Monday, October 31, 2011

show em' what you got

Really...show em' what you got in a video presentation of yourself as a job candidate. Videos have much more impact than a resume alone.

Amplify’d from www.squidoo.com
Resumes and CVs aren't dead yet, but they will become more of side show to video presentations.
Read more at www.squidoo.com
 

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Friday, October 28, 2011

hope you don't need a frig

The cost of making refrigerators must be pretty high these days as Whirlpool has decided to cut 5,000 jobs..complains about Samsung and LG tactics

Amplify’d from www.usatoday.com
Steep costs and the dour global economy are affecting the entire appliance industry.
Read more at www.usatoday.com
 

Out of Work Try Farming

Well if you're out of work, it's perhaps better than nothing. There isn't a lot going on in Alabama so what do you expect?

Amplify’d from www.foxnews.com
expand on existing services to connect job seekers with current openings on farms and respond to employers' complaints about the loss of mostly Hispanic workers
Read more at www.foxnews.com
 

Thursday, October 27, 2011

enough jobs to keep up

Wow that's the number of jobs it takes to keep up. This isn't even including the number of jobs excluded as useless.

Amplify’d from www.energybulletin.net
It says here in the paper that it takes 125,000 new jobs every month just to keep up with population growth.
Read more at www.energybulletin.net
 

jobs act passage

really what part...reminds me of the Wendy's commercial, "Where's the beef?" -- Where's the facts?

Amplify’d from hotair.com
the House also passed part of the president’s American Jobs Act
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let's play blame game - up first "taxes" http://ping.fm/gIR3r OWS

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Cali is Hiring

Cali is hot again and on a hiring spree. So what's behind the economic growth -- two words -- Silicon Valley.

Amplify’d from www.latimes.com
It's good to see them growing in the right direction
Read more at www.latimes.com
 

save the teachers

We do a lot for saving the whales, what about saving the teachers? The teachers need a job too; if in doubt, just take a look at the SAT scores around the Country.

Amplify’d from www.latimes.com
keeping teachers and first responders on the job would have an immediate effect on unemployment
Read more at www.latimes.com
 

skilled worker shortage

Aaahh the real problem is a lack of skilled workers --- say it ain't so!

Amplify’d from www.startribune.com
the gap between available workers and jobs must be narrowed
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Monday, October 24, 2011

America's tax code is impeding our ability to compete in the global economy and create jobs http://ping.fm/aZD4f

jobs revolution

Even Wall Street is a little concerned with a social revolution following #OccupyWallStreet as many struggle to find work. #OWS


Sunday, October 23, 2011

China is Hiring

Well the good thing here is that you could always move to China for job right?

Amplify’d from www.huffingtonpost.com
America is being out-job-resourced by China and several other growing economies.
Read more at www.huffingtonpost.com
 

Who Wants to Know?

Maybe job seekers are concerned with sharing certain information with recruiters on Facebook...

Amplify’d from blogs.findlaw.com
people tended to be adverse to employers trying to get in touch with them via their Facebook page
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

94 percent of the new jobs that’ll be created will  be created in our cities - http://ping.fm/Zz0hU
No jobs for Texans - these guys are friends http://ping.fm/JePJi
Can your kindle do this? http://ping.fm/SuKQW
if you don't get up to speed with the way people network today, you simply are going to be left behind http://ping.fm/7cCO7
The region's 3.1 percent year-over-year job growth -- adding 26,000 jobs - continues to outpace the state http://ping.fm/JQS3G

Friday, October 21, 2011

why pay for college?

If you believe that one, there's some ocean front property if Phoenix for sale too...That's what some people want you to believe. Student loans are available and fairly cheap but not free.

Amplify’d from www.employrium.com
Feds are giving away money to go back to school.
Read more at www.employrium.com
 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

except 4 maybe athletes, entertainers and reality tv - education relates to high income jobs http://ping.fm/lt4Yc

pass the test

did you pass the personality "feel good" test? That's what's necessary to make social networking work for you.

Amplify’d from www.squidoo.com
decisions about personality are made on a moments notice in today's world of smartphones and the surge of social networking
Read more at www.squidoo.com
 

job search realtime is hot (Android Market) -- "The social Web is changing the way that employers search for talent" http://ping.fm/1TcJr

say it again

Be careful what you say even if it's on poster board, even if it's freedom of speech and especially if you already have a job

Amplify’d from www.newsbusters.org
Occupy LA protester reported by NewsBusters Sunday has been fired
Read more at www.newsbusters.org
 

a slip of the tongue is the difference between feast or famine http://ping.fm/X7ZeI

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011

diy and be done with already

as the saying goes, "if you want something done right - do it yourself" self serve job postings let you do it the way you want with all the savings over full service.

Amplify’d from www.employrium.com
familiar with online job postings, prefer to do it yourself (DIY) and want the savings of
doing it yourself
Read more at www.employrium.com
 

you show up late and expect to get paid -- WTF -- are you serious? http://ping.fm/JBMfj

Saturday, October 15, 2011

sharpton sharpens tongue

you gotta give it to Sharpton though, no jobs means someone has to do something...

Amplify’d from www.cbsnews.com
If you can't get the jobs bill done in the suites, then we will get the jobs bill done in the streets
Read more at www.cbsnews.com
 

make sure that middle-class families don’t see a tax hike next year -- http://ping.fm/o1HQQ

Friday, October 14, 2011

The right opportunity isn't going to find you. Finding a job online has changed http://ping.fm/lq9Pu

get on with job growth

now that the cat is out of the bag, maybe it's time to get on with creating some demand to get people back to work. No demand = no jobs.

Amplify’d from money.cnn.com
There are certain businessmen who say regulation is an issue, but they also said the same thing when the economy was robustly growing
Read more at money.cnn.com
 

Thursday, October 13, 2011

no more gap jeans

bottom line is that Gap is closing stores and eliminating jobs for what...outlet stores. You know, two year, three year old outfits that nobody else wanted. WTF - does this mean gap jeans are out along with the jobs...

Amplify’d from www.ft.com
Gap has overhauled its design team, shortened its “product pipelines” to become more nimble and is focusing more on outlet stores in the US
Read more at www.ft.com
 

more att jobs

Hummh, that's different...don't mergers and acquisitions usually mean layoffs and job eliminations?

Amplify’d from www.wallstreetjournal.com
its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA would create between 55,000 and 96,000 jobs
Read more at www.wallstreetjournal.com
 

holding jobs hostage

Hummh, millions are out of work due to relaxed regulation that caused the current financial crisis. So the answer is to create jobs by relaxing regulations again..to do what create another bubble followed by another economic crisis? Great plan! Sign up now.

Amplify’d from www.washingtonpost.com
The 2009 federal health-care law would be repealed. So, too, would the Dodd-Frank Act imposing new rules on the financial sector
Read more at www.washingtonpost.com
 

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

now you can find your next job realtime on Android...get it now http://ping.fm/GK19l
do you do Umpqua? maybe you should http://ping.fm/2E0pl

get sick you're screwed

get sick if you want to and see if you don't wind up having to file bankruptcy just to stave off the thieves charging you whatever they want...

Amplify’d from www.employrium.com
hope that they do not get sick or hurt themselves while being unemployed
Read more at www.employrium.com
 

loser you work too much

Just because you put a lot in doesn't mean you will get a lot out. You need to know when to cut your losses...

Amplify’d from www.employrium.com
Time and again, marriages often fall apart because you become married to your job rather than your spouse.
Read more at www.employrium.com
 

suck at selling

If you suck at selling that might be the reason (or at least one of the reasons) your pockets are on "E". Get with it...

Amplify’d from www.employrium.com
You've sold yourself on paper. Now you have to sell yourself in person.
Read more at www.employrium.com
 

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

shed a tear for wall street

not! don't expect anyone to pull out the Kleenex for these guys. It may be tough times for them but not as tough as it is for the average American.

Amplify’d from www.reuters.com
investment banks and brokerages, could lose up to 10,000 jobs by the end of 2012 -- bad news for the local economy.
Read more at www.reuters.com
 

why should you care about OccupyWallStreet - it's just a fad anyway http://ping.fm/7cRF7
"it is not possible to calculate directly the additional loss of jobs resulting from state education budget cuts." http://ping.fm/KGb7L

Sunday, October 9, 2011

“They didn’t even want to hear about my experience,’’ -- new meaning to "it takes a job to get a job" http://ping.fm/DBcxj

Saturday, October 8, 2011

If you're relocating know where to look before you leap http://ping.fm/Nz0a8

recycling is good

Not only is recycling good but it might land you a job with this company...

Amplify’d from info.4imprint.com
One of the most impacting eco-friendly decisions we can make is recycling. It sounds simple, but have you ever been confused about what you can recycle
Read more at info.4imprint.com
 

Friday, October 7, 2011

“Our unemployment rate has been higher than eight percent for more than two-and-a-half years" http://ping.fm/QEYNf

Thursday, October 6, 2011

fancy numbers game

Don't you just love the stats on who's going to create how many jobs? Now if we could just find out how many of them actually do what they promise that would be great...

Amplify’d from www.forbes.com
firms have indeed pledged to create a total of 59,000 jobs, but it's unclear how many have so far met their targets
Read more at www.forbes.com
 

no sale the market isn't improving yet just people dropping out of the job search race http://ping.fm/77OZF

where did all the work go?

Who knows where all the jobs went but we do know who employs 90% of the USA workforce. If they're having a bad day, the whole system is stinky at that point.

Amplify’d from www.forbes.com
Hotels, restaurants, banks and other service companies, which employ 90 percent of Americans
Read more at www.forbes.com
 

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

show us the jobs

What candidate isn't running on a "Jobs" campaign these days. How many of them are delivering? Nada, zilch, zero. Even in heavy service industry states, the jobs claims just never seem to materialize.

Amplify’d from www.politifact.com
the candidate, ran on a platform of creating jobs
Read more at www.politifact.com
 

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

"I had bills that I had to pay. I was getting evicted. It was hard; I couldn't find a job anywhere" - geeez http://ping.fm/AWI9Z

Monday, October 3, 2011

rolling back regulations to create jobs is shortsighted http://ping.fm/CcvIS
Great job Perry with those regulations or lack thereof...http://ping.fm/LVdIf

five for a friend

Give "five to help the economy thrive" -- Starbucks is helping with push for USA jobs. Maybe this is a version of Obama's job push, except Obama wants a lot more than $5 from fat cats to get the economy thriving again. Care to wager that the fat cats won't contribute $5 to Starbucks no more than will contribute to Obama's job plan?

Amplify’d from abcnews.go.com
Starbucks is hiring about 200 people a day in the U.S. as part of its efforts
Read more at abcnews.go.com
 

Sunday, October 2, 2011

yea its cold and 2 much politics but damn it's hard to ignore 6 figure pay days http://ping.fm/owdD6

Saturday, October 1, 2011

It breaks my husband's heart when he has to let people go. Pass the bill! http://ping.fm/VinrP