The News Review:
- ATR International Wins CalWORKs Employer of the Year Award
- Beaker Launches Version 2.0 of Popular Online Recruiting Platform …
- Convergys Joins Army Spouse Employment Partnership
- New On-Line Product Launched To Aid Job Seekers
- Got a job? College grads seek employment in the midst of a recession
- Swamped employment recruiters cope with mounds of worry
ATR International Wins CalWORKs Employer of the Year Award
MarketWatch
The CalWORKs program provides services that are free and includeeducation training career advancement and support services such aschildcare transportation counseling and substance abuse treatment. “We are fortunate to work with groups that value diversitycollaboration and partnerships with community organizations” saidJerry Brenholz President and CEO of ATR. “It is our sense of dutyto find career opportunities with meaningful employment andsuccessfully transition those in need into a dynamic workforce. About ATR International Inc. ATR International Inc. a leader in staffing and staff managementservices is headquartered in Silicon Valley and services its clientsthrough a network of offices and specialized divisions. ATR deliversan unparalleled range of staffing and career resources to clients andcandidates.
Beaker Launches Version 2.0 of Popular Online Recruiting Platform …
MarketWatch
Breaking new ground in online recruitment technology Beaker provides life sciences professionals with free access to relevant industry-specific multimedia content company profiles and career opportunities. For employers Beaker highlights their organizations to a pool of qualified active job seekers and hard-to-reach passive candidates through multimedia employment branding and online recruitment services. “Beaker’s new recruiting platform merges the traditional online job board with a multimedia career management and social networking platform tailored specifically for the life sciences industry” said Jeffrey Clark CEO of Beaker. “Simply put we can provide an efficient recruiting process by telling a company’s story very effectively and to a highly relevant user base through a compelling online platform. Supported by the latest technology Beaker offers life sciences professionals a dynamic online community that provides everything they need to manage a career in the industry including up-to-date industry information and content. For life sciences organizations Beaker serves as a hub for the industry where organizations can manage their recruiting more effectively and efficiently reach the best talent in the market.
Convergys Joins Army Spouse Employment Partnership
MarketWatch
The partnership was initiated during the Association of United States Army’s annual meeting in Washington DC. Convergys signed a statement of support to join an elite group of companies nationwide in a partnership designed to enhance employment opportunities for spouses of military members while fulfilling America’s demand for skilled workers. As a result Convergys Human Resources will be working with the Army Spouse Employment Partnership to reach out to the spouses of military members with employment opportunities at any of Convergys’ 81 contact centers or participation in the Convergys Home Agent Program. Convergys has ambitious plans to increase the size of its home agent work force.
New On-Line Product Launched To Aid Job Seekers
PR Web (press release) WA
Their experienced and qualified career guidance professionals can assist individuals to dramatically increase their chances of finding employment by advising how to be more pro-active in their job search and to make something happen for themselves. For many this is uncomfortable territory and not something that comes naturally but with guidance important skills can be nurtured and the results can be outstanding. Networking is regarded as one of the key tools of the trade and the professionals urge job seekers to build on their contacts and utilise this key strength to aid in their job search. The true value of networking should never be underestimated. Jon Becker Director of the Icarus Partnership comments "One way of being really proactive is to network.
Got a job? College grads seek employment in the midst of a recession
Capital Times Wisconsin
A recent report by the Collegiate EmploymentResearch Institute at Michigan State paints an especially troublingpicture for those who will graduate this school year. “In two short years we have moved from azenith of exuberant and aggressive college hiring through a periodof cautious optimism to a place of quiet desperation” states thereport which is based on information provided by over 900employers nationwide. “It may not appear this way on campuseswhere fall career fairs maintain waiting lists and interviewschedules are full. Yes there are aggressive employers seeking thevery best talent. But do not let their presence fool you: The labormarket is contracting sharply this year. The economic train wreckhas piled up casualties. The voracious appetite for college laborhas abated.
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Swamped employment recruiters cope with mounds of worry
MiamiHerald.com FL
” On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a half-million American jobs disappeared last month the worst mass layoffs in more than three decades. Recruiters like Villalba are on the front lines of this new war for work. They have become social workers therapists career counselors and targets of misdirected anger. Like Villalba most are bracing to hold on to their personal lives in the likelihood that the worst is yet to come. For 17 years Villalba has operated Victoria & Associates Career Services in Miami placing people in temporary and permanent jobs for clients such as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and Baptist Health. Some clients like most businesses have laid off staff too. Villalba spends increasing hours making phone calls and networking to learn who might be hiring.