Accounting services, engineering services, and retail/wholesale trade employers top the list of employers extending offers to 2009-10 bachelor’s degree graduates, according to a new survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
Which college majors command the highest starting salaries? Engineering majors dominate the list of top-paid bachelor’s degrees, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
It helps you stand out; assisting by distinguishing you individually from the endless list of names applying for the same job. The job market is overpopulated, and it is more crucial than ever to find a way to be set apart from the crowd. Many hopeful job applicants don’t realize how dramatically they lessen their chances for being noticed by the hiring managers sorting through piles of resumes, just for failing to include a good cover letter. A well written cover letter answers the question “Why should WE pick YOU?”
Scams Prey on Victims of the Recession With Bogus Job, Money-Making Schemes The Federal Trade Commission today announced a new crackdown on con artists who are preying on unemployed Americans with job-placement and work-at-home scams, promoting empty promises that they can help people get jobs in the federal government, as movie extras, or as mystery [...]
With the dawn of 2010, countless optimistic job seekers either began, or renewed their resolutions to find their great new job. With layoff numbers and the unemployment count still growing throughout the United States, many of these diligent and hopeful applicants have become discouraged. What guidance can we offer to the thousands of qualified, though [...]
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As the recovery progresses, employers will shift their focus from cutting labor costs back to preserving talent and investing in key segments of their workforce – issues at the very heart of strategic workforce planning.
Starting a new job can feel a lot like the first day of school — you just want to fit in. In a recent survey by OfficeTeam, nearly one-third (32 percent) of workers interviewed said acclimating to a different corporate culture and colleagues would pose the greatest challenge when re-entering the workforce after an extended [...]
Workers Agree Office Relationships at Work Can Lead to Workplace Conflicts, Distractions According to Latest Spherion Survey This Valentine’s Day, workers have growing concern that openly dating a coworker could jeopardize job security or career advancement, according to the 2010 Office Romance Survey conducted by Monster.com®, the leading global online career and recruitment resource and [...]
Max Messmer, chairman and CEO of Robert Half International, states “Companies that lose top performers may not only experience declines in productivity but also incur significant costs in replacing these professionals.” The cost of unwanted turnover can be 1.5 times an employee’s annual salary. Many talented employees leave organizations because they were either miscast for [...]
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