It’s hard to see the bright spots in the our dark economy. But, there are a few. In this post I’m focusing on cities that seem to be hanging tough, at least on the job front.
CITIES WITH LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Salt Lake City
3.1%
Washington
3.5%
Austin, TX
3.9%
Birmingham, Al
3.9%
Phoenix, Baltimore,Richmond, VA (tie)
4.0%
The flip side:
CITIES WITH HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Detroit
8.2%
Providence
7.1%
Riverside, [...]
Today’s “Coach-In-A-Box” Call was great fun and a great success to boot (if you don’t count a few technical difficulties on my part). The call was a 2-part call. In the first part, I introduced Everybody Else’s Guide to Green & Socially Responsible Careers and discussed the amazing vitality of the “green economy” in spite [...]
Just a reminder. Our first “Coach-In-A-Box” Call is Monday, March 31st! I’ve very excited about the call. I’ve received some great questions via email and look forward to answering questions of call-in participants.
To call in and ask your career or job search questions, or a question about the green or [...]
A survey by the Association of Executive Search Consultants revealed that 18% of white-collar American and European workers would relocate to Russia to work!
Not surprisingly, the survey revealed that Russia was not the most desirable burg for ambitious young execs. Nope! This ladder-climbing bunch dreams of earning their “international work experience” badges in India (28%) [...]
I’m still on my mission to unearth as many job opportunities as I can for my Careersthatdontsuck.com readers and clients. To that end, I’m back with more math we love–adding jobs. If you missed the first round, check it out now.
Source Bio-Plastics (makers of CD/DVD packaging) in Massena, NY will create 175 new [...]
The Economics of Social Media 2008 is a one-day conference focused on investigating the evolving economics of social media. Industry leaders and experts will look at deals and business models, the creative process and the enabling technologies of the social media economy.
Speakers for the conference include Leonard Brody, CEO, NowPublic, Dalton Caldwell, CEO, Imeem, Jim [...]
I’m constantly on the hunt for more business and job opportunities for my readers. I know that many people are antsy about where their next paychecks are coming from. So, I want to ensure that I provide resources to help you fill in some of the gaps.
Today’s post focuses on one-time or short-term [...]
Okay, I know this headline sounds very porn-ish, but I couldn’t resist. This story is just too good to pass up. Starbucks, a company that spends an inordinate amount of money to buy fair trade coffee, teach farmers in developing countries to grow coffee beans and locate stores in urban communities couldn’t see [...]
There’s a lot of news out there on companies cutting jobs, the latest being EBay, CitiGroup, Western Union and NYPD. Rather than focus on depressing subtraction, I’d rather focus on addition–the addition of jobs.
So, here’s a quick list of the companies and organizations that are adding jobs.
Officials from Northstar Battery, an 8-year-old company that [...]
Every other person I know is scrambling to find a job, either because they’ve been laid off or because they fear being laid off. By all accounts, it’s getting tougher and tougher. What are you doing to find your next job? What’s working?
Complete our survey and we’ll share our findings, plus the [...]
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