Career and Employment News

The News Review:

- How to Choose a Career
- Portsmouth area community news briefs
- Bay Area Sheet Metal & HVAC Contractors Offer Summer Intern…
- Beyonce Takes Lessons in Motherhood From Sister
- Struggle for talent
- PATA Annual Meeting Session Discusses Need to Invest In Human…

How to Choose a Career
FOXNews – Apr 11, 2008
For example, look at the display ads in the employment section of the newspaper. The huge variety of career positions is food for thought. In addition to becoming aware of the outside world, young people need to figure out the things they enjoy doing and also do well, and the best exercise for doing this is the Seven Stories Exercise, which you will see below. Remember, your 20s are a time for exploration. You are not committing to a lifetime career.

Portsmouth area community news briefs
seacoastonline.com – Apr 11, 2008
No one will be turned away due to finances. For information and registration, call Joanne Holman or Lance Hellman at 436-8085. Center changes jobs program namePortsmouth — Seacoast Mental Health Center is changing the name of its vocational employment program to Career Focus and will collaborate with New Hampshire Behavioral Health to implement its vocational practices as developed and researched by the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. Reflecting SMHC’s belief that for most of their clients employment is the engine that drives the recovery process, Career Focus is part of SMHC’s Community Support Program and will integrate its vocational services with necessary treatment and also work with area businesses and community organizations. Eligibility is based on consumer choice and no one in CSP is excluded who wishes to participate. For more information about CSP or other available resources within the community, please call Dave Smith at 431-6703, extension 3189. SSC signupsfor spring campRye — The Seacoast Science Center is accepting enrollment for its Treks 4 Tots and Seaside Safari spring vacation camps.

Bay Area Sheet Metal & HVAC Contractors Offer Summer Intern…
sys-con.com – Apr 11, 2008
“It’s not what you might think,” says formerintern Yindy Chow. “You learn about a lot of job options — as a skilledtrade person and service technician, but also as an architect, accountant,engineer, project manager, estimator, or purchasing agent in theconstruction industry. Summer interns are placed with Bay Area SMACNA contractors participating inthe program. “The sheet metal industry offers well-paying jobs in manysectors that are often overlooked,” said Gary Schwenk, Executive VicePresident of the Bay Area SMACNA organization… “It’s not what you might think,” says formerintern Yindy Chow. “You learn about a lot of job options — as a skilledtrade person and service technician, but also as an architect, accountant,engineer, project manager, estimator, or purchasing agent in theconstruction industry. Summer interns are placed with Bay Area SMACNA contractors participating inthe program. “The sheet metal industry offers well-paying jobs in manysectors that are often overlooked,” said Gary Schwenk, Executive VicePresident of the Bay Area SMACNA organization.

Beyonce Takes Lessons in Motherhood From Sister
San Francisco Chronicle – Apr 11, 2008
Resulting instructions — just slip it in!Posted By: JimmyHoffaBush | April 11 2008 at 05:39 PMIf all else fails in JayZ’s career, he can find gainful employment acting as the drag to aircraft when they land, with those flailing nostrils of his. Posted By: Redbull | April 11 2008 at 10:47 PMLike totally ya know. like your so stupid but wealthy. Guess money can’t help with speech.
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Struggle for talent
NEWS.com.au – Apr 11, 2008
A recent survey by recruitment company Chandler Macleod’s IT recruitment arm, Diversiti, found that 72 per cent of IT professionals considered their skills "in demand" while 78 per cent were planning to, or would consider, changing jobs in the next 12 months. Most respondents to the survey changed jobs every 12 to 18 months, with 55 per cent having worked for three or four different companies in the past five years. The study found the key motivation driving IT professionals to move to other roles was the desire to accelerate their career advancement. Diversiti chief executive Deborah Howard says many respondents wanted to work with recruiters and employers who genuinely understood their skill sets in order to achieve their individual career goals. "Today’s IT candidates are increasingly business oriented, highly skilled and savvy," she says. "Importantly, this new generation is challenging the status quo and demanding a fresh approach to the traditional employment relationship and job seeking process. "In this skills deficient market, IT professionals want to deal with recruiters who are willing to provide a ‘talent agent’ role… Diversiti chief executive Deborah Howard says many respondents wanted to work with recruiters and employers who genuinely understood their skill sets in order to achieve their individual career goals. "Today’s IT candidates are increasingly business oriented, highly skilled and savvy," she says. "Importantly, this new generation is challenging the status quo and demanding a fresh approach to the traditional employment relationship and job seeking process. "In this skills deficient market, IT professionals want to deal with recruiters who are willing to provide a ‘talent agent’ role. "This means providing ongoing advice, counselling and job recommendations and placement to support their individual professional ambitions. "
Mr Littlefield says IT professional definitely are "in demand" in SA, with shortages being felt particularly where experience is required. "When we are advertising we are getting candidates but not really with the skills we are looking for," Mr Littlefield says.

PATA Annual Meeting Session Discusses Need to Invest In Human…
e-Travel Blackboard – e-Travel Blackboard (press release) – Apr 11, 2008
The meeting was held to discuss and share ideas in regards to employment and investing in Human resource development in the travel and tourism industry. The labour pool in many Asia Pacific destinations will shrink even while more than two-thirds of the world’s new jobs will be created in the region. This however, does not necessitate slower travel and tourism industry growth rates. "To match the two the answer lies in investing in human resource development (HRD) and new policies that enable labour mobility… Furthermore, at less than US$5000 per graduate investment, the project more than pays for itself in terms of reduced staff turnover and retraining costs. Kenneth Low, Director of Strategy at IHG and the 2008 PATA Face of the Future, said his company would need to fill 200,000 new hotel jobs over next three years. IHG’s approach is give and take: "What do we want our people to do? What do we do for our people?"
To positively position IHG, the company’s multilingual careers website makes promises to prospective employees that they will have room to be themselves, to get involved and room to grow. IHG’s openness to individual identities and passions, its partnership-based HRD strategy, as well as its own chain of IHG Academies, have helped the company perform strongly on employee satisfaction surveys. Pradeepa Dahanayake of SriLankan Airlines described her organisation’s HRM and HRD as a "continuous flow" of internal staff development and external training; recruitment agents; management trainee programmes and career development. She emphasised that it was important for HR professionals to understand what is going on in the marketplace and industry, on a local and global scale. Ms Dahanayake cited the radical growth in global aviation bringing challenges to airlines in the region, such as the need to compete for a fair share of the more than 42,000 additional pilots needed by 2020.
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