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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As more and more people turn to the internet to find work or to hire for an open position, a new site called SideSkills.com is setting out to help people find work and grow their business through their online connections. For everything from home services to guitar lessons, the site aims to utilize online networks
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In 1900 there were 100,000 horses in New York City. That many horses required a huge number of employees of a wide variety of industries to maintain, feed and clean up after them, in addition to any of the jobs created by the horse-power itself. With the rise of the automobile, the horses have all
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When most people think about trying to find a job that interests them, they don’t usually look toward computer games for inspiration. However, the Marriott Hotel has a different idea. According to The Washington Post, they have created a Facebook game that allows players to perform different jobs inside the hotel. The first version of
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Escape the City is a very niche job website. It was specifically designed for people that want to get off the rat race treadmill and don’t want jobs in normal places. Escape the City advertises a spectrum of refuges, from marketing and management posts to one-off charity events. Log on now and you could apply
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Now that the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 is finally law, it’s time to take a look under the hood and see what-all is in there. Carol Tice in a story for Entrepreneur magazine says some have noted that calling it a jobs bill is kind of a stretch. There’s nothing that
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I would like to dedicate this Labor Day holiday to the 14.9 million women and men who, through no fault of their own, lost their jobs in the economic downturn. I’ve been there. I feel your pain. Days upon days looking for a job. Just looking for a job becomes a job, a non-paying job.
Jobprize allows job seekers to offer a “prize” to in-the-know employees to refer them to and help them land a job, reports Coolbusinessideas.com. Anyone can go to the website and post a profile about his or her background. What makes this different from other job search sites? Job seekers pay a prize to employees in
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photo credit: Editor B During the past couple of years as we have tried to fight our way through the recession, we have all been aware of the unemployment sky rocketing. What some of you may not know is just how many are actually unemployed long-term as well as the groups that it is most
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photo credit: Philip Rood Photography It used to be that when you accepted a part time position, you would move into a full time position when one became available. Normally companies hired in part time positions only on a sort of trial basis to make sure you were a good fit for their company, and
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