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Ohio / Timken / Between 300 and 400 employees are facing temporary layoffs
Between 300 and 400 Timken employees are facing temporary layoffs, after a poor third-quarter showing by the company. In a statement to Fox 8 News, a spokesperson says Timken Steel has experienced lower customer demand across its market sectors. As a result, operational schedules have been adjusted over the last few months, resulting in 160 employees … Continue reading
Kentucky / L’Oreal to add add 211 jobs
L’Oreal will invest $42 million and add 211 jobs over the next two years to expand its Florence facility on New Buffington Road. Gov. Steve Beshear and the judge-executives of Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties broke ground Thursday morning on the expansion at L’Oreal in Northern Kentucky that will double the workforce at the plant and … Continue reading
Michigan / Chrysler / To add 1,250 jobs in
Chrysler Group LLC will announce new investments and jobs Thursday at one of its Detroit facilities. A Chrysler spokeswoman would not comment on the details of the announcement, but the Detroit Free Press reports the Auburn Hills-based automaker invest $238 million in three Michigan plants and add about 1,250 jobs so it can ramp up … Continue reading
The American Job Gap
We face a 9 million jobs gap between the number of jobs we have and the number we need, and this doesn’t even address the low quality of the jobs being created. The chart below, taken from an Economic Policy Institute blog post, illustrates the gap. As Heidi Shierholz, the author of the post, explains: The … Continue reading
Ireland / More than 850 seasonal retail jobs for Christmas
MORE than 850 retail jobs were announced today as stores hope for the busiest Christmas period in years. Some 650 of the positions were announced by two of the country’s top retailers Boots and Heatons. Boots Ireland will create 400 temporary full- and part-time positions in its Irish stores to cover the festive celebrations. “Customer … Continue reading
Cover Letters / Tools, Tips and Free Cover Letter Templates for Microsoft Office
Next time you’re preparing to fire off a resume and your cover letter template… don’t. Instead, take 15 minutes to find out who’s on the receiving end of your inquiry.
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Facebook Jobs Tool / A Lame New App writes Business Insider
Facebook has launched a so-called “social jobs app.” In theory that sounds like something that should threaten LinkedIn, which does a big business off of recruiting. In reality, LinkedIn has absolutely nothing to worry about it, and any investor thinking about selling LinkedIn based on this news should take a second to examine the product … Continue reading
UK / Harwell / Space Agency / 100 new jobs
UP TO 100 new jobs are set to be created at Harwell thanks to a major investment in a new telecoms satellite monitoring headquarters for the whole of Europe. The European Space Agency (ESA) will set up the centre after Chancellor George Osborne revealed the Government is to step up its investment in space spending … Continue reading
US / Homeland Security to hire 600 cybersecurity pros
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, acting on the recommendation of the Homeland Security Advisory Council’s Task Force on Cyberskills, said at a Washington Post cybersecurity forum that DHS wants to hire at least 600 cyber experts, analysts, IT specialists and people who are familiar with coding. As a number of cyber experts … Continue reading
UK / Sainsbury’s create 5000 extra seasonal jobs
AN EXTRA 5000 seasonal jobs are being created across the UK by supermarket giant, Sainsbury’s. The jobs boost is to meet increased customer demand over the festive period. In September, the company announced it was creating 15,000 vacancies across its 1,000 stores, filling them in “record time”. Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King said: “This year … Continue reading
US / Nonprofit Sector is Growing Faster than Rest of the Economy
The nonprofit sector’s growth in total wages and employees outpaced government and business between 2000 and 2010, The Nonprofit Almanac 2012 shows. The volume was published this week by the Urban Institute Press. Even during and after the recession, from 2007 to 2010, nonprofit employment grew 4 percent and wages increased 6.5 percent, while they … Continue reading
India / Joyalukkas to create 10 000 more jobs in 3 years
Joyalukkas Group intends to jack up its workforce from the current level of 5,000 to 15,000 in the next three years, according to Joy Alukkas, chairman of the group. “By then we would open jewelry shops in 100 cities across the world. The chain currently has 85 outlets in different parts of India and abroad, … Continue reading
Ireland / Cloud / LogMeIn to create 50 new jobs
Cloud and mobile computing tech firm LogMeIn Inc is to create 50 new jobs within the next year in Dublin as part of an IDA Ireland-backed investment. The city centre jobs will include a variety of European and international functions, including sales, customer support, marketing, finance and HR. Already 20 new employees are to start … Continue reading
US | Workers Least Satisfied With Stress and Pay
U.S. workers are the least satisfied with their on-the-job stress and money they make, out of 13 aspects of work conditions rated in Gallup’s annual Work and Education poll. Fewer than a third say they are completely satisfied with each. They are most satisfied with the physical safety conditions of their workplace, followed by their … Continue reading
Little b Schools | 5 Rules of Getting a Job
Rule #1: Remember the Michael Jordan Rule: Jordan was the best basketball player of his era. Charles Barkley was arguably #2. On any given night, Barkley might outscore Jordan. However, NO ONE would ever remember Charles Barkley as the best player of his era. The same rule applies for b-schools. Rule #2: Start small and … Continue reading
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