The News Review:
- Finding new work requires creativity, flexibility
- St. John’s hosting nursing career fair
- 13th Annual Texas Career Expo
- Springboards for life in careers elsewhere
- Working partners
- Overcoming the odds to build a fresh career
Finding new work requires creativity, flexibility
Simi Valley Acorn, CA – 12 hours ago
“It’s tough competition out there,” said Benedetto, 35, who constantly found dealers who wanted to hire younger, less experienced employees willing to work for less. As a married father of two, Benedetto couldn’t afford to take a significantly lower wage. With the help of the Simi Valley Job Center, the setback turned into a new career opportunity. Tough times
Benedetto said he was laid off after 12 years of employment in the car retail industry because the economic downturn forced his company to downsize. He first tried to find work in his field, applying at other dealerships and in retail stores that sell auto parts. When that didn’t get him hired, Benedetto used the Internet, searching through jobs on Craig’s List and posting his resume on Careerbuilders.
St. John’s hosting nursing career fair
News-Leader.com, MO – Oct 16, 2008
John’s Health System Former co-workers are eligible. New graduates are not eligible. Payout: RN half paid within first 30 days of employment and the other half paid after 90-days of successful employment. NA paid after successful 90-days of employment. Current co-workers are eligible for referral bonus: Full-time RN $5,000, Part-time RN $2,500 and $100 for Nurse Assistant. In your voice
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13th Annual Texas Career Expo
Woodlands Online, LLC, TX – 2 hours ago
Location: Lone Star College – Montgomery in its Building A. Our goal is to provide potential employers and employees with viable employment opportunities in Montgomery County and the surrounding area. Event categories at this year’s Career Expo will give attendees a chance to explore career options that range from full-time employment to part-time and seasonal help through the holidays. Employers: Booth reservations and placement are based on a first-come, first-served basis. Remember, your reservation is not confirmed until The Chamber receives your check. Call or email The Chamber NOW before the booths are entirely sold out or by email. Registration form at the link below.
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Springboards for life in careers elsewhere
Financial Times, UK – Oct 15, 2008
Only 22 per cent of Britons plan to go abroad – unsurprisingly, following the logic that there is less incentive to travel if salaries are high at home. This explains why fewer than one in seven Norwegian students intends to go abroad. Although the small state offers only restricted employment choices for graduates the average expected wage in the oil-rich country is the second highest in Europe, at ?48,281. But France tops the list, with just over half its students planning to leave the country – perhaps reflecting the fact that students in a number of neighbouring nations, including the UK, Germany and Switzerland, expect to command higher salaries. But sceptics will suggest that France will not see the mass brain drain the survey predicts, as exotic dreams meet reality. Students from most eastern European countries are quite immobile, despite low expected salaries. Fewer than one in six Czechs plans to go abroad, for example, despite a predicted starting salary that is one of the lowest in Europe.
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Working partners
Newsday, NY – 1 hour ago
“Sometimes I felt if I worked as a teacher, for example, we wouldn’t have had that expense. But, then I wouldn’t have the other benefits and flexibility of working with my husband. When it comes to togetherness, many business partners boast of having an edge over couples who carved out individual careers, the former anticipating less of an emotional and psychological transition from employment to retirement since they are used to spending so much time together. Wysel sees a richer retirement than husbands and wives who worked apart. “One of the greatest hurdles that couples encounter is the excessive amount of time they find themselves spending together all of a sudden,” Wysel explained. Couples working together in a family business often address the issue of retirement sooner than couples with jobs independent from each other because a succession plan may already exist.
Overcoming the odds to build a fresh career
Daily Post, UK – 9 hours ago
They include a single mum who overcame all the odds to build a successful career in catering, a leading North Wales college that has pioneered new techniques to ensure its courses meet employers’ needs, and BT which has developed innovative tailor made apprenticeships. All have all been named as finalists. Debra Foster a 40-year old single mum from Rhyl has been shortlisted in the Learner category after she turned a part-time waitressing job into a major catering career. Eighteen years after leaving employment to bring up her three sons she started a part-time waitressing job at Pendre Coffee Shop in Prestatyn. She had left school early with no qualifications and had only limited employment experience. Her employer encouraged Debra to take a series of literacy, numeracy and food related qualifications through Deeside College, where she recently won a student of the year award. She’s gained more qualifications since and has been promoted to sous chef.