Mideast recruitment goes international
Recruiting in the Middle East is taking on a new
dimension. Yesterday's announcement that the Middle
East's number one job site, Bayt.com, has been
appointed the exclusive Middle East partner for The
Network, an international alliance of market-leading
online recruitment companies, broadens the
geographic reach and deepens the opportunities for
attracting talent to the Middle East.This is
important at a time when the economies of the region
are booming and there remains a shortage of talent
in many sectors. The Network's partnership with
Bayt.com will offer international recruiters the
opportunity to post jobs in the Middle East and
receive local expertise, service and support through
one point of contact. (KhaleejTimes)
South Africa:
Employmint.co.za challenges recruitment model
Get your friends jobs and earn a mint. That is the idea behind a new South
African recruitment website, employmint.co.za, which launched this week. Taking
advantage of Web 2.0 features and using an innovative business model, the site
offers a reward for people who successfully refer a candidate for the job.
Unlike other sites where fees are charged for each job placed, companies can
upload jobs for free and choose what they are willing to pay for a successful
placement. Job seekers list for free and can either apply directly or refer
candidates. It is the referrer who is paid the 'reward' for a successful
placement. (TEctonic)
US:
Think you can dance for a career? Think again
So you think you can dance? To make it as a professional, you're going to
need talent, dedication, training and versatility, not to mention a solid plan B
for stayin' alive after you hang up your dancing shoes. Forget fame. Definitely
forget fortune. Neither is likely to be within your grasp unless you're a
genetic match for Rudolph Nureyev or the sibling of a single-monikered pop star.
"The vast majority of dancers cannot make a living off of dancing alone as a
performer," says John Munger, director of research and information for
Dance/USA, an American dance service organization. "I believe less than 3,000
actually do in the entire nation." (Bankrate.com)
Baby Boomer Retirement Bust?
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released
an interesting study about the impact of retiring
baby boomers on the stock market. It caught my eye
because the study contradicts some crazy ideas that
have been floating around about what will happen
when that fabled generation hits retirement. Some
background. A few self-appointed gurus, like Robert
Kiyosaki, have made quite a bit of money selling
their "prophecies" of doom and gloom for the stock
market when baby boomers retire and begin to
withdraw money from retirement accounts. These
theories are not backed up with any data, but are
based on simplistic notions and fairytales, just
like the original Rich Dad Poor Dad book. Oops! The
gurus forgot about logic and reality. As the GAO
study points out, most baby boomers don't have much
money for retirement to begin with. In fact, the
wealthiest 5% of baby boomers own over 50% of the
assets! (MatureMarket)
New Site Helps You Plan Your Career Voyage
I came across a great site that job seekers should
find very helpful as they plan their careers. The
site, CareerVoyages.gov, was set up by the
Department of Labor and is geared toward students,
parents and those looking to change careers. I
really wish I would have had access to a site like
this when I was thinking about what type of career I
wanted to pursue because it really provides a great
deal of information and advice on "in-demand"
careers, salaries and how to get started on the job
search. (SpherionBlog)
Deep Release: Santa Rosa, CA (PRWeb) October 24, 2006 -- After
a rigorous program of study and finally landing that "dream job", skilled
professionals often look forward to the security and above-average pay scale
that comes with the territory. However, because of outsourcing, offshoring,
shared resource development and other efficiency-based business strategies, many
are watching their dreams dissipate. But there is a way to increase the odds of
successfully navigating these unpredictable job currents.
Outsourcing is the new "big bad wolf" among the
employed. It is the contracting out of non-core business operations, usually
leading to layoffs, as businesses close entire departments in order to save
money and increase efficiency. But according to DirectoryofSchools.com, it does
not have to play out that way. For workers who are willing to broaden and
increase their skills, outsourcing could lead to increased opportunities within
these transforming companies.
For example, a popular outsourcing target is the
computer programmer; because a programmer can usually work from any geographical
location, transmitting programs via e-mail. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, in
its employment forecasts through the year 2014, indicates that jobs for computer
programmers will grow at a significantly slower rate than all other computer
specialists. However, those who continue to increase their knowledge of the
latest programming languages and techniques, and who acquire technical
specializations along with other marketable skills, will be more likely to
remain in the company, even if their department is streamlined. Those who top
off their education and training with an MBA will be especially desirable and
versatile in the future job environment.
Online schools provide a way to keep up with the
changing pace of business, technology and numerous other fields without
sacrificing time away from the workplace. The flexibility of being able to study
when and where it is convenient ranks highly among working adults. In a recent
study conducted by an independent research firm for Capella University,
enrollment in online-only education programs is increasing at an average rate of
35% each year. With a laptop, a modem and an internet connection, the process of
insuring job security has become easier to manage. And DirectoryofSchools.com is
the web-place to begin a user-friendly search of online degree and certificate
programs.
Along with computer programmers, outsourcing also
affects jobs in customer support, information technology, engineering design,
data analysis, environmental services, research processes (i.e. genetics &
nanotechnology), Medicare, software development, and art & animation. New fields
are being tested each day to determine the feasibility of outsourcing; and many
jobs that seem secure today may be fair pickings tomorrow.
The use of outsourcing and other efficiency
strategies should provide a wake-up call to those who are willing to begin now
to take the necessary steps to increase their marketable skills for the
inevitable employment changes looming on the horizon.
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Deeper Still:
By Garrison Keillor I would not send my college
kid off for a semester abroad if I were you. This week, we have suspended human
rights in America, and what goes around comes around. Ixnay habeas corpus.
The U.S. Senate, in all its
splendor and majesty, has decided that an "enemy combatant" is any non-citizen
whom the president says is an enemy combatant, including your Korean greengrocer
or your Swedish grandmother or your Czech au pair, and can be arrested and held
for as long as authorities wish without any right of appeal to a court of law to
examine the matter. If your college kid were to be arrested in Bangkok or Cairo,
suspected of "crimes against the state," and held in prison, you'd assume that
an American foreign service officer would be able to speak to your kid and
arrange for a lawyer, but this may not be true anymore. Be forewarned.
The Senate also decided it's
up to the president to decide whether it's OK to make these enemies stand naked
in cold rooms for a couple days in blinding light and be beaten by
interrogators. This is now purely a bureaucratic matter: The plenipotentiary
stamps the file "enemy combatants" and throws the poor schnooks into prison and
at his leisure he tries them by any sort of kangaroo court he wishes to assemble
and they have no right to see the evidence against them, and there is no appeal.
This was passed by 65 senators and will now be signed by Mr. Bush, put into
effect, and in due course be thrown out by the courts.
It's good that Barry
Goldwater is dead because this would have killed him. Go back to the Senate of
1964 -- Goldwater, Dirksen, Russell, McCarthy, Javits, Morse, Fulbright -- and
you won't find more than 10 votes for it.
None of the men and women
who voted for this bill has any right to speak in public about the rule of law
anymore, or to take a high moral view of the Third Reich, or to wax poetic about
the American Idea. Mark their names. Any institution of higher learning that
grants honorary degrees to these people forfeits its honor.
Alexander,
Allard, Allen, Bennett, Bond, Brownback, Bunning, Burns, Burr, Carper,
Chambliss, Coburn, Cochran, Coleman, Collins, Cornyn, Craig, Crapo, DeMint,
DeWine, Dole, Domenici, Ensign, Enzi, Frist, Graham, Grassley, Gregg, Hagel,
Hatch, Hutchison, Inhofe, Isakson, Johnson, Kyl, Landrieu, Lautenberg,
Lieberman, Lott, Lugar, Martinez, McCain, McConnell, Menendez, Murkowski, Nelson
of Florida, Nelson of Nebraska, Pryor, Roberts, Rockefeller, Salazar, Santorum,
Sessions, Shelby, Smith, Specter, Stabenow, Stevens, Sununu, Talent, Thomas,
Thune, Vitter, Voinovich, Warner.
To paraphrase Sir Walter
Scott: Mark their names and mark them well. For them, no minstrel raptures
swell. High though their titles, proud their name, boundless their wealth as
wish can claim, these wretched figures shall go down to the vile dust from
whence they sprung, unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Three Republican senators
made a show of opposing the bill and after they'd collected all the praise they
could get, they quickly folded. Why be a hero when you can be fairly sure that
the Court will dispose of this piece of garbage.
If, however, the Court does
not, then our country has taken a step toward totalitarianism. If the government
can round up someone and never be required to explain why, then it's no longer
the United States of America as you and I always understood it. Our enemies have
succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They have made us become like them.
I got some insight last week
into who supports torture when I went down to Dallas to speak at Highland Park
Methodist Church. It was spooky. I walked in, was met by two burly security men
with walkie-talkies, and within 10 minutes was told by three people that this
was the Bushes' church and that it would be better if I didn't talk about
politics. I was there on a book tour for "Homegrown Democrat," but they thought
it better if I didn't mention it. So I tried to make light of it: I told the
audience, "I don't need to talk politics. I have no need even to be interested
in politics -- I'm a citizen, I have plenty of money and my grandsons are at
least 12 years away from being eligible for military service." And the audience
applauded! Those were their sentiments exactly. We've got ours, and who cares?
The Methodists of Dallas can
be fairly sure that none of them will be snatched off the streets, flown to
Guantanamo, stripped naked, forced to stand for 48 hours in a freezing room with
deafening noise, so why should they worry? It's only the Jews who are in danger,
and the homosexuals and gypsies. The Christians are doing just fine. If you
can't trust a Methodist with absolute power to arrest people and not have to say
why, then whom can you trust?
______________________________ (Garrison Keillor's "A
Prairie Home Companion" can be heard Saturday nights on public radio stations
across the country.)
(c) 2006 by Garrison Keillor.
All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Media Services, INC.
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High Tech and Other Workers
Outsourcing is the new "big bad wolf" among the
employed. As businesses struggle to streamline and increase efficiency,
employees are at risk of losing their jobs. But according to
DirectoryofSchools.com, it does not have to play out that way. For workers who
are willing to broaden and increase their skills, outsourcing could lead to
increased opportunities within these transforming companies.
Since 1999, DirectoryofSchools.com, http://www.directoryofschools.com, has
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