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More good news on the jobs fro…

More good news on the jobs front: Fewer people filed for unemployment benefits. Only 432,000, down by 13,000 from the previous week.

Hallmark’s selling gay marriag…

Hallmark’s selling gay marriage cards. More opportunity where that came from–photographers, travel agents, decorators, adoption attorneys..

Look Who’s Adding Jobs Now

There are still a few good jobs to be had.  Here’s the latest installment.

  • Cabela’s outdoor equipment store will open a 125,000-square-foot retail store in Detroit, Michigan.
  • Flat Wireless, the Texas Division of Clear Talk, will create nearly 70 new jobs in Lubbock and Amarillo, TX.
  • PCMS Datafit Inc., a provider of retail software and services, has received a $70,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Development for an expansion project expected to add 70 jobs.
  • Indianapolis-based Pharmakon LTC Pharmacy Inc., a health care communications company, will pay an average of $50,000 a year to each of the 52 employees it plans to add.
  • Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas plans to build two plants in Brighton, 15 miles northeast of Denver, and bring a total of 1,350 more jobs to the state.
  • Volvo AB of Sweden said it would embark on a $50 million expansion and add 50 workers to its Mack Powertrain Division plant in Hagerstown, MD as part of a sweeping company-wide restructuring.

Finally some good news on the …

Finally some good news on the jobs front: Fewer people were killed at work last year.

Hot Jobs With BusinessWeek’s Best Performing Companies (Pt. 2)

Here’s the rest of BusinessWeek’s BW50 Best Performing Companies.  Last time I focused on jobs with companies ranked #1-#25.  Truthfully, it was #1-#26.  I excluded BJ Services (#8) because their company website listed no current job vacancies.  That bumped #26 (Varian Medical Systems) into #25 on my list and left me with only 24 companies for this list.  Whew!  Got that off my chest.  Now, back to the list.

Click the company names to see the available jobs.

  1. AT&T
  2. Autodesk
  3. T. Rowe Price
  4. Bed Bath & Beyond
  5. Pepsico
  6. Expeditors International of Washington
  7. Lehman Brothers Holdings
  8. Google
  9. Schlumberger
  10. Best Buy
  11. IMS Health
  12. PNC Financial Services Group
  13. Constellation Energy Group
  14. Sherwin-Williams
  15. Microsoft
  16. Precision Castparts
  17. Titanium Metals
  18. Moody’s
  19. Coca-Cola
  20. Barr
  21. TJX
  22. CenturyTel
  23. Nvidia
  24. ExxonMobil

Search more great jobs with more great companies

Event: The Resume Autopsy

Careersthatdontsuck.com presents “The Resume Autopsy”, a 2-hour intensive workshop designed to help attendees rewrite, and in some cases, resuscitate their resumes.

Why this workshop?

The second biggest complaint among job-seekers is “I send my resume and no one calls or writes me back” (The biggest complaint is that they’re still haven’t found a job).  This workshop will help attendees fix the former, and thereby, the latter by teaching them how recruiters look at resumes, what things catch their eyes, which formats are best for which job types and more.

Why now?

Nearly 9 million people are unemployed.  But, in July 2008, there were 3,864,100 online advertised job vacancies (2,708,000 were brand-new, not duplicates or carryovers from prior months).

Over one-third of that 9 million could have been working…if they knew how to create resumes that grabbed recruiters attention.

(Source: The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Seriesâ„¢ and the U.S. Labor Dept.).

When and where?

The Resume Autopsy workshop will be held in San Francisco on Sept. 11, 2008.  Learn more or REGISTER NOW! Tickets only $15 USD.  Hurry!  Only 20 seats available.

#wordcamp-I’m about to pack it…

#wordcamp-I’m about to pack it in. It’s been a great day at SF Wordcamp

Crazyhorse: Future Generation …

Crazyhorse: Future Generation Wordpress is much better. Hope they get it out soon.

Blogging, tweeting, yahoo live…

Blogging, tweeting, yahoo live-ing and more…social media ADD

Check out job profile: http://…

Check out job profile: http://tinyurl.com/5nqmy9