9 Understandable Reasons to Quit a Job
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Jobs and Employment News April 2010
It is kind of deceptive and confusing when I read the employment updates and the current economic recovery news for the US. Some things are on the upward trend and maybe calls for celebration but with the main problem lurking darkly around, [...]
3 Ways to Eliminate the Core Reasons of Stress during Job Search
Identifying the core reasons for stress during job search is the first step towards eliminating them. Can you answer this question honestly? What are you worried about the most and how can you eliminate the core reasons for your stress? The three [...]
Why do we don’t do what we WANT to do
There is so much we want to do there is so much we need to do, though simple words are they need and want often forces us on different paths; it does not a matter if we like it or not. We [...]
Jobs Growth in March 2010 on the Positive
Some good news on the job front came in recently, are we in for an upturn after all? Well tough to say for sure now since the unemployment rate hangs on around 9.7%, but after this deep recession any good news is [...]
Jobs and Employment News March 2010
Jobs Bill Signed Into Law by Obama In signing the bill, called the HIRE Act, the president said that while government can't be the only solution to address lagging employment in the wake of the recession, it can serve to "promote a [...]
The Workplace Changes as Recession Continues
A major trend from the current recession has been a continued wave of layoffs and outsourcing and as we all have seen in the past two years, more and more companies around the world are focusing on cutting on spending that mainly [...]
Employment and Workforce News
Employment, workforce news and updates from the last month and projections for the future from various targets, and as usual you will see that the reports are not so very consistent.. we all hope that the recession is behind us and the [...]
3 Ways to Position Your Professional Resume to Land the Interview
Guest Post from Great Resumes Fast Ever worked in more than one industry or more than one position on your way to career super stardom? I thought so. Many of us get trapped by this feeling that our resume has to be [...]
Now this is cool – Simply Hired and LinkedIn Integration
If you are searching for a job and you now the power of networking, what would be the first question that comes to your mind when you see a suitable position advertised for your dream company ABC Inc. and now you want [...]
Latest News on Employment from the US
Here is a compilation of some recent news on job/employment news from the country. From CNBC: Green Jobs Success Will Take Major, Long-Term Commitment By Trevor Curwin,, Special to CNBC.com 19 Jan 2010 The Obama administration may be tempted to wage a [...]
Important Tips on Seeking Recommendation
Why do you need Recommendation? It's important and often it is a requirement when: Applying for a new job Applying for an undergraduate, graduate school or business school. In fact a full time MBA program for some business schools require two professionally written recommendation letters from your [...]
5 Steps to Overcome Challenges of a Career Change
Career change has been the buzzword ever since the recession hit hard across the globe. There have been reports and articles talking about the new shift in the job scene in this century and a career change might be likely for many [...]
Creating New Jobs – News from the White House
On Thursday December 3, 2009, the White House is on the course to find the way out of recession – the only way to create more jobs and keep the millions others from losing their jobs in the coming year. CNN reports: [...]
Do you have any inappropriate Webpages or Posts we must know about?
Yes of course, this is an interview question! And as the web evolves and how we use the social networking sites or some new applications which would be popping up in the future, the interview questions would add more such questions to [...]
Clean Tech gets Millions in Funding – The Jobs for the next decade could be here
The new agency (Arpa-e) received initial funding of $400 million through the federal stimulus act. In all, 37 grants were handed out to small business, research groups and large corporations in the first round of funding for a total of $151 million. [...]
Where are the jobs?
The newspapers and the TV news takes us on a roller coaster ride almost every week – the stock market is up, recession is abating, we’ll see fewer job cuts and the next week there is a turnaround – the job cuts [...]
5 Websites that can help you get Back to work
This article talks about 5 best websites today that the job seekers must bookmark. The major job board websites do offer great advice, but it is not only the job boards which directly help the job seekers, but those websites and blogs [...]
How to stay Optimistic during the Job Search Process
Build a Support System Being in a job search for long can be a mentally draining and physically taxing, seek support in friends, family or professional help and support with career coaches or counselors. Volunteer - Do Something you Like/Love If the [...]
Recession Proof Jobs and Jobs of the 21st Century
What is recession? According to Wiki definition, a recession is a decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year. We fear recession since it could result in more [...]
How Twitter can help during Job Search
For those not familiar with Twitter – it is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? (Source: Twitter ) Quite a few [...]
How to Find a Job when there are none around
If you cannot see something it does not mean it is not there; it only means that you have to try harder and perhaps with a different vision to find the unseen. If you are in a layoff as a result of [...]
When you do what you’d rather not do
In the last one year I have received quite a few advice seeking emails on this very issue “I do what I do because that is what is around, but I do not like it” the reason may varied on why these [...]
The Upsides and Downsides of a Contracting Job
Who is an independent contractor? People such as doctors, dentists, veterinarians, lawyers, accountants, contractors, subcontractors, public stenographers, or auctioneers who are in an independent trade, business, or profession in which they offer their services to the general public are generally independent contractors. [...]
Will the lost Jobs come back
Economic recovery at present and in near future is a debatable topic and many are not certain on what that means for the lost jobs. Will the jobs come back when the recession abates? I had stalled on this topic for sometime, [...]