The News Review:
- Changing Careers to a New Field in This Job Market
- Job seekers flood employment fairs
- College grads’ prospects slim
- Rural SC ST women on career flight path
- Employment in a recession
- Unemployment up in city
Changing Careers to a New Field in This Job Market
Washington Post United States
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Job seekers flood employment fairs
Wheeling Countryside IL
“It’s not a good time to graduate either” she said. “It’s kind of scary. The longest lines which started behind the resume review tables are a direct result of unemployment rates that haven’t been seen since 1993 said Greg Rivara spokesman for the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Career Resource Center adviser Mike Kramer said he’s seeing a striking increase in clients coming from the professional and middle management ranks. “We’re even seeing some in the (information technology) field who we haven’t seen in many years” Kramer said Dec. 11 behind his booth at the Buffalo Grove employment event. “Everybody needs all the help they can get right now.
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College grads’ prospects slim
Sioux Falls Argus Leader SD
“We have not seen it to that extent here. We may see effects more next spring… We may see effects more next spring. “Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute’s annual report says hiring for graduates at all degree levels will decrease by 8 percent compared to 2007 according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. “In two short years we have moved from a zenith of exuberant and aggressive college hiring through a period of cautious optimism to a place of quiet desperation” the report said. The institute’s survey notes three types of employers are keeping the college labor market from collapsing entirely. Among them are global companies that compete internationally and still are vying for the most talented new hires.
Rural SC ST women on career flight path
Express Buzz India
5in; mso-paper-source:0;}div. Section1 {page:Section1;}–>HYDERABAD: For most rural women especiallythose hailing from the SC and ST communities getting through Class X itself isquite a hurdle what to say completing graduation and aspiring to a good job. Now thanks to the Employment Generation andMarketing Mission (EGMM) of the Department of Rural Development the firstbatch of 35 SC and ST women selected from interior villages of the State arebeing trained as air hostesses for employment in airlines of repute. They are set to complete their three-monthtraining programme in February 2009. According to officials of the EGMM companieslike Air India have about 15 per cent reservation quota for SC and ST candidatesin various departments. For several years these were not filled assuitable candidates were not to be found. “To become an air hostess candidates shouldhave at least completed their graduation which is very rare among SC and STwomen from rural areas.
Employment in a recession
Extra Newspaper IL
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Unemployment up in city
Taunton Call USA
“We’ve been extremely busy” John Shaw manager of the Taunton Career Center said Wednesday. A Career Center in an earlier era was referred to as an unemployment office. Its purpose continues to be to help people find employment and to assist companies find workers. Now they also offer free Internet access and classroom instruction for preparing for an interview and writing a résumé. Shaw attributed the recent surge in people looking for work to a number of companies in the area having reduced their workforce as they continue to cope with an ever more difficult economy. The office of labor and workforce development also reported there are now approximately 3275200 jobs in the state a drop of 10700 from one year ago.