The News Review:
- Job out of college: No guarantee
- Monster job index falls 27% in July
- Jobless Rate Dips To 9.4 Percent
Job out of college: No guarantee
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 missions 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 the. 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 falls 27% in July
Bizjournals.com
Employment Index dropped three points in July as online-recruitment activity remained sluggish. 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 New York-based. _AD0F21730B6D4323ABB4592B409EE02B.
Jobless Rate Dips To 9.4 Percent
NPR
economy has lost 6. 7 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. The Labor Department report showed that employment in the manufacturing sector fell by 52000 in July with 2 million factory workers losing their jobs since the recession began. Retail employment declined by 44000 and transportation and warehousing lost 22000 jobs in July. Even as the report was being released Delta Air Lines Inc. announced that it will cut more jobs because of the downturn in the travel industry but the company did not say how many. Hours And Pay ClimbGovernment health care and education were the bright spots of the report.
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