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Top 10 skills and competencies: teamwork : graduate jobs, careers, recruitment TARGETjobs
The message from employers is clear: academic qualifications alone are not enough to get you a graduate job. They want to see evidence of your employability skills – the competencies that will enable you to contribute well in the workplace. But what are these key skills, and how do you show you have them? To … Continue reading
Help Wanted: Skilled Manufacturing Workers
The U.S. economy is gathering momentum and the key driver is manufacturing. Not only is our industrial sector growing, but after more than a decade of losses in manufacturing jobs, we are actually going in the other direction. We added 50,000 manufacturing jobs in January on top of 32,000 the month before. This is a … Continue reading
President Obama proposed a job creation tax credit in his budget, but it is bad policy | Business | TIME.com
A tax credit? For small businesses? To create jobs? And raise wages? Wow! What a great idea! What’s not to like? Quite a bit, in fact. In his fiscal 2013 budget proposal, President Obama has suggested a temporary 10% tax credit designed to spur job creation and wage growth among small businesses. It’s a fine … Continue reading
Most jobs are not lost, they merely end up elsewhere
The structure of the economy – as represented by the relative sizes of the various industry sectors – is always changing. Normally the rate of change is so slow we don’t notice it. At present, however, the pace of change is much quicker than usual. These pressures are coming from outside Australia. Many are the … Continue reading
Adani Group to invest $ 6 b by 2015
The Adani Group on Thursday announced plans to invest $ 6 billion by 2015 to develop its three core clusters of resources, logistics and energy. The investment will be funded by a mix of internal accruals, equity and debt. It will largely go to its new Australian coal mining operation. The group is the largest … Continue reading
Upload Profile Pictures Add Personal Skills Get Job Interview
Keyword searching is old fashioned. A résumé usually does not fully reflect who you are. Often, what employers read isn’t what they get. If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a well-designed profile + video worth? To land a great job, or to recruit the best talent, you need to get … Continue reading
How To Identify Innovative New Hires | Inc.com
Many of the resumes that cross my desk are white pieces of paper that list education, experiences, and skills. Since they’re typically from traditionally-minded people who prefer not to call attention to themselves, I don’t expect anything else. Some people who are more expressive also include links to websites, where they post videos or slide … Continue reading
P&G to cut about 10 percent of non-manufacturing jobs | Reuters
Procter & Gamble Co plans to cut a total of 5,700 nonmanufacturing jobs as part of a new plan to reduce costs by $10 billion by the end of fiscal 2016, Chief Executive Officer Bob McDonald said on Thursday. The world’s largest household products company has about 57,000 non-manufacturing employees among its total workforce of … Continue reading
BC | Hiring surge for tech sector
British Columbia’s technology sector appears to have weathered the global downturn and expects to create more than 3,000 new jobs in 2012, according to a new survey from the B.C. Technology Industry Association. The group’s bi-annual TechTalent B.C. survey showed the industry expects a five per cent growth in jobs this year with demand highest … Continue reading
Social Media Interview Questions to Ask an Agency or New Employee
Interview Questions to Ask an Agency or a New Employee Which social media platforms are the best fit for our type of business? And how do you know? Do you have case studies indicating how a social media campaign will impact our key performance indicators from businesses similar to ours? How often should we participate … Continue reading
JobOn: Using Video Profiles to Connect Hourly Job Seekers with Employers
A new DC-based startup called JobOn wants to change that decades-old process. Thanks to webcams and cloud technology, job seekers can record and upload a free video profile in which they answer standard interview questions and email it directly to hiring managers. The managers then have a better screening tool and can invite in only … Continue reading
Ireland | Jobs plan is limited and won’t help grow new business, say experts – National News – Independent.ie
Taoiseach Enda Kenny last week ambitiously pledged to deliver more than 100,000 jobs by 2016 through a wide range of measures spanning 15 departments and 36 State agencies. And this weekend, the visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will focus on developing business opportunities between Ireland and China. Mr Kenny admitted last week that … Continue reading
Top 10 Jobs That Make the World a Worse Place – NYTimes.com
On Thursday I wrote about how workers view the meaningfulness of their jobs, based on data collected from 30,000 workers by PayScale over the last year. (See caveats on PayScale’s methodology below.) Respondents were asked whether their jobs “make the world a better place,” and were given the options of: “very much so,” “yes,” “a … Continue reading
Social Media Jobs and Salaries Guide
Introducing the new Onward Search Social Media Jobs Salary Guide – a comprehensive look at the best job markets, the most in-demand job titles and salary ranges for social media professionals in the top 20 U.S. cities. This free guide makes it easy to take your social media career to the next level, so download … Continue reading
New Poll Shows Majority of Family Firms Optimistic in Hiring, Retaining Employees in 2012 – MarketWatch
Despite the tough economy, family-owned businesses remain optimistic about hiring and retaining employees, according to the 2012 Family Enterprise USA survey of family firms. The annual survey released today compiles responses from 300 family firm executives from a wide range of industry sectors. 54% of respondents indicated that they intend to hire more workers in … Continue reading
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