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Career Magazine
February 20, 1998
Career Magazine is a
comprehensive resource to help you in the "hunt"
The front page features abstracts of job-related articles. "Inside" you
will find sections on Job Fairs, Relocation, a Career
Forum and more.
You can submit your resume to a number of specified companies, and even get
tickets to Comdex.
Amongst the featured articles is one which discusses the "future of work" -
and questions whether there will be "jobs" as we know them in the future.
And a new section - "Entrepreneurs' Corner" - looks at franchises
and other careers in self-employment.
This is a clean and easily-navigable site with plenty to explore.
Working Abroad
February 19, 1998
In an increasingly global economy, one may have thought that working in a
country other than one's own would have become much easier than in days of
yore.
Whilst this may be so for a cadre of highly-specialized individuals who
work for supra-national companies, the truth for many students and young
people, is sadly, quite the opposite.
Many countries have unemployment problems, so governments discourage the
hiring of foreigners to do work which can be done by its nationals. Often
there is a hierarchy of hiring.
First preference is given to citizens of countries with whom there are
formal economic (e.g. the European Union) or historic ties (e.g. the
British Commonwealth).
Nonetheless, many of the benefits of working abroad spring from the
appreciation of another culture, far removed from the "tourist experience",
and a different perspective on one's own country.
The ISTC at the University of
Minnesota has some commonsense articles and resources available on
working overseas. They cover:
Hi-Tech Placement
February 18, 1998
There's no shortage of positions for technical and leading edge
professionals, as we know.
But are you making the most of your potential?
In order to check your marketability, it's probably worth visiting the Scientific Placement Inc site.
By its own account, the company has been around since 1962 (when computers
were the size of living rooms and used punched cards), so they doubtless
know what's what in this sector of the job market.
The specific areas they focus on are:
Interestingly enough, they recommend that high-tech candidates NOT
follow the usual advice for resume format.
As they point out: "The ideal resume
advice for an engineer or programmer is different from that of a shoe salesman,
secretary, or department store manager. Many of the traditional resume
guidebooks give
advice that would do more harm than good (example: limit your resume to
just one page)."
To this end, they have provided a useful Resume Workbook
to help you create a technically-oriented resume.
Hi-Tech Hiring
February 17, 1998
A consulting firm that specializes in recruiting
IT professionals said on Tuesday it expected a rosy outlook for
high-tech hiring in the latter half of 1997.
Citing positive economic conditions nationwide, RHI Consulting
officials said they expected a 24 percent increase in hiring. The
company surveyed 1,400 chief information officers across the country to
collect the information on hiring projections.
Twenty-eight percent of CIOs surveyed said they would increase
personnel in the next three months, while only 4 percent said they
would decrease staff, the company said. About 68 percent of those
polled said they would make no change in their hiring practices.
The most active hiring levels were expected in New England, with a 30
percent increase expected. Mountain and Pacific states can also expect
a 28 percent increase in staffing activity, the survey said.
RHI is part of Robert Half International. The site is easily-navigable, and
contains career
tips on a career in recruitment consulting, and has listings of job
opportunities in a wide variety of areas.
In addition, there's an invitation from CEO Max Messmer to join the RHI
Consulting team.
State Employment Forecasts
February 16, 1998
In addition to the voluminous data supplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most (41 of 50) states offer localized employment trend projections. Here are the links to the state level data.
Alabama
Kentucky
N Dakota
Alaska
Louisiana
Ohio
Arizona
Maine
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Maryland
Oregon
California
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Michigan
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Minnesota
South Carolina
Delaware
Mississippi
S Dakota
D.C.
Missouri
Tennessee
Florida
Montana
Texas
Georgia
Nebraska
Utah
Hawaii
Nevada
Vermont
Idaho
N Hampshire
Virginia
Illinois
N Jersey
Washington
Indiana
N Mexico
W Virginia
Iowa
N York
Wisconsin
Kansas
N Carolina
Wyoming
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