The News Review:
- Recession-proof your career – Employment expert offers job …
- Improving career training options remains key to jobs future
- Career Center offers help to the flood of locals without jobs
- Career fair set for students and public
- Auto job losses boost unemployment
- Career Closeups
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.
Improving career training options remains key to jobs future
DetNews.comnbsp;MInbsp;
But we cannot fully reap the economic benefits of these wonderful programs until they are available to every student across the state. We need to get that message out especially to the 21000 Michigan students who drop out each year before even finishing high school. Many students and their parents don’t realize it’s increasingly impossible for workers without post-high school training to find good employment. We held a series of dropout hearings this year and one thing is clear: Any solution has to be multifaceted. Not every student learns in the same way so we must tailor our programs to reach every child. Our schools must provide specialized training that gives all students the skills they need but we also have to make what happens in the classroom relevant to students’ lives. At the dropout hearings employers told us schools must offer hands-on training in key areas like business medical and professional services creating a highly skilled work force.
Career Center offers help to the flood of locals without jobs
The Salem Newsnbsp;MAnbsp;
Census is hiring census supervisors and census takers for example and the Career Center is finding that temporary employment is more common now. Those temporary positions often lead to getting hired full time. “Our biggest fear” Whitmore said “is that there are people out there who don’t know what to do next and they don’t know that we are here. There are 37 one-stop career centers across the state. “In one place you can job search get job training and handle unemployment (benefits)” Whitmore said.
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.
Auto job losses boost unemployment
News Enterprisenbsp;KYnbsp;
In the eight-county region of the Elizabethtown-based Lincoln Trail Area Development District most of the unemployed workers the agency serves come from the auto parts industry said Employment and Training Specialist Jackie Masterson. Some factories supplying slumping auto makers this year laid off employees or asked workers to retire early. Lincoln Trailrsquo;s ldquo;rapid responserdquo; team so far in 2008 has served a little more than 700 workers facing unemployment and calls to the Elizabethtown Career Center spiked from 3917 in September to 7050 last month employment specialists said. ldquo;Itrsquo;s a tough timerdquo; Career Center manager Tommy Wheatley said. As for the latest unemployment figures the Hardin County rate held steady at 6. 6 percent from August to September according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training. Last yearrsquo;s September rate was 4.
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Career Closeups
Caldwell Progressnbsp;NJnbsp;
She has been an executive search practitioner since 1981. She has given numerous seminars on how to go about looking for a job no matter what the state of the economy. An economist by degree Ascher said she has spent the past two decades navigating the ups and downs of the employment market and how it affects her clients and candidates alike. Renda has been awarded the ldquo;Best of New Jerseyrdquo; award by the Italian Tribune Newspaper. This award is in recognition of honesty integrity and dedication to best business practices and is selected annually among hundreds of nominations submitted by readers clubs and organizations serving the Italian-American community. Renda is a 1978 graduate of the University of Miami Law School in Coral Gables Fla.