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IRS Creates YouTube Channel for New Grads Searching for Career Info
The Internal Revenue Service today announced the availability of a new job search tool on YouTube dedicated to helping job seekers learn about employment opportunities at the IRS. "Whether you're a veteran or a recent college graduate, the IRS is a great place to work and build a career. The IRS has a wide range of jobs and needs a variety of skills to serve the nation's taxpayers," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. "Our goal is to make the IRS the best place to work in government."

College Recruiter Blog - Wed, 07/07/2010 - 09:36

A/E Firms: Social Media Guidelines & Online Identity Theft
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com Ryan Link, AICP, wrote a smart article for the CivilEngineeringCentral.com summer issue. In his article: Social Networking Isn’t Just for Fun Anymore: How Emerging Media Is Changing The Way We Market and Do Business, Ryan offers interesting insights into the A/E industry’s past and future relationship with social networking. Please read and offer your...

Civil Engineering Central - Wed, 07/07/2010 - 09:08

College bound, mountain loving, die hard skier? Good news for you!
I can see it now, the furrowed brows, the questioning stares planted on the faces of parents across America when their outdoor loving offspring, soon to be high school grads announce the news, Colorado Mountain College is going to be offering a four-year degree.

Mountain Jobs - Tue, 07/06/2010 - 18:18

Are You Letting Your Gender Dictate Your Career?
By Todd Bavol, The Job Search Ninja. CEO, Integrity Career Transitions Although it might be very easy to assume that the balance of the numbers of men and women in most occupations is fairly even these days, studies keep showing that there are still traditional gender roles. Nursing, teaching and clerical and administrative roles are still dominated by women, while men still seem to favor jobs in production, engineering, technology and management. Of course, the skeptic might offer discrimination...

Job Circle - Tue, 07/06/2010 - 14:35

Is Your Website Chasing Away A-Level Talent?
Matthew Adam, Executive Vice President & Chief Talent Strategist, of NAS Recruitment Communications delivered the most enjoyable and informative presentation that I attended at last week's Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 2010 annual conference in San Diego. Part of what made Matt's presentation so engaging was that he provided booklets to every attendee which summarize his presentation, provided them with his brief bio, and had a couple of pages of fill-in-the-blanks. That last...

College Recruiter Blog - Tue, 07/06/2010 - 13:17

The Importance of Employee Recognition - By Robbie Q Morse
A good employee is certainly a happy employee. If your office has become a place of drudgery and deadlines, rather than a place of high morale and high effectiveness, then it might be time to spruce up the work place with an employee recognition program. A proper employee recognition program should be one that awards excellent work, rather than punishes those who may feel challenged in their current positions. An employee recognition program can give your employees something to work towards, in...

Minnesota Jobs - Mon, 07/05/2010 - 14:03

Simply Hired's CEO Featured as Guest Host on CNBC
Very early this morning, Gautam Godhwani, SimplyHired.com’s own CEO, was featured as a guest host on CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange.” Gautam did a great job giving insight into the European job market for the first part of the hour before moving into a segment on construction jobs in the U.S. Further... Simply Hired

Simply Hired - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 19:35

June Unemployment Down to 9.5%
The BLS Employment Situation Summary was released this morning, showing the unemployment rate is back down to 9.5% (the lowest since last July) though 125,000 jobs were lost. The loss in jobs reflects the 225,000 temporary jobs that were shed from the 2010 Census. Meanwhile, the private sector payroll added 83,000 jobs last month in various industries.The report showed that many people were still having a hard time finding work. The number of long-term unemployed (those unemployed for 27 weeks...

Simply Hired - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 16:40

Simply Hired - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 16:39

Top Tips For Regaining Your Career Confidence After A Career Break – Part 3
By Todd Bavol, The Job Search Ninja. CEO, Integrity Career Transitions Following on from my two previous two posts, today I offer the final four of 12 tips on how to regain your career confidence after taking a career break. 9. Try to adjust your routine in advance of your return to work. If you have been unemployed for any length of time, for example, you may have been getting up and staying up later or letting the day’s activities dictate themselves. Try to get as close to a normal...

Job Circle - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 12:57

Transportation jobs surge ahead
Of the 12 major industries we track, almost all show solid year-over-year job posting growth this month. Job posting gains have been strongest in cyclical industries like Transportation, Hospitality, Retail and Media. Transportation continues to be a stand-out performer, boasting a 73% increase in job postings year-over-year and an increase of 20,000 jobs since April. The most sought after transportation job titles as measured by job seeker clicks were Driver, Receiver/Stocker, and Delivery...

Indeed - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 09:08

LinkUp June Jobs Report Provides Glimmer Of Hope For Tomorrow’s Jobs Report
Given the slew of grim data released this week, it’s no wonder that the markets have reacted poorly. ADP reported that employers added only 13,000 people to their payrolls in June, far lower than the 60,000 economists were expecting. Earlier today, the Department of Labor reported that Initial Claims for Unemployment in the week ending June 26th rose to 472,000, raising the 4-week average up to 466,000, its highest level since March. Combined, the two employment indicators sent shivers through...

Diggings - Fri, 07/02/2010 - 00:33

Questionable Fashion Choices at SHRM 2010

College Recruiter Blog - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 18:24

Top Tips For Regaining Your Confidence After A Career Break – Part 2
By Todd Bavol, The Job Search Ninja. CEO, Integrity Career Transitions As I said in Tuesday’s post, many people take breaks in their careers, some by choice and others not so. Whichever is the case though, and regardless of how pleasurable or otherwise the time spent away from the workplace might have been, when the time comes to return to work, often we can find ourselves feeling slightly less than confident in ourselves and our abilities. Yesterday, I offered the first four of 12...

Job Circle - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 15:22

SHRM 2010 Conference Wrap-Up
Tuesday marked the final expo day of the SHRM Annual Conference for 2010 and boy was it a busy one! We were happy to see that attendance was up from last year, with more than 11,000 HR professionals in attendance. Rarely was there a break in the flow of visitors to our booth and they were a very engaged audience, wanting to learn more about Simply Hired and what we do. At the Simply Hired booth, we held a Dream Job contest which turned out to be a fabulous hit! By telling us their dream...

Simply Hired - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 12:30

Simply Hired - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 11:00

TV Interview About the Power of Mobile Marketing for Recruiting at #SHRM10
Anne Meyer of Adecco TV and I sat down on Monday in their portable studio at the Society for Human Resource Management 2010 annual conference in San Diego to talk about why and how employers should use cell phone text messaging, mobile web sites, proximity-based marketing like 4Square, and other mobile marketing tools to reach today's college students, recent graduates, and other job hunters. Want to listen in? Watch the video below:

College Recruiter Blog - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 10:32

Employer Spotlight: Core Solutions, Inc.
At JobCircle, we like to keep you informed of new job opportunities thru our Employer Spotlight feature. This week we are taking a look at a Wayne, Pennsylvania-based company, Core Solutions, which provides enterprise software solutions to the behavioral health and human services industries. What you should know about Core Solutions. Core Solutions is an emerging leader in providing Electronic Health Records solutions to the behavioral healthcare/human services industries, a $135 billion...

Job Circle - Wed, 06/30/2010 - 10:46

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Civil Engineering Central - Wed, 06/30/2010 - 09:24