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Job Fair: Metro Detroit April 18
For those of you seeking jobs in IT and Engineering fields there is a job fair April 18th at the Troy Marriott. View Larger Map From 10 to 11 AM the event is for military Veterans o
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Long Term Unemployment are Economic Cement Shoes
The Great Recession created a lot of new complex issues for the United States economy, and for that of Europeans. In the US the Federal Reserve is still trying to tackle how to best cope with long term unemployment that … Continue reading
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Business Leaders: No one wants jobs
An interesting piece over at Fortune has 5 business leaders complaining that they can’t hire workers in a market that has 80 million or so people that have fallen out of the labor market. What are their complaints with the … Continue reading
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What Recruiters See in your Resume
A few weeks ago The Ladders informed the public that recruiters spend only about 6 seconds on your resume. It has now released eye scan data captures of what recruiters are actually looking at to make their snap decisions. Recruiters … Continue reading
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Quicken Loans picking up Yahoo’s leftovers
Quicken Loans is making a serious push to pick up the technology savvy employees left in the wake of this weeks past layoffs at Yahoo that affected about 2,000 employees. The move might shape up to be one of the … Continue reading
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Linkedin Job Posting Statistics
Linkedin has added a new feature that displays a public counter on job postings. You can see on many job postings you can see some examples of what to look for. Not all job postings can be applied to from … Continue reading
Second Quarter 2012 Hirings, Firings, Layoffs, Resignations By The Numbers
The second quarter is upon us and there is a mixed bag with the March employment numbers. A big trend is that new management at large companies like JC Penny and Yahoo are finding new ways to get rid of … Continue reading
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Yahoo drops the axe on 2,000 workers
Following up on restructuring rumors Yahoo is laying off 2,000 employees. The new CEO is loking to make Yahoo a leaner company and the layoff is a first big step in that process. The cuts have been rumored for weeks … Continue reading
Eurozone has an unemployment problem too
While we tend to focus on the employment picture in the United States and have a special bias for Michigan we can’t forget that massive unemployment is a global concern. The Eurozone is looking at unemployment rates not seen since … Continue reading
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Federal Reserve sees employment as key to recovery
This week the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledged that the key to an economic recovery is the labor market. As we all know when you are employed you have far more disposable income than if you are sitting at … Continue reading
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