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- Summer employment scarce
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“Wonderfully skilled people” flocking to state career centers
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
And that for job-seekers like Cameacia Harrison could prove to be good news. The daily visits to North aks provide Harrison with a routine and with it friendship and camaraderie in the midst of uncertainty. "I like going in hitting the clock and knowing I’m on my way up" said Harrison 27 searching for other employment in the health care field as she pursues a nursing degree. Job-seekers like Harrison have been blowing through the doors since an ill economic wind began to whip through the nation late last year. "Right now we are really seeing wonderfully skilled people walk in" said Jim Robbins a career counselor at North aks tucked behind a McDonald’s at a busy Normandy intersection. Those who regularly visit the center eventually get job offers Robbins said. Still he cautioned the jobs often come with lower pay and less prestige than what the jobless worker once had.
Summer employment scarce
Greenville Daily Reflector
East Carolina University’s Student Employment ffice provides similar services to help students at the university find jobs on or off campus. Three years ago the university launched “Hire a Pirate” geared to helping students find part-time or seasonal work. The program allows employers in the community to post free job listings for students and provides a Web site and career fair events to help match job seekers and openings. “We tried to make it as simple as possible” said Larry Donley ECU’s director of student employment. “We’re just basically trying to be the bridge. ” Last semester more than 100 local businesses participated in Hire a Pirate. That’s in addition to the 4300 students ECU hires for on-campus jobs.
Science Careers Blog
Science Careers
And of course the more new people enter the field–without a proportionate increase in career opportunities–the worse this problem gets. If I go to medical school I know I’ll emerge (after residency and perhaps some specialist training) with a good job. If I earn an MBA–just 2 years of graduate work!–I can count on employment in a good-paying mid-level executive position. But if I graduate with a Ph. in most fields of science the path to my future job is far from clear. By James Austin on June 11 2009 10:51 AM |.
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Training Programs Available to Lead to Employment
WBGH
New training options include a course in public safety to work in security-related jobs and a culinary course for work in restaurants and institutions. Appropriate persons may have their training paid for through the Workforce Investment Act which has received additional funding via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Broome-Tioga Workforce New York operates two ne Stop Centers to provide local residents with employment assistance and career advice and to assist local businesses with recruiting and training. The Workforce New York offices are located at 171 Front Street in Binghamton and at the Tioga County Human Services building located on Route 38 in wego. Broome-Tioga Workforce is a unique partnership between Tioga and Broome Counties and the regional business community to help businesses recruit and retain talented workers assess and respond to current and future workforce needs and help individuals obtain rewarding career opportunities.