August 20, 2008 – 7:45 pm
There are still a few good jobs to be had. Here’s the latest installment.
StarTek will add another 100 jobs at its call center in Greeley, CO to help out one of its largest global telecommunications clients.
First Solar of Perrysburg, OH, an installer of solar panels, will add at least 134 jobs and double the size [...]
August 19, 2008 – 11:36 am
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 [...]
August 18, 2008 – 7:01 pm
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 [...]
August 15, 2008 – 7:50 pm
BusinessWeek recently published their BW50, an annual list of the best performing companies (based on growth and return on equity). The list is based on three years of stats and a long list of other key criteria.
These are the companies that long-term investors are holding on to, that analysts are betting will persevere through this [...]
August 13, 2008 – 2:41 pm
Off-shoring has gone uptown, or downturn, depending on where your white-glove financial institutions are. There is great concern at the lower rungs of the employment ladder about jobs being sent overseas. Now, that concern has taken the elevator a few floors up to the junior management suites.
With Wall Street and other major financial [...]
These companies are hiring RIGHT NOW! Check out their job listings to learn more about their vacancies.
Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP plans to expand its Charlotte, NC operations, adding 200 jobs and investing more than $3 million.
Fluor Corp., an engineering and construction firm, is expanding and adding jobs at its Sugar Land, TX complex.
Urban Outfitters [...]
Here are more hot jobs with companies that are thriving in spite of, or because of, the recession. Like those I previously posted, these companies are still generating revenue, still experiencing growth and still hiring.
Click the links below to view and search all jobs with each company. I’ve also listed a few examples of the [...]
Have you considered relocating to find a new job? Wondering if moving will actually increase your chances of getting a job? Isn’t the recession wreaking havoc everywhere?
Nearly every burg in the U.S. has been infected by the economic downturn, but some are proving heartier than others. However, the ten counties listed below are still adding [...]
August 1, 2008 – 12:56 pm
The monthly Employment Situation report is out today and it’s not great news. The unemployment rate continued to blaze a skyward trail landing at 5.7% for the month of July–a full percentage point higher than it was just one year ago.
The Labor Department reported today that 51,000 jobs were cut from nonfarm payrolls, bringing [...]
These companies are not only surviving the downturn, they are thriving. Some of them are putting record profit on the books. Some are benefiting from higher stock prices. And, believe it or not, they aren’t all oil companies.
Why shouldn’t their fortune be your gain? The answer is, it should.
So, I’ll be following their fortunes and [...]