The News Review:
- Career Calendar
- Credit crunch victims offered career advice
- Staffing agencies feeling the bite
- WRK: Resources are available to help you find a job and hone your …
- Unity College to host Maine’s largest environmental career fair
- Unemployment on the rise in the Tri-County
- A Career Changer’s Checklist – 12 Common Sense Questions to Find …
Career Calendar
Minneapolis Star Tribune MN
Sponsor: Employment Action Center Women’s Programs. The workshop will cover resources for making better job choices and the best ways to find a new job. Job search assistance.
Credit crunch victims offered career advice
MK News UK
Staff who are facing redundancy or who need to find work during the economic downturn have been advised to make use of Milton Keynes Council’s Employment Support Team. The team provide one-to-one career advice retraining tips for writing CVs and interview techniques. Council employment support manager Tina Strutton said: “During this latest recession it is even more important that we offer as much support as possible to anyone who has found themselves out of work. “That’s why Milton Keynes Employment Support delivers a variety of services to residents who are unemployed under threat of redundancy or looking to increase their skills to give them every chance of returning to work quickly. The council is holding an Employment and Training roadshow on Thursday February 26 from 10am to 3pm at 158 Ramsons Avenue Conniburrow. Councillor Vanessa McPake said: “These are tough times for everyone and any help the council can provide to get residents back into work if they have been unfortunate enough to lose their jobs has got to be worthwhile.
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Staffing agencies feeling the bite
Topeka Capital Journal KS
Lanny Brown understands that apprehension. A 45-year co-owner of Topeka’s Bossler-Brown employment agency Brown has helped people thrive during economic booms and survive during busts. But at no time in his career has he seen an employment climate this challenging. “Back in the (early) 1980s we saw 7 to 8 percent unemployment and we thought those were trying times” he remembered. “There will always be down periods but this is looking like the worst I’ve seen. And what scares people most are projections that this could last for a while. “We’re seeing more people who are not chronic job-changers who’ve been in the same job 25 years and have built up a pretty good income but now find they don’t know what to expect.
WRK: Resources are available to help you find a job and hone your …
Tonawanda News NY
“When you have a downturn” said John Slenker of the New York state Department of Labor “people think no one’s hiring. That’s not true. ”A labor market analyst for Western New York Slenker explained that in any given month regardless of growing or shrinking employment thousands of people in Erie and Niagara counties gain employment. In a stagnant economy or recession he adds companies are more cautious in their hiring practices. Still they have vacancies that require filling. “The news tends to be bad” Slenker observed. “But the worst thing you can do is stop looking.
Unity College to host Maine’s largest environmental career fair
VillageSoup Belfast USA
Sponsored by the Unity College Career Resource Center the event will be the largest of its kind ever hosted by Unity College and include 85 participating organizations. ?We are very pleased with the recruiter response to this environmental career fair? said Nicole Collins ?00 Unity College career consultant & internship coordinator. ?This will be an opportunity for individuals to explore career options seek professional advice and secure positions for employment. Also individuals will have the opportunity to secure internships in traditional as well as emerging environmental fields. Collins stressed the fair will also serve as a clearing house for college students and career changers seeking internships to find opportunities or fulfill academic requirements. ?Unity College students typically build their careers during their college years through hands-on internships and study abroad opportunities? Collins said.
Unemployment on the rise in the Tri-County
Times Tribune of Corbin KY
“But it’s slowed down since they got the phone lines (and Web site) back up. ”Hampton said the majority of people who come into the center 50 to 65 percent are there to file for unemployment insurance. Before giving benefits the center looks at a worker’s wages for the last four quarters of his employment to determine each UI draw. Currently basic UI can be drawn by a person who qualifies for 26 weeks. During this time a person drawing UI must prove they are actively pursuing employment. Federal extensions are available for people still jobless after the initial 26 weeks.
A Career Changer’s Checklist – 12 Common Sense Questions to Find …
informIT NJ
And then I tried to provide you with a least five strategies that might help you address each opening question. I have heard from many of you over the course of this series. It seems that the articles have helped you and the readers in your organizations migrate through this tumultuous employment time. And direction is so important. Have you ever been lost truly lost? It is terrifying.