How Online Job Boards Can Actually Help A Job Search
There was a brief period, before the last recession, when my career-services clients actually found jobs on online job boards. They?d post résumés, and interview requests and job offers quickly followed. For the past several years, though, clients have
Strangers help determined job seeker
TORONTO, June 4 (UPI) -- An unemployed Canadian immigrant who passed out business cards to strangers on public transit in her job search has landed one in Toronto.
Dawn Montgomery, a divorced mother of four children, lives in Hamilton, some 45 miles
Business Milestones
Colonial Car Wash, 33500 Nine Mile in Farmington, is holding a fund-raiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis 150 Mile Bike Tour. Donation Week for National MS Society will be held every day through June 14 at the car wash just west of Farmington Road.
Inside the search for UH's next leader
Editor's note: Dr. M.R.C. Greenwood of California is the lone finalist for the University of Hawaii president's job, with the withdrawal earlier this week of Dr. Robert Jones.
When the UH Advisory Presidential Selection Committee issued its final
Iceland Watch: Interest rate cut to 12% from 13%
"The concern of the IMF is that the lowering of interest rates will have an impact on inflation, which will then maintain a weak kron. However, there are hardly any domestic factors that can fuel inflation, as demand in all parts of the economy is
Saturday: Recession Survival Fair in Bed-Stuy
The
Recession Survival Fair will be a non-partisan community service event
to assist Brooklyn and New York City residents in tackling the
challenges springing from the economic recession.
Attendees will have
free access to important information and
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Urges GM To Apply For TAA Assistance On Behalf Of Displaced Tonawanda Workers
June 3, 2009 -- Washington D.C. ? U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand sent a letter to Fritz Henderson, Chairman of General Motors, late yesterday on behalf of Tonawanda employees, who are expected to lose their jobs due to the company?s decision to shift
Career counseling draws alumni back to campus
WALTHAM - When Brandeis University alumni arrive from across the country for reunions this weekend, the most popular event may not be the academic lecture on President Barack Obama's first 135 days, or even a luncheon with the university's president,
Keep the job-search blues at bay
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Dear Annie: I am worried about my husband of 19 years, who had a successful career in manufacturing project management until this recession hit. He lost his most recent job almost ten months ago, and at first he was doing a lot of
Jobless seniors struggle to stay afloat
Their savings in shambles from the economic downturn, jobless seniors are dusting off their briefcases and trying to head back to work. Many, such as Jim Mitchell, a 63-year-old former sales executive, are finding a merciless job market where decades
