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For forty years now, job-hunters and career-changers have been turning to What Color is Your Parachute for the most current information about the job market and how to find meaningful work – even in the midst of challenging economic times. The 40th edition of the popular manual has been vastly re-written because job-hunting has increasingly [...]
According to the latest Kansas Department of Labor estimates, the July 2011 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5 percent, down from 6.6 percent in June 2011 and down from 7.0 percent a year ago. Kansas Labor Secretary Karin Brownlee states, ”Private sector jobs continued to grow last month — albeit at a snail’s pace. However, we do [...]
Kansas Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins will hold a second annual Jobs Fair on Thursday, September 1st, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m in the Agricultural Hall at the Expocentre, 17th and Topeka Blvd. The jobs fair is free, open to the public, and open to any business that is currently seeking employees. Congresswoman Jenkins is [...]
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, little changed in the job market in May; job gains continued in professional and business services, health care, and mining. Employment levels in other major private-sector industries were little changed, and local government employment continued to decline. Jobs recovery is rarely a boom, and is more often a series of [...]
In the current jobs landscape - brought on because of the recent employment crisis – employees at many companies are being asked to take on tasks that have little to do with their job descriptions. This could be a temporary stop-gap, but career experts think that even when the economy does get back on its feet, [...]
Resumes have fashion trends just like anything else. If you are new to the job market, you need to design a resume that is competitive and dynamic. If you have recently been forced to return to the job search by economic conditions, you will find that the rules and tools of crafting your resume have changed. When I first [...]
Job prospects for soon-to-be college graduates are brighter this year in nearly every industry sector nationwide, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). The organization found that about 53% of employers surveyed planned on hiring more college graduates than in 2010, and the average starting salary offer was up about 3.5% from [...]
According to the most recent Kansas Department of Labor Report (March 2011), Kansas unemployment numbers are down slightly from a year ago, and the overall job outlook continues to improve. Kansas Labor Secretary Karin Brownlee remains “cautiously optimistic” that Kansas may be about to turn the corner in jobs created or retained. The March 2011 [...]
