Perhaps you have recently lost your job or have been looking for a new challenge elsewhere – without much success. Sometimes, it is a good idea to think outside of the box and consider a career where there is always more demand than supply.
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eTravel Blackboard: With the recent launch of JetBlue’s Promise Program, many tourism operators have been working on similar programs to stimulate travellers from the ranks of those recently unemployed. JetBlue’s Promise Program allowed passengers who lost their jobs after booking their flights to cancel and refund their seats, despite the carrier’s well-known ‘no-cancellation’ stance. Since
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According to a story in The Yakima Herald-Republic, Richard Foster had put in a two-week notice at his job in order to search for something better and was a bit concerned about taking care of his family while looking for a new job. Then he popped into the Wolf Den Restaurant and felt an urge
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We often hear about good people unable to find work. What about the companies who are hiring but cannot find good employees? The Washington Post shares one of those stories. We’ve been in business for 25 years. Our customers range from the Fortune Global 500 to small business — and business is good. That’s why
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In September 2008, Joe DeLoss took a job as director of social enterprise at Lutheran Social Services, a 300-bed homeless shelter in Columbus, Ohio, reports Businessweek. His main task: creating businesses that would employ shelter residents and help them develop job skills. A former investment analyst who “ate a lot of really crappy boxed meals”
The Washington Post: The nation’s smallest firms trimmed their staffs ever so slightly over the past few months, losing an average of 0.04 workers per company, according to a report released Thursday by the National Federation of Independent Business. While that’s not quite as big a hit as the 0.11 workers they reported losing in
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BusinessWeek: The company’s Small Business Revenue Index shows that retail, professional services, construction and real estate businesses saw revenue increases in April. Revenue was flat for employers in food service, health care and social services. The Revenue Index is based on data from 170,000 small businesses. The Small Business Employment Index showed a 0.2 percent
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MarketWatch: For the period spanning Dec. 24 to Jan. 23, Intuit reported small business employment inched up 0.2%, equating to an annual growth rate of 2.9%. During the month, small business hourly employees worked an average of 107.5 hours, down slightly from 107.6 hours in December. Average monthly pay for all small business employees slipped
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Instead of going to China, Bruce Cochrane set up his business in the US to give Americans jobs. His actions grabbed the attention of the President, and he was invited to the President’s recent State of the Union address, reports KTVZ Bend. Cochrane interrupted years of business consulting in Asia to reopen a furniture factory
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How many jobs could your company add if the state paid for your employees to train? In North Carolina, it has helped hundreds of employees at Caterpillar achieve important skills they will need for their job. Some of Caterpillar’s newest factory workers are training inside a former carpet warehouse here in the heart of tobacco
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