State receives $12M for trade adjustment assistance
Labor Commissioner Jim Neeley announced the state of Tennessee has received $12,055,644 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to enhance the states Trade Adjustment Assistance program.
These federal funds will provide career retraining
How to tap into growing overseas job market
Asian economies are recovering faster than Europe and the U.S.
Adventurous workers can take advantage of healthier job markets overseasWork permit and visa regulations are the main barriers to working abroadImmigration offices and embassies can help
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Obama?s Job Search
In the face of increasing heat from Congress for decisive moves to create jobs, President Barack Obama on Monday pushed his economic advisers to come up with job-generating ideas that can be hustled up to Capitol Hill.
With unemployment rising and
WORK WITH ME: Interview questions deeper now
In this job market, many unemployed people are looking for jobs after working for the same company for decades. To prepare for a job search, what changes should you expect in the interview process?
If you're mulling such questions as "What are your
Shelling's daughter, 45, faces counts
Monroe police arrested the daughter of Monroe City School Board President Brenda Shelling Monday on charges she allegedly assaulted a 15-year-old Wossman High School student on Friday.
Cassandra Shelling, 45, 6411 Cypress Point Drive, Monroe, was
They're disabled - and they're working
Andre Taylor of Sicklerville loves to do dishes. "I'm a single guy. I don't have many at home," said Taylor, 36, smiling as he wheeled himself around the cafeteria of the Abilities Center of Southern New Jersey in Westville, where he works.
Portsmouth area business calendar
U.S. Small Business Administration Forum: from 8 to 10 a.m. at Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce, 24 Front St., Suite 101. Warren Haggerty, business development specialist from the N.H. SBA District Office, and SCORE, Counselors to America's Small
Momentum develops to put mentally ill in mainstream careers
After Saya Krebs was diagnosed with mental illnesses, her psychiatrist told her she should never work again.
For Krebs, 48, of Murrysville, it never made sense to drop years of training and experience to sit around and do nothing or work a low-skill
Inland holiday hiring season begins with small steps
Expect retailers to go slow when it comes to adding holiday help this year.
Even if more people get hired this year compared with last -- not a difficult feat, considering the dismal Inland and national job climate of late 2008 -- competition for those
