The News Review:
- Upside of Holiday Work
- Midyear graduates get creative amid jobs crunch
- At Manpower Filling Gaps in the Work Force
- Hiring Window Is pen at the Foreign Service
- Highlights of the ND Local Employment Dynamics report:
Upside of Holiday Work
Wall Street Journal
While you may be tempted to take it easy during the Christmas-New Year’s slowdown now isn’t the time to slack off. “The tendency during these times is to see what you can get away with” says Los Angeles career strategist Cynthia Shapiro. “The better way to think about it: ‘How can I turn this into a way to make me shine?’ “Working during the holidays especially if you do it with a positive attitude can really make you stand out from your co-workers who may grumble about not having the time off Ms. Here are some suggestions on how to make the most of your holiday work:Set a List of GoalsBefore your boss heads home for the holidays go over some short-term goals for things that you want to accomplish during the holiday season since you’ll have more time to work without interruptions and stay focused suggests Wendy Billie a career and life coach. Sometime during the season you also should have a conversation with your boss about your performance throughout the year and set some goals for the new year says Ford Myers president of Career Potential a Philadelphia career-consulting and -coaching firm.
Midyear graduates get creative amid jobs crunch
Chicago Tribune United States
More than 2700 Purdue University students will graduate Sundayand. For many of thosestudents and those a year behind them the employment prospectsare grim. Indiana’s unemployment rate surged to 7. 1 percent in Novemberup 2. 6 percentage points from November 2007. Nationally the ratewas 6.
At Manpower Filling Gaps in the Work Force
New York Times United States
Joerres became the company’s chief executive in 1999 and chairman in 2001. In a recent interview he spoke about the global employment outlook for a wide range of industries. Skip to next paragraph.
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Hiring Window Is pen at the Foreign Service
New York Times United States
The State Department has asked for funding for 1500 new positions for the current fiscal year. f these roughly 800 are Foreign Service and 700 civil service said Luis Arreaga director of recruitment examination and employment at the department. Many of those positions are being filled because of attrition but about 160 are new. “We consider that a down payment” said Mr. Felix Salazar hired as a junior officer by the State Department in September said that during the interview process he felt “a sense of urgency that they were actively hiring and really valued my experience.
Highlights of the ND Local Employment Dynamics report:
Minot Daily News ND
Carrie Montoya president Minot Board of Realtors estimated 60 percent of the group’s Realtors are 55 and older. Several are in their 80s. For many it’s a second or third career. It’s an ideal field because they bring a maturity and an experience with customer service that creates a sense of trust in the clients Montoya said. They also have developed contacts in the community over the years that are essential to the job she said.