Career and Employment News

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- Recession-proof your career – Employment expert offers job …
- Career fair set for students and public
- Humpy Wheeler NCMA Initiate ‘Motorsports Employment Task Force’
- Lesbian soldier’s £200000 harassment payout branded ‘obscene’

Recession-proof your career – Employment expert offers job …
MyWebTimes.comnbsp;ILnbsp;
Many who see the rising unemployment rate fear for their own job security. While itrsquo;s understandable to be concerned about employment there are steps workers can take to help them be more indispensable and ldquo;recession-proofrdquo; their career. Randy Wolf regional vice president of Robert Half International a staffing company in Chicago recently answered questions for The Times about how to keep your current job or look for a new job if you’ve been laid off. How should an individual worried about layoffs handle himself or herself at work?A. Doing something is always better than doing nothing if yoursquo;re worried about a layoff.

Career fair set for students and public
Nogales Internationalnbsp;AZnbsp;
The community is invited and doors for the general public will be pen from 1:30-2:30 p. Employers all branches of the military and post-secondary training programs are invited to show students career employment and training opportunities. ?We expect more than 35 participants this year. ?For more information call Drenning at (520) 287-0800 Ext.
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Humpy Wheeler NCMA Initiate ‘Motorsports Employment Task Force’
WhoWon.comnbsp;NEnbsp;
Initiated by Humpy Wheeler and administered by the North Carolina Motorsports Association a Motorsports Employment Task Force was developed to address the job loss issues. A meeting was convened last Friday. Attendees of the initial meeting included associates from NASCAR the NC Legislature Centralina Workforce Development Board Career Transition Consultants NC Biotech Center NASCAR Technical Institute Women’s Auxiliary of Motorsports NC-Community College Motorsports Consortium Belmont Abbey College Compass Career Management The Wheeler Company and The NCMA. The group discussed ways to immediately provide support and information to current displaced workers. In addition the Task Force discussed plans for a promotional campaign to other industries that would showcase the skills and benefits to hiring someone from the Motorsports Industry. For Humpy Wheeler this situation is not new. He’s seen this before in the 70′s and 80′s.

Lesbian soldier’s £200000 harassment payout branded ‘obscene’
Telegraph.co.uknbsp;United Kingdomnbsp;
Lance Bombardier Kerry Fletcher 32 was bullied by her boss who made sexual advances towards her and then tried to destroy her career after she spurned him an employment tribunal heard. Her tormentor named for the first time as Staff Sergeant Ian Brown 40 sent explicit text messages in which he claimed he could “convert” her. Miss Fletcher was awarded pound;186896 by the Leeds Employment Tribunal after winning her claim over her time at the Royal Artillery stables at RAF Topcliffe in 2004. The sum exceeds the pound;161000 given to 21-year-old Marine Ben McBean who lost a leg and an arm in Afghanistan and the pound;152150 received by Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson 24 after losing both legs and suffering 14 life-threatening injuries including brain damage. It also dwarfs the pound;57000 given to 19-year-old Private Jamie Cooper who suffered severe stomach injuries in a mortar attack in southern Iraq.

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