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- fficer files discrimination suit against MBPD
- Brown: Massachusetts ne-Stop Career Centers offer help training
- Summer Youth Employment Program
- Spurned auto dealers beg sympathy from Congress
- Fresh Faces
- Class of 2009 Steady as She Goes in Turbulent Times According to …
- Hiring Managers Indicate Rebound in Employment Far from Certain …
fficer files discrimination suit against MBPD
WMBF
According to court documents Brenda M. Christy 45 claims unlawful discrimination and retaliation has caused her to suffer the loss of promotional opportunities and career advancement as an investigator with the agency. The discrimination she cites has caused her to lose wages and employment benefits throughout her tenure with the department. According to the suit Christy is seeking a retroactive promotion to sergeant back and front pay lost employment benefits and raises liquidated and compensatory damages for back pay and economic losses damages for emotional distress and other losses an injunction barring the Myrtle Beach Police Department from further discrimination pre- and post-judgment interest extra monies to compensate for any income tax consequences she might sustain from a damages award and attorney and expert fees. Christy a 21-year veteran of the Myrtle Beach Police Department says the discrimination began in 2002 stemming from a co-worker's sexual harassment case that was reported by her to a lieutenant of a different division within the department. Since that time Christy claims she has been demoted twice following a complaint she made in May 2007.
Brown: Massachusetts ne-Stop Career Centers offer help training
Boston Globe
These career centers are dispersed across the state in every major city with branch offices in additional communities. They are administered locally by Workforce Investment Boards compromised of business government education labor and community leaders to ensure that each center is meeting the needs of its community in addition to providing a standard level of basic services. ther state and local government and non-profit agencies may be partners in specific centers including the.
Summer Youth Employment Program
WTAP-TV
It places kids at government volunteer and non-profit sites and pays them minimum wage. “They are going to have exposure to career options that are going to be outside of the program itself; things like higher education or job seeking” said Bob Leach Summer Youth Specialist. For more information go to the Workforce West Virginia office in Wood County. You can also get more information online by clicking on our hot button.
Spurned auto dealers beg sympathy from Congress
Atlanta Journal Constitution
9 percent it doesn?t make sense to eliminate nearly 150000 well-paying jobs atdealerships across the country. Just this year dealership closures have already put more than 50000Americans out of work. Employees losing jobs will find it especially difficult to find new employmentdue to the dire state of auto retailing. ? Forced Dealer Closings will Hurt Communities. Dealerships are owned by independententrepreneurs who buy their land and buildings pay for new motor vehicles from the manufacturer andeven buy the sign out front with the manufacturer?s logo on it. There will be significant ripple effectswith the loss of dealer?s expenditures in the local and state economies. It is extraordinarily difficult fora dealer to represent another vehicle franchise; therefore closures will result in shuttered storefrontsand idled dealer real estate that is not easily transferable to other uses.
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Fresh Faces
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In addition to earning a grade at school the students gain life experience and knowledge. Special Needs Shands and its community partners realize that everyone deserves a chance to explore healthcare careers regardless of socioeconomic status or if they have a disability. The health system works with the Alachua-Bradford Career Center’s Youth Employment Start (YES!) Program a work-study program that targets students from disadvantaged backgrounds. To participate the students go through career counseling during the school year and do a paid internship over the summer. “We find them jobs throughout Shands so they are working a total of 120 hours in the summer” Jones said. “Usually most of them do 4 hours a day but if they want to shorten the experience to 3 weeks they can do 40 hours a week. We try to do a little bit of counseling beforehand to see what healthcare career would work but we also offer them positions in areas such as billing.
Class of 2009 Steady as She Goes in Turbulent Times According to …
SBC News
In 2007 71 percent had settled on plans and 29 percent werelooking for jobs. Stark noted there is a difference however if youfurther break down statistics. The number of students engaging in personalendeavors rather than employment is down from previous years while the numbertaking part-time versus full-time work is up. He said this helps account forthe Class of 2009′s high overall employment rate. “I think that shows students are cognizant of a tough jobmarket” he said. “They need to have some money coming in while they arecontinuing their search [for long-term employment]. The employment numbers for SBC graduates are on par withthe most recent benchmarking analysis available from the National Associationof Colleges and Employers Stark said.
Hiring Managers Indicate Rebound in Employment Far from Certain …
PR Newswire (press release)
In fact Dice Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DHX) a leading provider of specialized career websites for professional communities finds that 74 percent of recruiters and hiring managers have scaled back their hiring plans for the next six months due to the current economy. “These results reflect what we hear from our customers on a daily basis” said Scot Melland Chairman President and CE of Dice Holdings. “While hiring managers and recruiters generally believe the economy is no longer falling off a cliff these survey results indicate that employers have yet to take the tangible steps which will improve the labor market. According to the survey “not sure” is the number one response (36%) to the question of when hiring levels will return to normal.