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Jobing.com will host the next Career Expo event for the South Florida area on
Tuesday, January 31st from 11 AM to 4 PM at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward
County Convention Center. The event will provide local job seekers with the
ability to meet face-to-face with prospective employers and will afford all
attendees the opportunity for personal development through informative workshops
and resume review services. Human Resource professionals will be on hand from
11:00am to 3:00pm to provide a free resume review to all interested in improving
their resume positioning. Resume review will be available on a first-come,
first-served basis in the exhibit hall. Jobing.com expects more than 100
local-area employers to be in attendance at the event.Jobing.com Career Expo to Connect South Florida Job Seekers with South Florida Employers - Jobing.com LLC
Milton S. Friedman, 1976 Nobel winner for Economics, and Gary S. Becker, 1992
Nobel winner for Economics, among others, are taking part in the Annual
Health and Human Capital Management Congress taking place on January 23 -
25, 2006, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C. The three-day event will
bring together the most innovative and knowledgeable industry experts addressing
the most pertinent issues relating to health and human capital management -- the
foundation of our nation's health care system. The event is uniquely designed to
discuss the impact of benefits on employee productivity, healthcare costs and
overall company competitiveness.
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped
slightly to 4.9 percent in December from 5.0 percent the previous month as the
economy added 108,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor. Currently there are a total 7.4 million people
unemployed in the U.S. In December, manufacturing employment increased by
18,000, after edging up in November. Within the service-providing sector,
employment in health care grew by 21,000 in December. Employment in the health
care industry has expanded by 271,000 in 2005. In leisure and hospitality, food
services and drinking places added 36,000 jobs in December. Despite faltering in
September and October, employment growth in the industry averaged 18,000 per
month in 2005.
Online job site CareerBuilder.com
has released the results of its annual survey tracking projected recruitment and
job search activities for the coming year. Twenty percent of hiring managers say
they will recruit in bulk, expecting to add more than 50 new employees to their
staffs in 2006. One-in-10 will recruit more than 100 employees while 43 percent
expect to add 10 employees or less. The majority of these hiring managers say
most of their recruitment activity will take place during the first half of the
year. The survey was conducted with more than 2,050 workers, including 1,000
hiring managers primarily operating in services industries.
Deck
Chairs
Resolve
Staffing Inc.
has named three new officers to its board of directors.
Steve Ludders,
regional director at Resolve, has been promoted to executive vice president and
chief operating officer. Scott
Horne, who led the company's accounting staff, has been named executive vice
president and chief financial officer. Tom
Lawry, whose background is in accounting within the staffing market, has been
appointed controller and treasurer at Resolve....Online job board CareerBuilder.com
has appointed Brent Rasmussen as chief operating officer....Sarasota,
FL-based executive search firm Brooke Chase Associates has added Terry Trimmer
as an executive recruiter....Gevity, a
provider of software that helps companies recruit, retain and manage employees,
has appointed Roy C. King as president and chief operating office...
You Should Know
China:
- China's SDRC to set up software-outsourcing jv with Microsoft, TCS
- The State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) has signed an
agreement with Microsoft Corp and India-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
to set up a software-outsourcing joint venture, the China Securities Journal
reported, citing unidentified sources. The newspaper did not give details on
the specific investment but added that TCS will hold a 65 pct stake in the
joint venture with Microsoft and the SDRC holding the remaining stake. (Forbes)
Global:
- A Monster deal for Google? As Google bulks up in the online
classifieds biz, some say a buyout of Monster could make sense. Should
Google start looking for a Monster under its corporate bed? The top search
engine is preparing to formally roll out Google Base, a service that among
other things will allow users to post job listings for free. (CNN)
- Monster Worldwide "outperform," target price raised
Analysts at Robert W Baird maintain their "outperform" rating on
Monster Worldwide Inc (MNST.NAS). The target price has been raised from $41
to $43. In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that
the upward revision in the target price reflects improved growth prospects.
CareerBuilder's CEO, Matt Ferguson, indicated that the pricing environment
and online recruiting demand continue to be robust. Concerns surrounding the
challenges posed by aggregators to Monster Worldwide and CareerBuilder have
reduced, Robert W Baird adds. (newratings.com)
India:
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Get your buddy
a job, make big bucks
A few years ago, it would been dubbed ‘ crony hiring '. The much
maligned bhai-bhatijawad has gained respectability in India, Inc., which is
peddling this concept with terms such as Buddy gets Buddy, Catches Wins
Matches and Employee Acquisition programme.
Ask you HR manager . He would love it if you refer your friends, cousins,
acquaintances and neighbours to the company you work for. And you'd love it too. Rewards range
between Rs 10,000 and Rs 25,000 per referral and there are in-built incentive
schemes for more referrals. (Economic
Times)
Malta:
- Unemployed exceed 11,000 The total number of unemployed persons
between July and September 2005 was estimated to be 11,614, while the
unemployment rate stood at 7.3 per cent, figures published by the National
Statistics Office (NSO) have shown. (di-ve)
UK:
- BLT survey: Consultancies confident for 2006 Recruitment demand for
consultants ends the year at a four-year high, according to the latest
market survey from Beament Leslie Thomas (BLT), four-time winner of the
Top-Consultant reader poll for best management consultancy recruitment firm
from 2002 to 2005. BLT's final survey of 2005 also reveals that business
confidence amongst consultancies is strong for 2006, while salary increases
remain modest. (ConsultantNews)
- Five million 'work for free' Nearly five million people work one
unpaid day every week in addition to their usual hours, the TUC said today.
Its analysis of the latest Labour Force Survey, covering the summer of 2005,
revealed that 4,759,000 workers were putting in an average of seven hours 24
minutes unpaid overtime each week. If the total amount of unpaid overtime
was calculated from the beginning of the year, these employees would be
working for free until Friday February 24 2006. (Guardian
Unlimited)
US:
- Looming crisis in workforce Instead of figuring ways to extract
more campaign contributions and free golf trips from lobbyists, members of
Congress ought to focus on a growing labor problem in the United States - a
shortage of workers. U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials said earlier this
week U.S. businesses will be facing a critical and growing shortage of
workers in the next few years, as an estimated 70 million-plus baby boomers
enter retirement. Chamber officials identified two key issues - the need for
allowing more foreign workers into the country, and the shortfall of college
graduates with degrees and training in math and engineering. On the first
matter, the chamber supports a guest-worker program, such as discussed by
President Bush but left out of a House-approved bill. On the other issue,
chamber officials believe the only way to get more skilled, educated workers
is to convince U.S. schools to focus more on math, science and engineering.
China currently graduates eight times more engineers than U.S. colleges and
universities. Chamber and business community officials say the U.S. needs to
double the number of math, science and engineering graduates in the next
decade. (LompocRecord)
- Monster sees slowing of job openings The first Monster.com online
job posting index of 2006 finds more openings in hospitality businesses but
fewer openings in Hawaii. New York-based Monster Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:
MNST) says winter usually brings more tourism-related jobs and fewer online
job postings in construction. The company's employment index fell from 149
in November to 145 in December after four months of growth. Online demand
for workers fell in 20 of 23 occupational categories. But the overall figure
is still 32 points above year-before level. "Almost all industries,
occupations, regions and states show much higher levels of online job
availability than a year ago," said Group President Steve Pogorzelski.
"This certainly bodes well for job seekers as we enter 2006." (BizJournals)
- Learn how to start a career in the world of banking Operation
Banking Job$ is again recruiting low- to moderate-income Boston residents,
age 18 and older, for a 10-week tuition-free training program that prepares
job seekers for entry level positions in the banking industry.Funded by the
Boston Neighborhood Jobs Trust, Operation Banking Job$ develops expertise in
Microsoft Windows and screen navigation, MS Word and MS Access, customer
interaction techniques, financial terminology and cash handling. It also
helps participants develop extensive job search skills and techniques. (TownOnline)
- U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Since 2000 The number of
Americans filing first- time claims for jobless benefits fell last week to
the lowest level since September 2000, suggesting employers are adding more
than enough positions to keep unemployment near a four-year low. Initial
jobless claims decreased by 35,000 to 291,000 last week, the Labor
Department said today in Washington. The four-week moving average, a less
volatile measure, fell to 316,750 from 326,000. Claims were held down by
seasonal adjustments that anticipated more holiday dismissals than actually
occurred, a Labor Department official said. Declining claims suggest jobs
are being created faster than new workers are entering the labor force as
companies exhaust productivity gains and expand their staffs. Employers
probably added 200,000 new positions in December, economists said ahead of
the Labor Department's monthly payrolls report tomorrow. (bloomberg)
Survey
Sez:
Monster Helps New Year's Job Seekers Keep Resolutions; New survey shows
one-third of active job seekers surveyed landed a job offer through Monster;
Monster to enhance 2006 ad campaign with survey findings
Monster announced survey results that demonstrate the success job seekers
have had using Monster.
An independent, nationwide survey conducted by comScore Networks reveals
that during a six-month timeframe (May-October 2005):
* Nearly one-third (32 percent) of active users who posted a searchable
resume got a job offer through Monster.
* Nine out of ten respondents who visited the top three online job sites used
Monster.
* Monster users who posted a searchable resume were twice as likely to get
interviews - and job offers -versus those who didn't post a resume.
* Nearly as many seekers got interviews and job offers through Monster than
with the other two largest online job sites combined.
"It is extremely gratifying to see Monster's services delivering such
compelling results for today's job seekers and employers," said Brad
Baker, Chief Product and Marketing Officer for Monster Worldwide. "comScore's
survey findings demonstrate that online recruitment is effective for not only
listing jobs, but landing them. This is the ultimate measure of success for
our business."
Tens of thousands of recruiters search millions of resumes in Monster's
database every month to fill open positions, some of which are not listed or
advertised on other online sources or otherwise. Tapping into job seekers who
may be open to a new position but are not actively looking for one is among
the key benefits of Monster's resume search feature for employers.
"Monster continues to redefine the way recruiting is done today,"
explains Baker. "Resume database searching represents a new mindset for
recruiting that is becoming increasingly popular and effective, and is
indicative of how Monster makes it easier, faster and more cost-effective to
find - and hire - the quality candidates employers demand," explains
Baker.
Monster to Tout Powerful Survey Results in 2006 Advertising
Monster saw a dramatic increase in resume postings after the "New
Monster, New You" advertising campaign launched last fall. The company
will enhance its campaign this year by incorporating comScore's survey results
into the creative. Revised and newly created spots highlight the "twice
as likely" statistic to convey the benefit of posting a resume on
Monster. The ads are scheduled to appear on network and cable television in
primetime and news programming, as well as on the radio and online, beginning
this month.
About the comScore Networks Survey
comScore Networks conducted a customer research study in October 2005.
Results are based on 967 respondents ages 18-50 who had visited one of the top
online job sites in the previous six-months (May-October 2005)
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