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Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment: June 2008. Unemployment rates were higher in June than a year earlier in 332 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 27 areas, and unchanged in 10 areas, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Six areas recorded jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, while
four areas registered rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in June was 5.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 4.7 percent a year earlier.
The Delta Companies recently launched Atled Finance & Accounting, its first entry into the finance and accounting staffing market. The Delta Companies offer staffing solutions for healthcare, finance and accounting professionals through six companies: Delta Physician Placement, Delta Healthcare Placement, Delta Locum Tenens, Delta Flex Travelers, Liquid Medical Recruiting, and Atled Finance & Accounting.
FutureResume.com, a unique new job board that uses the video resume, the Internet, and video conferencing announced the signing of new corporate partners, companies that have been first to support the its hiring concept. The corporate partners are featured on the FutureResume.com job search web site, and until September 1, have exclusive access to job seekers joining the job board.
DBL Partners is a Boston-based, newly launched strategy, marketing, and IT professional services firm. "We create value by working with your team to execute marketing, information technology, risk management and operational strategy by delivering guidance, project management, and the people that will take your business to the next level. Founder, Ted Chan.
Peopleclick, Inc., a global talent acquisition solutions provider, announced a strategic partnership with Broadbean Technology, a European advert distribution and response tracking company. With this partnership, Peopleclick will offer clients access to the extensive job posting service Broadcast™ through the Peopleclick Recruitment Management System (RMS).
The Sales Lead Management Association has added a job opportunities section to its website. SLMA accepts listings from corporations seeking full-time marketing and sales people and related professional fields.
HR management firm HighRoads has launched two new HR blogs to detail the ways best-in-class employers are upending their relationships with vendors, consultants and employees. The new blogs, HR Vendor Veritas and
HR Compliance Connection create knowledge-sharing forums on the biggest initiatives HR teams are considering - and actively driving - to transform their organizations.
Report States
According to the 2008 Education and Salary Report from PayScale, Inc., American colleges and universities prepare students for an amazingly diverse set of careers. However, high salaries over a career are not always tied to the obvious majors and school. The report includes more than 2000 data points, including salary data for 40 Majors, from over 300 U.S. based undergraduate colleges and universities. Highlights from the salary report include:
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Dartmouth College graduates have the highest median salary in the country with a Total Cash Compensation of $134,000;
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Colorado School of Minds has the highest median salary of all schools west of the Mississippi, excluding California, with a median Total Cash Compensation of $106,00;
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The University of California Berkeley is the state school with the highest Median Total Cash Compensation of $112,000;
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduates make the same median salary ($101,000) as graduates from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California (USC) Chemical Engineering is the most lucrative college major with a median Total Cash Compensation of $107,000;
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Harvard College graduates frequently enter not for profit positions;
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Major state universities provide exceptional value, with median salaries of graduates in the top 5 in their states, just behind highly selective national universities and colleges (e.g., Rutgers in New Jersey, University of Texas, University of Washington, University of Virginia); and
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Graduates of selective small liberal arts colleges do well, with median salaries competitive with major private research universities, though it helps to have an engineering program on campus too (top median salaries: Bucknell, Colgate, Amherst, Lafayette).
The PayScale Salary report looked at the following datasets:
Best Salary Potential By Type of School
Degrees That Pay You Back
Most Popular Jobs By Degree
Most Popular Jobs By School
Most Popular Schools By Job
Best Salary Potential By School Location
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Value of Advertising
Reports and studies reveal time and time again that consistent, aggressive advertising wins the race. When the economy
constricts or even when the news says that the economy may take a negative turn everyone pulls those purse strings tight.
It is the knee jerk reaction. Automatic reactions are normal for a moment, but then it is best to think about what is
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