Career and Employment News

The News Review:

- Grad’s lawsuit questions mission of college career counseling
- Monster job index fell by 27% in July
- Graduate unable to find work sues college for tuition reimbursement
- Stay-at-Home Moms Need a Career Plan
- US Sen. Harkin: Statement on the senate vote to confirm Judge …
- 50 jobs in 50 states: California man wrapping up employment quest

Grad’s lawsuit questions mission of college career counseling
Baltimore Sun
Does a college degree guarantee you a job? Is a school’s career center a job placement agency?Many career centers dropped “job placement” from their names and mission years ago. They take a more comprehensive approach that involves career counseling and opportunities for students to connect with prospective employers. These days university career centers are increasingly helping alumni who have been out of school for many years with employment assistance. The average student does not expect a job guarantee from the career center says Mark Presnell director of. Part of its mission is to educate students about what the career center does he says. “I think our students understand that we’re here to guide them through the different kinds of career choices they have” Presnell says.

Monster job index fell by 27% in July
Bizjournals.com
Employment Index dropped three points in July as online-recruitment activity remained sluggish the online employment company said Thursday. Still the year-over-year decrease was the index’s smallest in four months signaling a possible improvement in underlying employer demand for workers at the start of the third quarter according to New York-based. _AD0F21730B6D4323ABB4592B409EE02B.

Graduate unable to find work sues college for tuition reimbursement
Examiner.com
Monroe College has dismissed the accusations in a formal statement which asserts that the ffice of Career Advancement provides a variety of services designed to assist students and graduates with employment. Although one can certainly empathize with Thompson and her mother both of whom apparently find themselves in a perilous financial situation the lawsuit itself is ridiculous and insulting on a variety of levels. Such is the state of American higher education in 2009. Populated by too many self-serving students wanting to be catered to more than educated our colleges and universities are viewed as job training schools rather than institutions designed to elevate the minds of the citizenry. We have done a great disservice to our young people through our abandonment of the ideals of individual responsibility and our lack of respect for the pursuit of knowledge.

Stay-at-Home Moms Need a Career Plan
U.S. News & World Report
Working part-time can enable you to build your resume maintain your network and well—get out of the house. Part-time jobs can be difficult to find however. It is usually easiest to find a part-time job if you are able to reduce your hours at your current place of employment. But that said an increasing number of employers nationwide are hiring part-time professionals from the upstart. Join the telecommuting tidal wave. Telecommuting also termed “teleworking” can be an excellent option for some stay-at-home moms. pportunities for telecommuting are increasing at a rapid pace.
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US Sen. Harkin: Statement on the senate vote to confirm Judge …
IowaPolitics.com (press release)
In a case involving an Iowan Jack Gross the Court made it harder for those with legitimate age discrimination claims to prevail under the ADEA. In doing so it reversed a well established 20- year-old standard consistent with that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that a plaintiff need only show that membership in a protected class was a “motivating factor” in an employer’s action. Instead the Court held that a plaintiff alleging age discrimination must prove that an employment action would not have been taken against him or her “but for” age. In other words the plaintiff must now prove that age discrimination was not a cause or a motivating factor but must prove that it was the exclusive cause of an adverse employment action. Proving “but for” cause is extremely difficult and will greatly limit potentially meritorious suits involving discrimination Congress sought to prevent. “In doing so the Court did not even address the question it granted certiorari on. As Justice Stevens noted in dissent “I disagree not only with the Court’s interpretation of the statute but also with its decision to engage in unnecessary lawmaking.

50 jobs in 50 states: California man wrapping up employment quest
Enterprise News
“I had absolutely no money” he said. Fast forward to this week — 45 states and more than 800 media interviews later. Despite a dismal economy Seddiqui said he is now getting full-time job offers from many of his temporary employers. His salaries each week have ranged from $100 working with the Amish building furniture in Pennsylvania to $3000 working for a medical device manufacturer in Minnesota.

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