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Beyond.com Joins The Network, Replacing Yahoo! HotJobs
Beyond.com, Inc., the world's largest network of niche career communities, today announced it has been selected by The Network, the largest online recruitment solution in the world, to be their exclusive provider of recruitment services in the U.S. market for... |
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Pros and Cons When it Comes to Being Friends With Your Boss on Facebook
I recently watched an episode of Say Yes to the Dress (give me a break, it’s my guilty pleasure show, we all have one), and when one of the brides listed the members of her entourage that were there to... |
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Beyond.com Reports More Than 48% of Industries Experienced a Quarterly Gain in Jobs in Second Quarter 2010
Beyond.com, Inc., the world’s largest network of niche career communities, today released its Second Quarter 2010 Career Trend Analysis Report, which revealed more than 48 percent of industries experienced a quarterly percentage gain in online jobs posted, signifying a healthier economy leading into the second half of the year. |
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The Do’s & Don’ts When it Comes to Quitting Your Job
It makes me wonder about if I’d ever have the guts to just quit like that. While it must be empowering to take control, being impulsive isn’t always a good thing, especially when it comes to leaving your job. |
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July 2010 Employment Numbers to Remain Steady and Stable
Beyond.com CEO, Rich Milgram says that we shouldn’t expect much of a change when Friday’s July Job Report comes out. Check out what else Rich had to say about jobs in July. |
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Has The Stimulus Really Saved Millions of Jobs?
This week, Vice President Joe Biden announced that the stimulus is working and has saved millions of jobs, but as constituents, have we really felt it affects? |
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The Challenge of Dealing with Arrogant Coworkers
One of the greatest feelings I’ve ever had at work as of late was when I realized that my “know-it-all” coworker actually had no idea what they were talking about. It was fantastic! While I admired them for their in-depth knowledge and appreciated their self-assurance, I always felt that their “expertise” was a little too good to be true. And one day when we conversed on a topic that I’m quite passionate about, this particular colleague made several claims that they were certain... |
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What’s Happening with Unemployment Benefits?
Yesterday congress approved a six month extension of emergency unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. But it wasn’t easy. |
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How to Keep Employees Motivated in the Summer Months
This week, being the week of July 4th, is a popular vacation time and although I was in the office I felt like I might as well have been on vacation too. I always find it challenging when team members... |
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SHRM 2010 Recap
Now that we’ve been back from SHRM for 12 hours, we’ve decided to recap our SHRM 2010 experience. First off thanks to everyone that stopped by the Beyond.com booth, wore a badge, and more importantly wore one of our shirts. In fact we had so many attendees in our shirts that we went through our three-day supply in the first hour of the expo on Sunday night that we had to order more shirts for the next two days. It was crazy! |
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What’s Your Favorite Past SHRM Location?
We’ve been prepping for the show and getting excited to head out to San Diego. As we’ve been packing up we’ve been reminiscing about past SHRM conference locations and how much fun we had (see video below). Let us know what your favorite past SHRM location is and don’t forget to stop by the Beyond.com Booth (#3431) in San Diego--you could have the opportunity to win a free vacation package! |
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“Must-Have” Items to Survive SHRM 2010
With only five days until SHRM 2010 is in full swing we have been busy getting ready to head out to San Diego for this year’s conference. As we are all excited to see the usual suspects as well as make new connections, we are also thinking about what we need in order to have a successful show. Here are our team’s “must-have” items to survive SHRM. Let us know if we missed anything essential and don’t forget to stop by Booth 3431 to say, “Hi!” to the Beyond.com team! See you in... |
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Top Sites to See In San Diego at SHRM 2010
In less than two weeks, we will all reunite at one of my favorite events—SHRM! This year, I’m not only looking forward to the sessions, the expo and the networking, but also to spending time in the beautiful city of... |
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It’s Not All Doom and Gloom for This Year’s Grads
It appears as though the job market for new graduates seeking entry-level employment is begining to brighten. Beyond.com reported that entry-level jobs increased by 80 percent in Q1 2010. In addition to experiencing year over year growth, entry-level jobs in... |
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Is the Traditional Full-Time Job Doomed?
Back in February I wrote a blog called Why Hiring a Contractor is Beneficial to Employers. While it’s beneficial to employers to hire a contractor vs. a full-time employee how does this affect those potential employees out there looking for full-time work? |
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Oil Leak Fuels Jobs
Although the oil leak in the Gulf is an awful event, this leak is fueling a mini job boom in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Made a Mistake at Work? Here are 5 Quick Tips to Help You Own up to it and Correct it with Class.
Ever make a mistake at work? If you answered “No.” to this question you’re lying. Admit it! No one is perfect and mistakes happen. But, you know what else? It’s okay to make mistakes. While we are all ingrained with... |