2009 Hiring Predictions - Straight from Cheezhead

Just finished reading 2009 hiring predictions on Cheezhead - here’s a brief: “The industries set to see the most number of new jobs are professional and business services and information technology, as 28 percent of IT employers and 23 percent of professional and business services employers plan to add full-time jobs. The transportation and utilities industry » Read More

$10,000 Referral Bonus

Who wouldn’t want that?  Do you know someone who might be a fit for a job opening?  Well…earn $10k if they get hired!  Really, here is a site that is set up strictly to help employers get their candidates via personal leads and social networking and you can reap the benefits (well some of the » Read More

Hiring and Thriving?

In today’s economy we aren’t often seeing the words ‘hiring & thriving’, but according to CNNMoney.com’s article “Where the Jobs Are” there are industries and are in fact hiring and thriving.  As the article points out - despite our year to date job loss of 1.9 million (yes…1.9 million!) industries like education, accounting and health » Read More

Career Blunder Recovery

Are you home licking your wounds from a career blunder?  Late for an interview, a horrifying typo on your resume, rude to the receptionist or forgot your interviewer’s name?  These are all things that can happen when you least expect them, so be prepared on how to handle a blunder before it happens. Here’s a good » Read More

Job Search Talk

You may be off to a lot of holiday parties this season and if you’re in job search mode it can be a tough subject - always being asked “have you found anything yet” and then trying to come up with how to say “no” and keep a positive frame of mind.  Here is a » Read More

New Grad Job Search

Here’s an article for new grads that points out how critical it is to update your resume and make sure it speaks to each employers needs - target, target, target is the key with your resume.  “The resume is crucial, she said. Rewrite it for each employer to show you’re right for the job. Don’t » Read More

How "Not" to get the job…

and 25 other signs that you’re messing up your job search efforts - check out this article:  http://adjix.com/xui Read More

Quick Tip: Job Search Help

If you’re in Lancaster you can access free assistance for your job search here… http://adjix.com/z5a Read More

Sunday and Santa

It’s Sunday and I’m doing some web surfing, came across a way to track Santa. Read More

Job Postings - For you, or pass on…

In such tough times we all need to try and keep each other advised when we see a job posting listed somewhere other than one of the ‘big boards’.  I try to pass on those that come to me via membership newsletters or directly from listings on employer sites, etc. Here are two that came in » Read More