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CollegeRecruiter.com was named one of the best job boards on the Internet in the 2007 Weddle's User's Choice Awards. The annual awards were voted on by over 50,000 human resource professionals, job seekers, and other industry experts. Two-thirds of the winners were niche job boards such as CollegeRecruiter.com, reflecting a trend in which employers and job seekers are increasingly relying on the more relevant and therefore higher quality of information available to them at sites which are focused on particular niches rather than trying to be all things to all people.
In the week ending Jan. 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 290,000, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 298,000. The 4-week moving average was 308,000, a decrease of 6,500 from the previous week's revised average of 314,500 reports the Department of Labor.
Alsbridge, the award winning global advisory firm, providing
unbiased advice and assistance on
outsourcing, shared services and offshoring, will move its corporate staff to the new space,
which will accommodate the company's plans to expand its marketing, research and infrastructure
activities. This move comes after a multimillion-dollar investment from 2M Companies, Inc. led by
Morton H. Meyerson last month.
Voice123, the largest voice over marketplace where voice over talents promote their voice services and voice talent seekers find the best voices for their projects, is now promoting the talent of professional voice over actors who will help you get any type of voice over recording for your business and corporate presentations.
Couldn't Pass It Up:
Smartkit, the leading learning strategies website, offers Business Professionals the tips they need to maintain energy and decrease mental fatigue as the work day wears on.
Smart-kit.com, led by board certified neurologist, Dr. R.L. Kaplan, explains that the work force does not have to rely on artificial stimulants such as coffee to maintain peak performance levels.
You Should Know:
USA:
Florida's job growth rate is more than twice the national average, according to a study released Friday by the Agency for Workforce Innovation.
Governor Charlie Crist today hailed Florida's most recent employment numbers, highlighting the state's continued success as a national leader in job creation.
According to statistics released Friday by the Agency for Workforce Innovation, Florida added 212,600 (seasonally adjusted) from December 2005 to December 2006. Florida's unemployment rate is 3.3 percent, and its job growth rate is more than twice the national average. The national unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in December, 2006.
(All Headline News)
UK:
New Fire Safety regulations came into force on 1st October 2006 but many employers are still not identifying the precautions necessary to minimise fire risk. Simply-docs offers a helping hand on the implications of the fire regulations for the workplace (see http://www.simply-docs.co.uk/CustomPage.aspx?customPageID=23). The new fire safety legislation generating these changes is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) 2005. The aim of this order was to simplify, rationalise and consolidate existing UK fire legislation, and to shift the emphasis of fire prevention and the reduction of risk from the fire authorities to employers/businesses. This risk-based approach to fire safety allows for more efficient and effective enforcement of the fire safety regulations by the fire authorities.
(Simply Docs)
Canada:
According to Statistics Canada, Labour Force Historical Review, 2003, self-employment has outperformed paid employment and led the Canadian labour market. The number of self-employed Canadians increased by 30% from 1990 to 2004. Although self-employment levels decreased between the years 1999 and 2001, it remains the prevailing growth force in the labor market. Approximately 70% of all businesses in the United States are operated as sole proprietorships primarily because they are easy and inexpensive to set up. Disability and life insurance are important and should be carried by all small business owners but it's not enough. Often a spouse or other family member is called upon to step-in when the owner is sick, injured or dies. In many cases, the spouse or family member neither wants to nor is capable of running the company, regardless of what was discussed prior to the owner's injury or death.
(USPRwire
Deep Release:
Award-Winning Job-Hunt.org Selects ''Best of the Web'' for Job Hunting
The bellwether site for job seekers, Job-Hunt.org, announced the best Websites for job hunting. Editor Susan Joyce, whose site has won awards from U.S. News & World Report, Forbes and many others, said, "Rather than hitting the same old sites, Job-Hunt.org suggests better options for the New Year in our first selection of Job-Hunt Best of the Web."
Best Job Search Engine: Indeed.com
For a quick snapshot look at the job market, Indeed.com is a great job search starting point. Indeed is an "aggregator" - on a daily basis, collecting job postings from hundreds of job sites (Monster, CareerBuilder, etc.) and employer Websites. Try the user-friendly capability to sort search results by full-time, part-time, contract, internship, or temporary status as well as by company or location. Honorable mention: SimplyHired.com.
Best General Job Site: JobCentral.com
Created by an association of large employers, JobCentral.com is an excellent resource, offering filters (such as age of posting) and also many additional job listings from supplementary resources (like Indeed and SimplyHired).
Best Online Classifieds: Craigslist.org
Most often named as "the source" of THE job lead that worked by successful job seekers who found their job through a job site, Craigslist has jobs and "gigs" (part-time and short-term jobs) as well as links to networking events, classes, etc.
Best Site for Job Seekers Over 50: SeniorJobBank.org
Many job sites for the over 50 crowd are really just doorways into the database of jobs at one of the major sites. SeniorJobBank has its own database of job postings by employers who are specifically interested in hiring experienced, reliable, and mature staff.
Best Site for Veterans: HireVetsFirst.gov
The Government has created an excellent site for veterans to find help with their job search. It has links to America's Job Bank and USAjobs plus information and resources to specifically assist in the transition from military to civilian jobs.
Best Site for Entry Level and College Students: CollegeJournal.com
An excellent job site for finding that important first or second job out of college plus the wonderful articles and advice about job hunting and business that you would expect from a site by The Wall Street Journal.
Best Personal/Job Networking Site: WorkMinistry.org
Offers job seekers the unique ability to connect with local face-to-face support groups, both faith-based and not, combined with a first-class job site containing thousands of job postings.
Best Business Contacts: Ziggs.com
Ziggs.com provides a free method of finding a variety of contacts within a company or searching through the database of profiles by name.
Trends for 2007: Networking and Tools
Look for expanded person-to-person connections facilitated by sites such as Jobster, LinkedIn, H3, YorZ, Tutorlinker, and Jigsaw, and new Web tools provided by sites like Google, Yahoo, and JibberJobber.
About award-winning employment portal Job-Hunt.org and editor Susan Joyce:
In 2006, US News described Job-Hunt.org as "The best site for those who have a career goal and now are trying to land a job." Job-Hunt.org, a 7,300+ link employment portal, has been a Forbes Best of the Web continuously since 2002 and has received numerous other awards over the 12 years of its existence. Job-Hunt's editor, Susan Joyce, has been researching, reviewing, testing, and writing/speaking about the online employment process since 1995.
Job-Hunt.org is owned by NETability, Inc. of Marlborough, MA.
Contact Susan Joyce at 508-624-6261, Susan@NETability.com.
Must Read:
2006 Top Ten Series:
White Papers and So On:
Lean Staffing Institute on Referrals from The Empower Network.
ATS Sourcing Whitepaper written by Jake Firth of JobsInLogistics.com.
Staffing Strategies: Can You Find, Recruit, and Retain the Talent You Need?
Authoria's complimentary white paper
Multigenerational Recruiting Slide Presentation done at OnRec by John and Bridget Sumser.
Virtual Edge offers
7 "Must Haves" of Next Generation Power Recruiting Technology and many other White Papers.
interbiznet and RetirementJobs.com present
Boomers to Bust Age Bias? Baby Boomers Redefine Retirement
TopUSAJobs.com: Guide to Top Specialty Boards
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