• 35,200 employment increase seen in December

    Updated: 2010-09-30 14:00:54
    According to statistics recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics the average employment in the country, has increased from December last year. Below are the complete statistics; Dec ‘09 Nov ‘09 Dec ‘08 Unemployment rate 5.5 pct 5.6 pct 4.6 pct Employed 10.905 mln 10.871 mln 10.793 mln Unemployed 467,200 483,000 390,200 Participation rate 65.2 pct [...]

  • Fair Work might cost 3000 jobs

    Updated: 2010-09-30 14:00:54
    Retailers Association stated that, with the new Fair Work rules and regulations it might perhaps be the reason of more than 3000 retail jobs lost in New South Wales, Queensland, the ACT and South Australia reported through Herald Sun. The system is recently started through Federal Government, also the first execution of the country’s primary [...]

  • 1.2 million Australian market by 2013 from Ford

    Updated: 2010-09-30 14:00:54
    CEO, Marin Burela, telling GoAuto those industry sales would reach 1.2 million within three years that Ford Australia will recover in the automotive industry. Mr Burela said the global financial crisis had caused great upheaval, but the market had already sent signals that it was recovering. “We kicked off the year, 2009, well up [...]

  • Cadbury will not affect local jobs in Australia

    Updated: 2010-09-30 14:00:54
    The union’s Anne Urquhart is in no doubt that the takeover decision is unlikely to affect workers at the Claremont factory. Workers from the two Cadbury factories are waiting if their jobs might get affected if ever the chocolate-maker by US food giant, Kraft will take over. Last night most of the shareholders made a [...]

  • Skilled jobs classifieds decrease recently

    Updated: 2010-09-30 14:00:54
    Report has been release from the newspaper, online and media that the numbers of online classifieds for skilled jobs in the land down under have dramatically decreasing up to 1.7 percent between the month of December and January. In regards with the job online advertising in all major print media almost 20 percent were fell down [...]

  • Always Check your Bill. Catching an Error Just Saved me $702!

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:30:26
    Every year I get my new homeowner’s insurance policy, and it goes up $30 or so for the annual premium. And I get pissed. In this economy, when my home value has plummeted for years, ...

  • Directors Only Networking Event

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:33:23

  • 6 Common Sense Job Search Tips

    Updated: 2010-09-29 11:00:14
    Last week’s post, “5 Simple But Brilliant Job Interview Strategies,” generated a lot of feedback, particularly from recruiters who told me how often job seekers make seemingly obvious mistakes such as spelling a recruiter’s name incorrectly. This reminded me of the fact that, as Voltaire famously said, “Common sense is not so common.” So today [...]

  • Curriculum Vitae innovations: Youtube Video

    Updated: 2010-09-28 16:55:26
    Times changes and when looking for a new job the first thing you want your resume does for you is to get employers attention in order to have the chance to have a personal meeting in which you can show how useful you would be if the company decides to hire you instead another candidate. [...]

  • How to Get The Job You Really, Really Want (Part 2)

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:44
    , Contact Us Featured Jobs Book Club Support ResumeBear Job Trends Salary Trends Email Posts Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Articles Government Jobs Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips How to Get The Job You Really , Really Want Part 2 28. Sep , 2010 2 Comments In my last post I mentioned Linkedin , so in this one I am going to keep that vibe going . In this post , I am going to go a bit deeper in what I posted yesterday . In so many words , find people who work for a company you are interested in and then ask them refer you to the company . If you are hired , they get the employee referral bonus . Step 1 Look for a gig on Linkedin by going to www.linkedin.com jobs In the screenshot below , I am a looking for a Project

  • 7 Tips to Protect Yourself Against Mail Identity Theft & Fraud Today

    Updated: 2010-09-28 01:01:55
    Mail identity theft and mail fraud are scary things. When you think about all of the personal identification information that can be taken from your mailbox, it’s quite easy for an ID theft to piece ...

  • How To Get the Job You Really, Really Want (Part 1)

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:06
    A very good friend of mine is a brilliant fellow named Otis Collier. We have worked together on several occasions and are planning to do a VERY cool project together in the near-future, but more on that later. I wanted to share with you guys a job hunting strategy that he shared with me that [...] Related posts:Optimize Your Resume – Write a Convincing Summary The Summary section of your resume is extremely important, as... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  • The Age of Disloyalty & Career Change: Should you Tell your Employer you are Changing Careers?

    Updated: 2010-09-27 12:50:57
    The Generation of Career Change In 2008, the Bureau of Labor Service released comprehensive data regarding duration of employment over the past 30 years. The results show how short our working lifespan is at one particular ...

  • Taking a look at JobMate

    Updated: 2010-09-26 23:51:56

  • Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 9-20-10

    Updated: 2010-09-25 14:22:48
    It was a good week. I witnessed my Alma mater defeat the wretched Fighting Irish in person at Spartan Stadium. If you didn’t see the game winning field goal fake in overtime, you missed the ...

  • Comic – The Resume Bear is ready for Ladies night!

    Updated: 2010-09-24 14:04:42
    Contact Us Featured Jobs Book Club Support ResumeBear Job Trends Salary Trends Email Posts Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Articles Government Jobs Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips Comic The Resume Bear is ready for Ladies night 24. Sep , 2010 1 Comment How difficult is it to find true love without a job Julian The Resume Bear and Pinky The Panda , put their luck to the test when they go to a local pub on Ladies Night . 8221 Technorati Tags : comic job Job Resume Julian Ladies Night Local Pub Panda Pinky resume True Love Related : posts Comic The Resume Bear Visits the DOL Freshly laid-off , Julian The Resume Bear visits the local . COMIC The Resume Bear Gets a Job Lead Julian gets his first job lead since being

  • Networking - round up and looking forward

    Updated: 2010-09-24 09:48:25

  • Top 10 Jobs that will (most likely and least likely) Be Outsourced

    Updated: 2010-09-23 16:00:14
    Contact Us Featured Jobs Book Club Support ResumeBear Job Trends Salary Trends Email Posts Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Articles Government Jobs Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips Top 10 Jobs that will most likely and least likely Be Outsourced 23. Sep , 2010 4 Comments Nancy Folbre is an economic professor at the University of Massachusetts and by all-accounts , she is one smart cookie . Case in point , she did a report on The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the US Labor Market that said among other things that Employment growth is polarizing’ into relatively high-skill , high-wage jobs and low-skill , low-wage jobs . 8221 Oy In other words , the more skilled you are , the more likely you are to keep . working

  • How To Pick The Right Career (Part 2)

    Updated: 2010-09-23 14:00:07
    Contact Us Featured Jobs Book Club Support ResumeBear Job Trends Salary Trends Email Posts Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Articles Government Jobs Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips How To Pick The Right Career Part 2 23. Sep , 2010 1 Comment In part 1 of this series I showed you how to research government data to discern if the job you are qualified for or studying to get a degree in will be around later . In this post , I am doing more or less the same thing , but from a computer science perspective . In other words , if you are a Programmer , Software Developer , Software Engineer , Software Analyst , Hacker , whatever and you are considering a new certification I suggest that you do a bit of research first before

  • Ageism - it is illegal don't you know!

    Updated: 2010-09-23 12:44:34

  • 5 Simple But Brilliant Job Interview Strategies

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:00:04
    In a recent blog post I outlined some of the biggest job seeker mistakes to avoid, based on my own experience hiring a paid intern. Today, I’ll share some simple but impactful tactics you should employ to help you land the job you want. 1. Spell the recruiter or hiring manager’s name right. Of the [...]

  • The Hidden Jobs Report

    Updated: 2010-09-21 14:00:48
    Contact Us Featured Jobs Book Club Support ResumeBear Job Trends Salary Trends Email Posts Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Articles Government Jobs Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips The Hidden Jobs Report 21. Sep , 2010 5 Comments In an earlier post I wrote about ways to find hidden jobs and as I reflected on that earlier today , I thought it might be useful if I made a weekly report to help you guys out . I mean , if you want me to . Let me know if you find this data useful and how it could be more useful . For now , here is the first of many hidden jobs . reports If a company announces that they are planning to hire hundreds of people , why wait for the roles to hit the want-ads I suggest networking with people in

  • How to Make Money While You’re Out of Work

    Updated: 2010-09-20 14:10:22
    Last year I gave a job-hunting webinar that focused on the in-between time between full-time roles. As you get anxious for the next interview and as you try to stretch your unemployment benefits, you need some income and you need it NOW! So, with that in mind, I share various ways you can legally make [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  • Highlights, Favorites, Deals, & Oddities – Week of 9-13-10

    Updated: 2010-09-18 12:14:35
    What the heck is ‘process of the catch’ anyways? Possession of the ball + two feet in the end zone + butt on the ground + ball on the ground = a catch. Lions got ...

  • COMIC – The Resume Bear looks for a better tomorrow

    Updated: 2010-09-17 14:01:17
    Contact Us Featured Jobs Book Club Support ResumeBear Job Trends Salary Trends Email Posts Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Articles Government Jobs Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips COMIC The Resume Bear looks for a better tomorrow 17. Sep , 2010 2 Comments What would you do if you ran a major corporation Would you do what it takes to keep people employed Technorati Tags : Better Tomorrow comic resume Related : posts COMIC The Resume Bear Gets a New Look The Resume Bear is desperate for a new look and . COMIC The Resume Bear is Homeless Julian is unemployed and forced to take refuge in the . COMIC The Resume Bear Wants a Makeover Julian thinks that a makeover will improve his chances of . COMIC The Resume Bear Gets a

  • The Big Biller Summit

    Updated: 2010-09-17 13:20:38

  • Man uses fake CV to rob his boss.

    Updated: 2010-09-16 19:07:47
    A man in India used another man’s resume to apply for a job at an architecture office located in Vile Parle. The robber was hired and as soon as he could he rob his employer a mobile phone and a chain made of gold. When the architect went to the police the cops went after [...]

  • How to find a job overseas with Google

    Updated: 2010-09-16 14:00:24
    Contact Us Featured Jobs Book Club Support ResumeBear Job Trends Salary Trends Email Posts Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Articles Government Jobs Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips How to find a job overseas with Google 16. Sep , 2010 3 Comments If you are open to expanding your job search to other countries , I highly suggest that you take advantage of Google’s translation services even if you are fluent in another language . Why Well , if you are an employer in say Mexico . nbsp You might post your jobs in English , but more often than not they will be posted in the dominant language of your country Spanish . That being the case , logic dictates that there will be jobs posted in spanish that are not neccessarily

  • How To Pick The Right Career (Part 1)

    Updated: 2010-09-15 14:15:52
    Contact Us Featured Jobs Book Club Support ResumeBear Job Trends Salary Trends Email Posts Resumebear Online Resume ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking Featured Articles Government Jobs Resume Cover Letter Tips Interview Tips How To Pick The Right Career Part 1 15. Sep , 2010 1 Comment If someone were to ask me , Jim , what is the right career for me I would probably shrug my shoulders and say something like , Umm I don’t know . Probably the career that will be there next year and for years to come . 8221 What do I mean by that Simply put , industries are hot one minute and then laying off the next . You can give your life to a particular trade and before you know it , you are replaced by some form of technology . How can you safeguard against that Well , one

  • Do you Tip for Takeout (Carryout) Food?

    Updated: 2010-09-15 01:09:06
    How Much Tip for Takeout (if anything)? A while back, I asked readers the question, “how much do you tip for food delivery?“. It inspired an interesting, and somewhat heated debate! The differences in opinion in ...

  • China offers your future job.

    Updated: 2010-09-14 15:17:53
    English is still the most important language in the world when talking about business and trade. However more than 1.5 billion Chinese native speakers and China fast economic growth had made that many companies had turn their project to the Asian giant. Speaking Chinese is a skill every employer would appreciate to read in any [...]

  • Weirdest job interview ever

    Updated: 2010-09-14 15:17:52
    In this economic crisis environment many people have lost their jobs lately and they are currently looking for a new one. In this situation was a friend of mine who has been unemployed for the last four month. She received a call last week to attend an interview in order to hire her as customer [...]

  • Substitute Teaching?

    Updated: 2010-09-13 09:24:08
    I’m wondering how many out of work Irish teachers are securing subbing hours in Ireland this term?  I know that due to the cut backs here last year, subbing hours allocated to Irish schools were severely reduced, but I was just wondering if these cut backs are still in place.  Can anyone fill me in? Uteach [...]

  • How to dress for a job interview?

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:21:02
    First step when looking for a job is resume writing, then you send your cover letter and attached cv to any company who is hiring for a job you would like to do and, eventually you received a call placing you for a personal interview at human resources department. Here comes the first doubt, what [...]

  • Let the job find you!

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:21:00
    Thanks to new technologies resume writing and sending is not the only way to get a job. Social media services have spread very quickly among the Internet users in the last few years and many of these users are not aware how powerful this services can be when you are looking for a new job. [...]

  • Commons mistakes in resume writing

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:20:59
    You have to think in your resume as it were a spot that is selling you. You need to appear more interesting to the employer than the other candidates to receive the call for a personal interview and, eventually, get the job you are applying for. In order to get the attention of the employer [...]

  • The world changes, the job market changes

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:20:58
    It is said that 9 years old children in 2015 will be working in 2025 in jobs we do not wven know now. Same it is happening in our world right now, nobody knew what a community manager means a couple of years ago and suddenly it seems everybody is working on it. All this [...]

  • Cover letter generated software

    Updated: 2010-09-08 22:20:57
    Just recently I stumbled across an article about this cover letter generating software called the amazing cover letter creator. It claims to be by far the best on the market and so I didn’t want to talk about this subject. I don’t understand how you can claim to be the best cover letter creator. I [...]

  • In Defense of 20-Somethings: My Letter to the New York Times Magazine

    Updated: 2010-09-05 12:30:47
    On page 8 of the September 5 issue of The New York Times Magazine, you’ll find my response to the recent cover article, “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” as the featured letter. I’m very grateful to The Times for printing my comments. Here is an excerpt of my letter: As I read Robin Marantz Henig’s [...]

  • Overcoming the “E” Word

    Updated: 2010-08-30 14:09:34
    Lots of people are buzzing about the recent New York Times Magazine cover story, “What is it About 20-Somethings?” The article focuses on the fact that today’s 20-somethings are “delaying adulthood” by moving back in with their parents, marrying later and hopping from career to career. The article speculates about whether these shifts are happening [...]

  • Job Hunting

    Updated: 2010-08-25 15:35:37
    It’s no surprise to me that hundreds, possibly thousands of Irish teachers are again this September, left high and dry and unable to find full time work.  One thousand new secondary teaching posts were promised in the Irish press in May.  Unfortunately for the candidates who would not consider teaching England as they were going to [...]

  • What I Wish I’d Known in College

    Updated: 2010-08-23 14:00:39
    Happy Monday, everyone! As you can imagine, I spent this weekend thinking a lot about the New York Times Magazine cover story, “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” I’ve submitted a Letter to the Editor and will post it here if the Times doesn’t publish it. In the meantime, I’d love to hear your comments here [...]

  • Guest Post: 3 Job Hunting Tips for College Athletes

    Updated: 2010-08-12 01:34:39
    This is a guest post by Eileen Wisnewski. Graduation often signals the end of competition for most college athletes. This can be an emotional realization, as many graduating athletes would love to play just one more season. While competing, the level of time and commitment college athletes give to their sport sometimes prevents them from [...]

  • Making the MBA Decision

    Updated: 2010-08-05 14:50:07
    Dear Lindsey, How important is getting your MBA from a top graduate school verses a middle of the road or maybe online school make? What difference does it make regarding future pay and opportunities? Thanks, Marie Dear Marie, Educational decisions are personal and the right answers are different for everyone. What I can do is provide you [...]

  • 4 Tips on Transitioning into Management

    Updated: 2010-08-02 14:33:54
    Dear Lindsey, I recently received two master’s degrees (MBA, 2008 and MSA, 2010) after many years of working in state government. Now, I am ready to explore more opportunities in the private and public sector. If I’ve never functioned in a leadership capacity, will it be difficult to branch out in management? Obtaining my master’s has [...]

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