The News Review:
- Career Couch Slicing the Budget (Your Own) at the Office
- Temp workers also feel the pain
- New biotech degree likely to feed employment needs
- Where The Jobs Aren’t
- Off Ramp to On Ramp: It Can Be a Hard Journey
- Employment Fraud Rising
Career Couch Slicing the Budget (Your Own) at the Office
New York Times United States
com and always search for discounts. Is there a way to rejigger your employment or health benefits to save money?A. This is the time of year when employees make their benefits enrollment decisions. Make sure you have a flexible spending account that lets you use pretax income to pay for out-of-pocket medical and health expenses. “This is income that hasn’t been taxed so it’s essentially a 25 percent savings on everything you purchase and it also reduces your taxable income” Ms.
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Temp workers also feel the pain
GoErie.com PA
A day after they lost their jobs former employees of Erie Plastics walked into the Corry VFW to complete some paperwork. More than 100 walked out as temporary employees of Adecco a staffing services company. That mass hire was a variation of temporary placements made more than 11 million times each year by temporary employment agencies in the United States. There are signs however that those placements aren’t coming as often as they once did and evidence that temporary and contract employees could be among the first on the chopping block as companies look to make cuts. Even before the National Bureau of Economic Research announced recently that the United States had been in a recession since December 2007 temporary staffing statistics had hinted at a slowdown.
New biotech degree likely to feed employment needs
Huntington Herald Dispatch WV
MCTC is uniquely qualified to be at the forefront to this development through established partnerships with area schools Marshall University and area business and economic development leaders. ” Chappell also secured a $62000 grant from Verizon with the money going toward starting the degree program. She said the program will include a career track to help create an entry point for incoming freshman while a second track will explore the needs of adult and incumbent workers who may benefit from retraining in this field. “We are plowing the ground and planting the seeds” Chappell said. “We’re doing everything for someone to come in here and build an industry. ”For more information about the program contact Chappell at 304-696-4645 or visit www.
Where The Jobs Aren’t
Worcester Business Journal MA
Still not all industries and not all communities are created equal. Between October 2007 and October 2008 the state’s employment dropped 0. 4 percent in Worcester Shrewsbury and Westborough but Framingham and Ayer actually added jobs growing employment by 0.
Off Ramp to On Ramp: It Can Be a Hard Journey
New York Times United States
“Seeking outside help was helpful in setting that direction. ”Emma Gilbey Keller who wrote “The Comeback: Seven Stories of Women Who Went From Career to Family and Back Again” says that one of the most efficient ways to return to the work force is to look for project-based employment and temporary work particularly in this economy. “Jobs are being cut but companies still need hands on deck” said Ms. Keller (who is married to Bill Keller executive editor of The New York Times). “Right now short-term work is going to be easier to come by than landing the managing editor position or a getting on the partner track at a law firm. ”According to one school of thought women looking to make a comeback might even have an advantage in the current economy especially if they are looking for part-time or consultant positions that do not offer benefits.
Employment Fraud Rising
WRCB-TV TN
The email claims the furniture store needs people to collect outstanding payments. Using Career Builder. com the scammers target job-seekers like Bruzga. “This has become an epidemic across the country” said Ashley Furniture manager Chuck Hadley. “We've had 8000 so far and it's still going. ” Hadley manages the Ashley Furniture on Gunbarrel Road. In the last month he's met dozens of people victimized by this phony company.