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The Job Files
Friday, April 30, 2004
Yahoo! News - Highlights of Overtime Rules
The Labor Department unveiled new rules governing overtime pay last week. They may mean more money for white-collar workers everywhere.
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
Hiring Techies Is as Tricky as Ever
Business Week Online - April 15, 2004
During the 1990s dot-com boom, hiring tech talent was as painful as getting your gums scraped. Things got so out of hand that English majors acquired the hubris of investment bankers, demanding signing bonuses, six-figure salaries, and stock options.
Three years after the bubble burst, it should be a lot easier to hire techies. With the unemployment rate for computer scientists and electrical engineers at an above-average 6%, plenty of geeks are available for hire.
IT jobs and careers at the HotJobs.com Technology Job Search
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
EastBayCareers.com
SF Bay Area specific job site (east bay area)
EastBayCareers.com | Jobs in East Bay | Find Employment | Search Employers in the East Bay Area - East Bay Careers
Upbeat U.S. labor report doesn't help some jobless
Some work pays less, carries fewer benefits
April 26, 2004
BY KEN MORITSUGU
FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF
WASHINGTON -- Don't tell Maricella Garcia the job market is improving.
The 26-year-old Little Rock, Ark., resident works two part-time jobs to pay her $435-a-month mortgage. She can't afford health insurance. And she hasn't been able to find a decent-paying, full-time position with benefits.
"I've been looking and looking and looking," she said in a phone interview squeezed into the hour of free time she has between leaving her $7-an-hour job at a nonprofit group helping Hispanics and starting a $6.25-an-hour evening shift at a video store. "I don't see the situation changing much."
Read entire article here
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Tips on choosing a temp agency
The key to finding a great temp agency is understanding what they can do for you.
Full article here
Be True to Your Temp Agency
Job hunters often feel they must embellish their skills to land a job, but when you sign up to work with a temp agency, exaggerating your skills may work against you. You could end up in the wrong position. So during your first meeting at a temp agency, be honest, suggests Steve Armstrong, vice president and Detroit regional manger for Kelly Services, a staffing agency based in Troy, Michigan.
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A temp agency is not the way to go - The Minnesota Daily
I think I made more money playing nickel-poker than I did working at that blasted factory last summer.
As an English major, I am fully aware that I will die penniless and homeless. What I am worried about, however, is that in the meantime, I have to find a job to pay for my apparently worthless college tenure. There are countless jobs I’d love to have: Conan O’Brien intern, “Saturday Night Live” writer, professional brain-stormer, professional barn-stormer, etc. The list goes on and on. Unfortunately, the highest-paying jobs that I sign up for are ones that I hate. For instance, last summer.
Getting a job through a temp agency was, to say the least, a mistake. Although they give their employees detailed intelligence tests and placement questionnaires, everyone that comes through the office will get a job at a factory. I was no exception. A week after applying, I was sent to work at a foam and plastics sweatshop, equipped with aluminum walls, a staff of non-English speakers and a floor covered in several inches of hardened, grimy goop.
A temp agency is not the way to go - The Minnesota Daily
How to Use Temp Agencies to Get a Job
Ever considered temporary work? For many job seekers, it’s the pathway to a full-time position with a dream employer.
And it may be easier than you think.
Use Temp Agencies to Get a Job
Monday, April 26, 2004
Matricsoft - software development
Matricsoft - software development
For job seekers who would like to organize and store their job search activities locally, there is a solution. Smart Job Hunter by Matricsoft is a shareware program which allows you to store your job search information in a database on your home PC.
Note: if you are searching for jobs from work or from multiple locations, this may not meet your needs.
If you would like to purchase their software, I recommend that you take advantage of the tell-a-friend discount, as follows: contact me through Jobfiler site and request a discount. I will email you with the information which will then give you a 5% discount on their product.
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Common Cover Letter Errors
Although companies consistently demand applicants to submit cover letters along with their resumes, many jobseekers still believe the cover letter to be nothing but a mild formality. Sometimes they don't bother sending a cover letter at all or just send one-paragraph notes, quickly belted out with little thought.
Too short is too bad
Many people send short throwaway notes in place of real cover letters. A cover letter should have three to four paragraphs, with the longest one being the middle one or two, and the shortest one being the summation paragraph. The idea is to make the document brief and easily readable while still demonstrating a professional, thoughtful manner.
Read more: Job Search Survival Center: Vault
Saturday, April 24, 2004
WSJ Career Journal.com Job Board
Whether you're looking to network with other job seekers, need a place to vent, or simply want for a shoulder to cry on, check out the WSJ Career Journal Discussions. Also, don't forget the Job Support Network Forums on Jobfiler is an excellent place to doa ll of the above, plus we have an experienced career coach on board who you can post your questions to, for some free career and job search advice.
Friday, April 23, 2004
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Workers face tech-job famine
BOULDER - What a difference four years can make - especially if you're a high-tech worker in Colorado.
Rocky Mountain News: Business
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Avoid these mistakes in your first few days
Avoid these mistakes in your first few days
Arlene S. Hirsch, author of the book ‘How to Be Happy at Work’ (Jist Publishing, 2003), gives pointers on how easy it is to loose a job I you don’t keep your track right, and in a fiercely competitive corporate job market you better listen to what he has to say
After 10 months of job hunting, a newly hired vice president of marketing at a Colorado manufacturer needed less than 90 days to get fired. He was astonished and infuriated that such an “incompetent group of people” didn’t recognize or appreciate his superior intellect and expertise, which he clearly demonstrated throughout his short tenure...
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Monday, April 19, 2004
How To Land A Job By Telling Interviewers What They Want To Hear
How To Land A Job By Telling Interviewers What They Want To Hear - Unemployment: "you know about this job?--Before you even walk into an interview, you should at a bare minimum know who what the company "
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Summer job hunt is not child's play
Local article on the hunt for summer jobs - apparently it's going to be a tough year all around. DenverPost.com - LOCAL NEWS
Saturday, April 17, 2004
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004
BLOOMBERG NEWS SERVICE: Educated workers struggle for jobs
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress in February that the four-year decline in U.S. factory jobs is a natural migration of the labor force toward services and higher-paying "conceptual" work such as research.
Daniel Pennell, a former $100,000-a-year computer consultant for Covansys Corp., said he's thought a lot about that argument as he's washed houses and waited on tables. He lost his job three years ago at the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based technology-services company.
"You find yourself in a bidding war," said Pennell, 37, who is now applying for substitute-teaching work in Lee County in southwest Florida, where he may make $35,000 a year. "Companies want to know how low you are willing to go before you get a job."
APP.COM - Web Extra: Educated workers struggle for jobs
Scams & Schemes in Work and Employment Services: The Riley Guide
Scams & Schemes in Work and Employment Services: The Riley Guide
Monday, April 12, 2004
Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain...
Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain to real people. And they never thought it would happen to them.
It was Saddam Hussein who broke the news to Myra Bronstein that her job was gone forever .
A 48-year-old senior engineer at WatchMark Corp., a Bellevue, Washington, software company, Bronstein had spent three years running tests and hunting for bugs in the company's software. She knew that things weren't going so well at work; she'd been asked to pull 12- to 18-hour shifts frequently, her boss reiterating that the company's success depended on her "hard work and efforts." So when Bronstein received a brusque email in March 2003 instructing her to come to a 10 a.m. meeting in the boardroom the next day, she began to worry. "No way can that be good," she thought.
Looking for guidance, Bronstein logged on to a Yahoo users' group for WatchMark employees. And there it was, in a post written by "Saddam Hussein": "Here's what's going to happen tomorrow," Bronstein remembers the post read. "For all the quality assurance engineers reading this, your jobs are gone." At that very moment, it said, their replacements were on their way here from India for training. It listed their names, then concluded with sadistic glee: "Make sure on Monday you welcome your replacements with open arms, because your company has chosen them over you."
Read entire article here: Fast Company | Into Thin Air
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Networking Can Land You The BIG One!
I like to fish Lake Okeechobee in South Florida. It’s a place where good net working can make the difference between landing a ten pound largemouth bass or giving it up to the fifteen foot alligator that usually watches me --- waiting to snap up the one that I let get away. Good networking in human relations can put some "keepers" in your live box for future reference too.
Woody Allen is quoted by Tom Peters in his book, In Search of Excellence, as saying, "Half of success is showing up!" And by showing up in the right places you can help yourself personally and professionally.
Austin Job Network
Saturday, April 10, 2004
Diverse Skills Can Help It Workers Avoid Offshore Ax
IT jobs and careers at the HotJobs.com Technology Job Search
Friday, April 09, 2004
Struggling workers hoping to bail when economy improves
Struggling workers hoping to bail when economy improves, by Julie Forster, Knight Ridder via Miami Herald.
[Don't hold your breath!]
ST. PAUL, Minn. - In his former job, Mike McGuire's workload grew with every round of layoffs. As head of service for a medical and dental benefits administrator, he took on increasing responsibility during the last few years as management layers were peeled back. The stress was getting to him. So, when a headhunter called, he jumped.
His former boss tried to entice him to stay with stock options and other perks. "Yeah, all of that," McGuire said. But as the saying goes, it was too little, too late.
As the job market begins to loosen, companies could find that the years of retaining their best employees with merely the promise of a job are a thing of the past. Having been socked with three years of cost cutting, salary freezes and layoffs, some survivors are polishing off their resumes and preparing to bolt.
Employees intending to leave their posts as soon as the job market opens up are at the highest level in four years, according to WorkTrends 2004, an annual survey of more than 10,000 U.S. workers. The report, by Minneapolis workplace research firm Gantz Wiley, was released in February.
"There is a weariness of it all from the survivors of the layoffs," said Scott Brooks, executive consultant and research director for Gantz Wiley.
To be sure, the productivity gains posted over the last few years are good for the economy. But those gains have come on the backs of professionals, many of whom are operating in a sort of shell-shocked haze while their companies extract as much as they can.
The economic downturn forced McGuire...to take on longer hours, more work and more stress as the company went through several rounds of layoffs. When he came to the company four years ago, he was responsible for two call centers. By the end he was in charge of call centers across the country and what had once been his boss' job - the entire telecommunications side of the operation. He also ended up running all Web-based customer-service functions.
"Your focus gets pulled in so many directions that you don't produce the quality product the customer is looking for," he said. Like other professionals, he had had enough with multiple jobs and 60-hour workweeks.
The squeeze on workers is evident in the numbers. Overtime hours are inching up and wage increases have been declining. Workers' wages and benefits grew a measly 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2003 - the smallest quarterly increase in a year.
"White collar professionals have had to work longer hours, in part, because all businesses have had to do more with less," said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist for Wells Fargo Bank.
But relief may be in sight.
IT jobs and careers at the HotJobs.com Technology Job Search: " job, Mike McGuire's workload grew with every round of layoffs. As head of service for a medical and dental benefits administrator, he took on increasing responsibility during the last few years as management layers were peeled back. The stress was getting to him. So, when a headhunter called, he jumped.
His former boss tried to entice him to stay"
Thursday, April 08, 2004
Associated Press: Jobless claims at lowest level since early 2001, retail sales solid, good signs for economy
Boston.com / Business
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
colorado jobs on the Colorado Online Job Connection
colorado jobs on the Colorado Online Job Connection
Monday, April 05, 2004
Sunday, April 04, 2004
Article: How To Land A Job By Telling Interviewers What They Want To Hear
How To Land A Job By Telling Interviewers What They Want To Hear - Unemployment at BellaOnline
Saturday, April 03, 2004
NEVADA ECONOMY: Job hunting? Try LV
reviewjournal.com -- Business: NEVADA ECONOMY: Job hunting? Try LV: "join Purafilter as the company's new chief financial officer.
'I wanted to be part "
Friday, April 02, 2004
Gateway closing its retail stores
Gateway closing its retail stores
SAN DIEGO -- Troubled computer maker Gateway Inc. announced Thursday it will shutter all of its stores next week, eliminating 2,500 jobs, or nearly 40 percent of its work force.
The company said its 188 stores will close April 9 and workers will be dismissed as the store operations wind down by the end of the month. Gateway has a store in downtown Redmond and one at Alderwood Mall north of Seattle.
The company, which recently posted its 12th loss in 13 quarters, said it is exploring other ways to sell its wares in the United States and abroad but declined to elaborate. It said it would provide details when it releases first-quarter results on April 29.
The Gateway stores will all close on the same day. Spokesman David Hallisey said the company will sell its inventory in a sale beginning Saturday.
kingcountyjournal.com - Briefly: "Troubled computer "
Real jobless rate probably over 7% (Houston Chronicle article)
"People not actively seeking work when the department conducts its survey of households are not counted as unemployed. Those people say they have stopped looking because of frustration or personal responsibilities, such as deciding to attend school."
HoustonChronicle.com - Many give up, leave work force
Thursday, April 01, 2004
Laid off? Get Smart!
Financial Tips: Financial steps to surviving a layoff
King County Journal - March 28, 2004
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