In a nationwide CareerBuilder survey conducted by Harris Interactive© among more than 3,000 employers, hiring and human resource managers were asked to rate the biggest mistakes candidates make during interviews and share their most unusual interview memories. Most Harmful Common Mistakes Hiring managers say the following are the mistakes most detrimental to your interview performance: … Continue reading
Intercontinental hotels, which owns the Holiday Inn and Crown Plaza hotel brands, says it will create 3,000 jobs in the UK. The company, the world’s biggest hotelier, has 275 hotels in the UK. The jobs will be created over the next three years, and will be supported by a new London-based training academy. The training … Continue reading
Wipro Technologies Ltd. is busting into Brantford, taking over Bell Canada’s intentions to hire hundreds of people and house them at the city-owned Market Square Mall. Wipro is not wasting any time and intends to start advertising for the first 350 full-time jobs in local media Thursday, with a job fair scheduled for its new … Continue reading
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
Cianbro announced they’re hiring 150 new workers. Officials for the construction company say they’re facing the largest backlog of projects in their 63 year history. The job openings are for all sorts of positions including journey level millwrights, pipewelders and pipefitters for Greater Bangor and Woodland. As well as for the spring outage season when … Continue reading
Sit ‘n Sleep, the mattress firm, is adding five stores in Southern California this year and plans to hire 50 veterans, the company said today. Larry “You’re killing me Larry” Miller, Sit ‘n Sleep’s chief executive, said the idea to hire vets came to him as he watched the wind-down of the wars in Iraq … Continue reading
The improving economy, the skills of Henry County-area workers and the assistance of governments and the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corp. were the key factors in Laminate Technologies’ decision to open a plant in Henry County that will create 30 jobs. In addition, “the people have been overwhelming … like family,” said Fred Zoeller, co-founder, … Continue reading
During January 2012, more than 18,000 job ads were posted online that required data analysis skills, according to WANTED Analytics™ (http://www.wantedanalytics.com), the leading source of real-time business intelligence for the talent marketplace. With the amount of data generated by businesses growing every year, hiring demand for employees to analyze and utilize this information is increasing … Continue reading