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- Gen Y and Holiday Jobs: Nearly 80% Seeking Employment During …
- Difficulty Finding Employment Leads American Youths To Try …
- JERSEY’S 6% JOBLESS RATE
- Military MBA Sees Bright Spot in Lackluster Employment Market …
- New Director for the NTID Center on Employment
- Top Medical Careers And Asistant Jobs
- How to prevent your career collapsing with your company
Gen Y and Holiday Jobs: Nearly 80% Seeking Employment During …
MarketWatch
Sixty percent reported searching before November, compared to just 20
percent last year. More respondents in 2008 are also looking to work
full-time (45 percent), and the percentage of students who are willing
to work more than five weeks — at 47 percent — more than doubled over
2007. Gen Y job seekers anticipate finding employment through their university
career centers (22 percent), word-of-mouth (23 percent) and online job
boards (21 percent). When asked specifically
about holiday spending habits, 67 percent reported they do not
accumulate debt over the holidays related to gifts or entertainment. The
majority (75 percent) said they spend less than $500 on gifts for family
and friends. “Given the economic climate, candidates seeking extra income this
holiday season need to be aggressive in searching for opportunities and
identify themselves as ambitious, hardworking and resourceful,” said Jennifer
Floren, founder and CEO of Experience, Inc.
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Difficulty Finding Employment Leads American Youths To Try …
AHN
(AHN) – More American youths are open to join the military as reflected in a rise in recruitment for the first time in five years. The development was traced to positive news out of Iraq and difficulty in finding jobs. Surveys also showed a growing number young U. residents are willing to give a military career a try. In a Pentagon-sponsored survey of 3,300 people from 16 to 21 years old conducted during the first half of 2008, the number of youths who said they will probably join the military increased to 11 percent from 9 percent.
JERSEY’S 6% JOBLESS RATE
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com, NJ
In October, 6,100 jobs were lost in the private sector,far outpacing gains in education, health services andgovernment employment, according to data from the stateDepartment of Labor and Workforce Development. So far this year, the state has lost 27,200 jobs, withemployment falling in eight of the 10 months. With Wall Street in the midst of a major restructuringand the automotive sector teetering on the brink, economistsrepeated warnings that New Jersey’s economy is likelyto get a lot worse before it improves. “It may deteriorate from here because wehaven’t seen the full impact of the layoffs in thefinancial sector,” said Joel Naroff, chief economistfor Commerce Bank. “We should not be surprised if wesee the unemployment rate hit 8 percent.
Military MBA Sees Bright Spot in Lackluster Employment Market …
MarketWatch
Military MBA’s coverage of the event confirmed prior findings,
with some surprising observations. “While our history of market research has always shown a strong demand
for MBA students with former military experience, it was surprising to
see firsthand the number of employers stepping up their efforts to
recruit military MBAs in these challenging economic times,” recalls
Military MBA’s Greg Eisenbarth. “This is a bright spot in an otherwise
lackluster employment market. ”
Discussions with the event’s participating career experts reinforced
Military MBA’s findings from previous research concerning the key
reasons employers recruit military MBAs. Given the current shifting and
unpredictable economic climate, these qualities have taken on greater
importance:
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Adapting to change. Leaders must be comfortable working in unfamiliar
circumstances and adapting to succeed in difficult situations. –
Up for challenge.
New Director for the NTID Center on Employment
RIT News, NY
Macko, of Mendon, brings more than 17 years of experience in employment services, placement and business to the position. He came to NTID in 1993 to work as an NCE employment advisor and was promoted to senior employment advisor in 2001. Throughout his career at NTID, he has been instrumental in developing co-op and permanent job opportunities for NTID students and graduates. “He has elevated the quality and strategic direction of employment and placement services for our college and has forged key relationships with national companies to enhance employment opportunities for our students,” said Gerald Buckley, NTID’s assistant vice president for college advancement. Prior to coming to NTID in 1993, Macko was a financial reviewer for The Prudential Asset Management Company where he prepared and analyzed financial data and redesigned and enhanced the quality of pension projects. Macko earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in career and human resources development, both from RIT.
Top Medical Careers And Asistant Jobs
eMaxHealth.com, NC
The American Association of Medical Assistants is the most well known certification body. There are other certifying bodies; find out which ones are in your area. Certification means that one is competent and has more credibility and so increases the chances of employment. The employment chances of medical assistants will grow 35% more than other occupations in 2007-2016 so the chances of employment are very good. With experience and more training you can advance to other jobs in the medical field. You can retrain to be a clinical officer or go to university and specialize in a particular field. Medical assistants are very important in the field of medical career because without them doctors would be overworked and would have little time to dedicate to managing the health of their clients.
How to prevent your career collapsing with your company
Management-Issues, UK
Rather than hanging on to the last moment and then gathering up your personal belongings along with everyone else, the research found that executives who changed employers in the two years prior to a bankruptcy ended up suffering far fewer job consequences than their counterparts who stayed to the bitter end. An analysis of the career paths for thousands of bank executives was conducted by Matthew Semadeni, assistant professor of management at the Kelley School. In particular, those who jumped ship were much less likely to have to accept a demotion or move to a different city for future employment, effectively avoiding the “stigma” associated with the prior firm’s failure, he argued. “Our findings indicate that executives can lessen the prospects for a negative impact on their careers by strategically managing their exit from a struggling firm,” Semadeni said. “It is likely that most of them know about an impending crisis long before the public or shareholders do, and are in a good position to plan a departure that will benefit their careers,” he added. For the study, Semadeni examined the employment situations of 1,155 executives, including chairmen, presidents, CEOs and executive vice presidents, at 437 public and private Texas banks that failed between 1985 and 1990. He then compared them with 1,171 executives at comparable non-failing banks.