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Killer Startups is a site that publishes summaries of startup ideas and has users vote on the one that they think will be the ‘killer’ of the bunch. We submitted LinkUp a while ago and they have included it in today’s group. If you are so inclined, please take 5-10 seconds to go the page (click here) and click on the button on the upper left portion of the page (lists # of votes and has a + sign). Thank you for your help. Share This

Diggings - 4 hours 52 min ago

Your weekend accounting job hunt starts HERE!
As the the new year quickly approaches, companies are realizing that they are going to need more people to get ramped up for the quickly approaching new year! We have had several awesome companies post their jobs on AJT, here are some of the highlights! Peapod is an interactive, online grocery shopping/delivery service. They are currently seeking a Business Controller for their Corporate Office in my old stomping grounds, Skokie, IL. They have a great opportunity for a Business Controller to...

Accounting Jobs Today - 5 hours 27 min ago

How to Minimize Risks Associated with Assessment Tests
Employers who are looking for ways to make their recruitment and promotion processes as efficient as possible should consider online assessment testing to help screen candidates. Assessment tests can save the company time and money by identifying candidates who would...

EmploymentMetrix - 5 hours 37 min ago

2008 Felix Award Winner!
Way to go, John! John Putzier has provided career content for JobDig for JobDig over the past two years. He was recently named the winner of the Felix Award: Volunteer of the Year by Pittsburgh’s Human Resources Association (PHRA). The Felix Awards in Pittsburgh are often referred to as the “Oscars” of HR. However, Felix Award Winners are out working hard for their communities instead of acting on the big screen. John earned this award for his work on The People Do Matter Awards...

Job Dig - Thu, 11/20/2008 - 17:53

Minnesota unemployment up 0.1% on October to 6.0 percent.
Minnesota Employment and Unemployment ReleaseMinnesota's unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.0 percent in October on a seasonally adjusted basis. Employment fell by 7,500 over the month on a seasonally adjusted basis.Source MN DEED

Minnesota Jobs - Thu, 11/20/2008 - 15:26

How Not To Behave If You Get Fired
A 21 year-old, University of Minnesota student went into an absolute tirade yesterday after being fired from KSTP, the local ABC affiliate here in Minneapolis. The complaint filed after the incident reported that after receiving the bad news from her boss, Jennifer Anato-Mensah screamed, “You don’t know where I’m from, I’ll mess you up.” Then, according to witnesses and the complaint, Anato-Mensah “chased after an executive producer at KSTP-TV, screaming obscenities...

Diggings - Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:16

Two-Paper Markets Will Disappear Soon
Without question, any city with two competing dailies or even neighboring cities with dailies can start counting the days until those dailies either merge or force each other to collapse completely. In a great piece on Followthemedia.com, Philip Stone describes two such markets: Dallas-Fort Worth and L.A.-Orange County. There are undoubtedly others, such as Seattle with two dailies both approaching total insolvency, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. Here in the Twin Cities, the Minneapolis Star Tribune...

Diggings - Thu, 11/20/2008 - 11:00

Want to advance? Win a contest!
If you're trying to move up in your skilled trades career - or maybe just trying to get a foot in the door - there's no better way to get attention than by winning a contest. Why? Well, depending on the contest, you have a chance to show your knowledge and expertise. It's a way to back up the claims you've made on your resume. And employers notice. They're always looking for their next 'superstar'.Curious? Here are a few contests to consider:NATE Bowl: run by NATE, for HVAC technicians. A...

MEP Jobs - Thu, 11/20/2008 - 02:46

Skilled Trades Blog - Thu, 11/20/2008 - 02:46

Kennedy Information Surprisingly Successful for Exhibitors
I just returned from the Kennedy Information 2008 annual conference in sunny Orlando. Perhaps it was the very pleasant weather or something in the water, but all of the doom-and-gloom in the economy didn't seem to have much of an impact on the vendors who exhibited at this year's conference. We had our first booth there ever and plan to return next year. We weren't overwhelmed by the business that we generated but were quite pleased. We were able to get some valuable face time with some clients,...

College Recruiter Blog - Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:57

Monster Moves Over To NYSE
Monster moves from the NASDAQ to the NYSE today with the ticker MWW. In seeing the NYSE ad bragging about the switch in the WSJ today, I was reminded that I hadn’t looked up Monster’s stock price recently. Here is the 2-year chart for MWW: And I thought that the best snowboarding slopes in the country were to be found in Colorado and the daily newspaper industry. This one tops them all! Share This

Diggings - Wed, 11/19/2008 - 10:54

Jobs for Candidates with 1-3 Years of Experience on the Rise
Beyond.com recently published the October 2008 Milgram report, which reveals interesting statistics and data collected from the Beyond.com network of thousands of niche career communities. Here are a few of the key findings: In October 2008, jobs for candidates with 1-3 years of experience increased by 3.68% when compared to jobs posted in September 2008. This was the only category of jobs by experience level that did not decrease over the previous month. Salary expectations increased for...

EmploymentMetrix - Wed, 11/19/2008 - 01:11

Bonjour, Hallo, Hola
In October, we launched in three more countries: France, Germany and Spain. Indeed’s comprehensive search engine for jobs includes millions of jobs from job boards and company career sites in each of these countries. Since Indeed.com’s launch four years ago in November 2004, we have grown to include jobs from more than ten thousand websites in seven countries and four languages. More job searches are now performed on Indeed.com than on any other website (comScore Media Metrix, Oct...

Indeed - Tue, 11/18/2008 - 15:53

Meet your Simply Hired Folks, Part 2!
The Kennedy Information’s 2008 Conference & Expo is officially underway. Today marks the last day of the Expo, and the Sourcing and Retention Summits begin tomorrow. Gautam’s presentation was a hit yesterday, with as many (if not more!) people standing... Simply Hired

Simply Hired - Tue, 11/18/2008 - 15:14

Another best small ski towns list, Travel and Leisure makes some great picks!
Travel and Leisure was really right on it when they picked the five best small ski towns in America. How often do you look through one of these lists and wonder what they were thinking, if they had ever been to these places or who paid them to put some of those towns on the list! These are five places to check out if you love the mountains and prefer vacationing and/or living in more laid back small towns.

Mountain Jobs - Tue, 11/18/2008 - 14:43

The Secret to Attracting Job Applicants
The Secret to Attracting Job ApplicantsEmployer Branding answers one simple question - why shouldsomeone work for a certain company instead of any othercompany? How can a company differentiate itself from itspeers and attract new employees? It's quite simple,actually. Employer Branding is all about marketing an entirecompany as though it were a product. However, instead ofselling computers or cappuccinos, the product that is beingpitched to the consumer is the people and employeeexperience...

Minnesota Jobs - Tue, 11/18/2008 - 12:06

Weekly Update On The Dailies
It was another dismal week for the daily newspaper industry. Here in Minneapolis, the Star Tribune could only muster 6 pages of employment classifieds on Sunday for thye 2nd week in a row (actually it was about 4 with 2 pages of filler). At that level, the paper has got to be inching ever closer to bankruptcy (they stopped making debt service payments on their unsecured debt in June and their secured debt in October). At this point, the only thing keeping them out of bankruptcy has to be the fact...

Diggings - Mon, 11/17/2008 - 17:02

View from Aspen, Colorado, life in a resort town
How is everybody there reacting to the current state of the economy? Are you cutting back? I asked one of my friends this in another ski town, immediately realized what a silly question it was and we both had a laugh. “When are we not cutting back?” she laughed. Living in a resort town as a working full-time resident, especially in ski towns such as Aspen and Jackson Hole, counting your cash is as much a part of your daily life as skiing, hiking, biking, or anything outdoors.

Mountain Jobs - Mon, 11/17/2008 - 15:33

Success Story for Targeted Email Campaign
We're often asked by employers who are considering purchasing a targeted email campaign for the results that they should expect to see. They're asking a good question because the reality is that our clients don't purchase targeted emails or any other type of recruitment advertising product from us for the sake of running those ads. What they're really buying are the hires that come out of those campaigns. Although we have little to no control over the quality of the creative (the words and images...

College Recruiter Blog - Mon, 11/17/2008 - 09:52

Women in the skilled trades
Women make up less than 3% of the skilled trades workforce - but their numbers are growing. If you're female and considering the industry, here are a few good resources to check out:Tradeswomen Now and TomorrowTradeswomen, Inc: aimed at California skilled trades workers National Assoc. of Women in Construction 9-to-5 National Assoc. of Working Women: not specifically for the trades, but lots of good info Non-Traditional Employment for Women (NEW): specific to New York City Sisters in the...

MEP Jobs - Mon, 11/17/2008 - 02:19