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Category: Job SurveysBy Kaitlin Madden on May 26, 2010 in Featured, Job Surveys, Vacation, Work/Life | 3 Comments
Memorial Day is probably my favorite holiday of the year. Not only does the holiday honor fallen men and women of the military, it marks the unofficial start of summer for many people. After May 31st, it’ll be time for barbecues, white pants and summer vacations. In recent years, though, many of us have foregone that last part [...]
By anthony balderrama on May 20, 2010 in Employment Trends, Featured, Job Surveys | 33 Comments
Last week I was in a café when I overheard a conversation next to me. At a nearby table, a supervisor from a child care agency was interviewing a young job seeker. The interviewer asked the young college student a series of questions about her experience, education goals and schedule. From what I gathered, she [...]
By Kaitlin Madden on May 19, 2010 in Featured, Job Surveys, Work/Life | 8 Comments
I know a thing or two about work-related weight gain. I once gained 5 pounds while interning at an investor relations firm because I couldn’t stay away from the meeting leftovers. And while I was a freelance writer, I purposely kept my cupboards bare so I couldn’t take a Cheetos break every five minutes. In [...]
By Kate Lorenz on May 17, 2010 in Featured, Job Surveys, News, Work/Life | 1 Comment
Recently, the staff here was challenged to take part in a fitness competition to encourage health and wellness among employees. It didn’t take long for people to choose teams and begin strategizing so they could claim the sweet reward of a body to rival those soccer players gracing this month’s cover of Vanity Fair —and a nice [...]
By Kate Lorenz on May 12, 2010 in Employment, Employment Trends, Featured, Job Surveys, Pop culture | 4 Comments
Whenever I think of summer jobs, the first thing that comes to mind is “Meatballs” and those wacky CITs from Camp North Star. Sure they complained and wanted pity — the kids were brats; the food was hideous – but you know they were having fun. Alas, rarely is a job – summer or otherwise [...]
By Kaitlin Madden on May 7, 2010 in Featured, Job Surveys, Work/Life | 11 Comments
In honor of Mother’s Day, The Work Buzz presents the results of CareerBuilder’s annual survey of working mothers, along with a few mom-friendly tips on creating a favorable work/life balance during the “Great Recession.” By now, most of us have felt the effects of our harsh economy firsthand. Whether you’ve lost a job, found yourself [...]
By Kate Lorenz on May 6, 2010 in Employment Trends, Featured, Job Search, Job Surveys | 61 Comments
College senior Kaitlin Ripple has always known the business world was competitive. Yet when she started Baldwin-Wallace College, located in a suburb outside of Cleveland, Ohio, she had no way of knowing how cutthroat it would be when she finally received her diploma. Now with graduation days away, Ripple is contemplating her next move. While she’d [...]
By anthony balderrama on Apr 29, 2010 in Featured, Job Search, Job Surveys | 18 Comments
While we continue to trudge through this economy, analysts, experts and anyone with a microphone are quick to predict the future. Things will be better in this quarter or when that happens. Hopefully anyone predicting a rosy future is right, but right now we need something concrete to judge the situation. A recent CareerBuilder survey [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Apr 7, 2010 in Current Affairs, Featured, Job Surveys, Mature Workers | 12 Comments
Tax season can be, well, taxing to say the least, and this year it might be more so on many Americans who are unemployed, have seen their incomes shrink or are hoping for a sizable return to pay off bills. For cash-strapped workers, a tax return can be a much-needed income boost. According to a [...]
By anthony balderrama on Apr 1, 2010 in Employment Trends, Featured, Job Surveys | 11 Comments
Job seekers, employers, analysts and any other person who’s paid attention to the news for the last two years has been looking for signs that the economy has a brighter future. Well, optimists, we might have what you’re looking for. Today CareerBuilder and USA Today released their quarterly job forecast, and for the third consecutive [...]
