The News Review:
- How to bounce back from unemployment
- Employment program offers career direction to ex-soldiers
- Career track at CP onward, upward
- Weekend course brought about career-path clarity
How to bounce back from unemployment
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
But I also see a lot of joy when we fill a job. You realize you’ve made a difference in someone’s life. With California’s unemployment rate at a 12-year high of 7. 7 percent, Greenberg, who purchased Express Employment Professionals of Pleasanton in 2004, is dealing with more people seeking fewer jobs. He is reaching out to companies only to hear they are freezing hiring or laying off workers. “We have to work a lot harder to maintain our business,” said Greenberg, 59. “It’s easy for people to get discouraged in this climate, but the people we end up placing the most successfully are confident about their skills and have a good attitude.
Employment program offers career direction to ex-soldiers
Killeen Daily Herald, TX
Part of the Army Family Covenant reads:
“We recognize the commitment and increasing sacrifices that our families are making every day. “We recognize the strength of our soldiers comes from the strength of their families. “We are committed to providing soldiers and families a quality of life that is commensurate with their service. “We are committed to improving family readiness by expanding education and employment opportunities for family members. ”
Secretary of the Army Pete Geren presented Col. Bill Hill, garrison commander, with the Quality of Life Award for Communication Excellence for the post’s marketing campaign, “Get Out On Fort Hood,” or GOOF off at the Association of the U.
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Career track at CP onward, upward
Calgary Herald, Canada
Yerema and his team scoured through a list of 75,000 employers to whittle it down to a record number of 16,000 who were invited to participate. About 2,000 employers made the short-list for closer examination of Canada’s Top Employers in 2009. Patti Clarkson, an employment advisor at CP, believes that being ranked among the top employers will pay dividends down the line. “We have eight people doing recruiting out of our employment centre, but we have 15,000 employees that can also recruit for us,” she says. “By reading this, it reaffirms their belief in their company.
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Weekend course brought about career-path clarity
Indianapolis Star, United States
I also was urged to isolate those things that gave joy to my life; my passions so to speak. I was determined to try to earn a living from those things that I was most passionate about — music and sports. And at the end of the exercise, I wrote a generic job description of what I was seeking from employment opportunities. Every position I have held since 1977 has satisfied that three-page precis that I wrote that day. It has been the road map for my professional life. — By Douglas Logan Event.