelection? The administration says January saw a net gain of 243,000 jobs, and 351,000 newly laid-off workers sought unemployment benefits last week, the fewest since March 2008. These encouraging signs come as the number of people … Continue reading
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