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- Career move
- Career Coach: There’s no corporate ladder to climb. You’re on your own
- Career Center helps students stay connected
- Building careers
- Grant will make jobs program possible this summer for some at-risk …

Career move
Malaysia Star
Yet the job now being offered may have remuneration and benefits that are almost irresistible. However the new job is offered on a three-year term with an option for renewal. ne reader who is faced with such a situation wants to know how he can protect himself from being arbitrarily terminated in his new employment and losing out on the security of tenure he now enjoys. He wants to know whether he would have recourse to the Industrial Courts in the event that he is arbitrarily terminated and whether he can be assured of the same security of tenure. In earlier times a contract of employment was regarded as an ordinary contract to be governed by the terms to which the parties had agreed to. However developments over the years have created laws for security of tenure so that an employee has an assurance of lifetime employment in the absence of just cause. The Industrial Relations Act 1967 adopts this approach and in its preamble describes itself as “An Act to provide for the regulation of the relations between employers and workmen.

Career Coach: There’s no corporate ladder to climb. You’re on your own
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
You will generate income and you may even like it. In addition it can take a long time to secure your next position. Employment keeps you in the driver’s seat. Go above and beyond. Many companies are requiring employees take unpaid furloughs. I just spoke to a friend who works in investment banking. His boss regularly calls him at all hours of the night.

Career Center helps students stay connected
Indiana Statesman
Another of the center’s programs Make It a Four-Year Process is a major part of making sure students take advantage of the Career Center’s services. The process starts before a freshman starts classes in the fall and continues until graduation. According to a checklist pamphlet students should register with Student Employment and begin using CAREERlink a Web site for employers to post available positions to help students find part time on or off campus jobs freshman year. Students should also visit career fairs their freshman year Waggoner said.

Building careers
Northwest Herald
“Because of the economic situation of the trades the job market for my kids is pretty much hurting right now and that’s due to the economy” said Pete Catan Woodstock High School’s building trades instructor. The housing and auto downturns that have left many Americans out of work have put recent graduates looking for employment in these industries in a challenging situation. “The biggest competition these kids have right now is their parents – it’s the generation ahead of them who is currently out of work” said Joel Green director for the McHenry County Cooperative of Employment an organization that coordinates career and technical education with area high schools. “When you look for a product you look for someone with a track record; that’s the issue these kids are going to face. They’re up against people who have a history of doing good work” Green said. Not only are the trade industries themselves facing tough economic times but high school vocational programs also are dealing with smaller budgets. “A lot of this is banked on state funding and that is one thing that is lacking right now” Catan said.

Grant will make jobs program possible this summer for some at-risk …
Goldsboro News Argus
Erlene Brogden career and technical education lead teacher wrote the local grant application. Its receipt is just one more example of the ways the district is trying to provide work-based learning opportunities to students. “ur district’s career and technical education department works to help prepare students to be globally competitive in the 21st century economy through programs such as career academies chapter organizations and the apprenticeship program to name a few” Ms. “We hope this summer employment program will encourage student participants to take advantage of other WCPS programs that can better prepare them for work or post-secondary education. Applications for the program are available online at www. waynecountyschools.
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