Career

Careerbuilder Monkey Business

Cheryl Phillips — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:19:29 -0500

The Careerbuilder monkeys enjoy a little workplace humor.

See the results of the latest Careerbuilder survey, the Careerbuilder Halloween Survey, here.

Social Media May Cause Unemployment

Cheryl Phillips — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:48:06 -0500

If you are fortunate enough to have a job right now, make sure you use social media responsibly. You might find yourself in the unemployment line -- all because you used Twitter, Facebook or some other form of social media to inform your "friends" how much you hate your job. On the flip side, if you're applying for a job, be careful what you post on your favorite social media sites. Someone could be watching.

Breaking Into The Animation Industry

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:41:22 -0500

Getting your foot in the door to an animation studio is difficult. There are lots of people out there that want to be animators. Why not is sound like a great job – you get paid to work in an animation studio, bring interesting characters to life with computer software along side the most diversely talented people in the world.

Web-based case studies help students develop career skills

harminka — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:08:56 -0600

A survey of employers in the landscape industry revealed the importance of arming landscaping and horticulture students with technical knowledge, practical application, and problem-solving skills. Teaching students the skills necessary to solve complex landscape management decisions is crucial to their career success.

AT&T Scholarship helps mother of four realize career dreams

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:34:27 -0500

In 2005 the AT&T Foundation gifted Oklahoma State University (OSU) $3 million to fund one of the largest college student transfer scholarship programs in Oklahoma. With nearly 300 transfer students receiving the scholarship each year AT&T is helping students across the state realize their dream of earning a college degree.

Ontario Looking To NextGen Jobs

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:31:26 -0500

Digital Media is the hot sector du jour in Ontario, and for good reason. It is one of those rising sectors that are the great hope to support economic growth in an age of de-industrialization. In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a bit of a government-led gold rush going on.

Recruiting Women to IT

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:44:41 -0600

A comprehensive volume authored by three Virginia Tech professors of Interdisciplinary Studies (published by AK Peters, Ltd.), “Reconfiguring the Firewall” addresses the global challenge of recruiting girls and women into majors and careers in information technology.

lepaways.com - A New Job site from leapConcepts

leapways — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:56:36 -0600

Leapways.com getting more popularity among US and Indian Employers and Job seekers.

Online Recruitment Grows Sharply in the UK

webitpr — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:14:37 -0600

Significant Increase in Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Leisure Sector Opportunities — Strong Growth in the South West and North England —

Job ads in Australia hit record high

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:09:00 -0600

Economists say the latest job advertisement figures show the Australian economy is still robust.

Special grants get new researchers off ground

harminka — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:24:33 -0600

The benefits of special grants designed to give talented new researchers a 'leg-up' on the career ladder are bearing fruit.

UK Sees Growth In Online Recruitment

webitpr — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:28:20 -0500

Online job activity grew in the UK in August as the Monster Employment Index UK gained two points, bouncing back from a dip in July. However, n August the online recruitment saw growth