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Category: Job SurveysBy Kate Lorenz on Oct 21, 2009 in Featured, Job Surveys, Jobs, Mature Workers | 7 Comments
If you are hoping to snag a seasonal job during this year’s holidays, it’s time to start looking now. Like the rest of the job market, competition will be fierce. What you might not think about, though, is that a seasonal job can be your ticket to full-time employment.
“Competition for seasonal positions will be intense [...]
By rachel zupek on Oct 8, 2009 in Employment Trends, Featured, Fun stuff, Job Surveys | 4 Comments
Have you ever woken up in the morning and thought, “I don’t feel like going to work today”? I know I have. Immediately, I start to think about what excuse I could give that might allow me to stay home and just relax. More often than not, my conscience gets the best of me and [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Sep 30, 2009 in Compensation, Employment Trends, Featured, Job Surveys, Mature Workers | 5 Comments
Since December 2007, approximately 6.9 million jobs have been lost in the United States. After months of stomach-turning fiscal activity, economists are being cautiously optimistic and employers, faced with a slowing decline in job losses, are tip-toeing carefully through the rest of the year.
The latest Job Forecast from CareerBuilder and USA TODAY shows that, while [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Sep 9, 2009 in Employment Trends, Featured, Job Search, Job Surveys, Video | 0 Comments
Wondering what employers are thinking about right now? They are making plans for 2010 and hiring when the economy finally turns around. Watch this video to learn where and how you should be focusing your search.
By Kate Lorenz on Aug 26, 2009 in Featured, Job Surveys | 3 Comments
Where’s that crystal ball when you need one? While consumer confidence and new home sales are up, job seekers and employers alike are aching to get any good news on the job market these days. A new survey released this week may offer some hope.
CareerBuilder and Robert Half International released its annual EDGE Report, which looks at [...]
By rachel zupek on Aug 20, 2009 in Current Affairs, Featured, Job Surveys | 0 Comments
Call me morbid, call me crazy, but I’m a “glass half-full” type of gal. I’ll take good news where I can find it — even if that means looking at workplace fatalities. Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. There were 5,071 fatal injuries in the workplace [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Aug 19, 2009 in Featured, Job Surveys | 15 Comments
Remember that “classic” picture of you from last year’s St. Patrick’s Day that your best friend posted on FaceBook? (I don’t know from experience, I’m just sayin’.) If you’re a job seeker, chances are a hiring manager will see it. Is that really the first impression you want to make?
As the social networking phenomenon continues to spread, [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Aug 12, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Job Surveys | 6 Comments
I have to admit, I got pretty lucky in the co-worker department. It’s rare that I have any major complaints about them, I count a few among my best friends, and I sit one row away from my sister Mary, who writes for our sister blog The Hiring Site. (There’s a rumor going around we are [...]
By rachel zupek on Aug 6, 2009 in Employment Trends, Featured, Job Search, Job Surveys | 4 Comments
We keep hearing encouraging news in terms of the U.S. economy showing signs of stabilization. Yesterday, we revealed that 48 percent of workers who were laid off from full-time jobs in the last three months have found new full-time positions.
Today, in CareerBuilder’s quarterly Staffing Supply and Demand Outlook, we find out that in an effort [...]
By anthony balderrama on Aug 5, 2009 in Featured, Job Search, Job Surveys, Unemployment | 4 Comments
The economy’s not improving as fast as any of us would like. We’ve been encouraged by the recent signs that the situation isn’t in the nosedive it was a few months ago. Today we’re downright excited to see that many laid off workers have had luck finding work in the last three months. Granted, we [...]
