A secretary was leaving the office one Friday evening when she encountered Mr. Jones, the Human Resources manager, standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
‘Listen,’ said Mr. Jones, ‘this is important, and my secretary has already left. Can you make this thing work?’
‘Certainly,’ said the secreatry. She turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
‘Excellent, excellent!’ said Mr. Jones as his paper disappeared inside the machine. ‘I just need one copy.’
We hope you can take a much needed break from your job search or work, relax and enjoy this time with your family and friends! On Monday, January 4th, 2010, we will be there for you, working hard, finding jobs for you and others around the world.
You’ve worked hard all year long and you deserve this break! This is a perfect time to kick back, get some rest and reflect upon the passing year while enjoying the holidays. This is what we’ll be doing and we hope you do the same!
With the best of wishes for a wonderful Holidays Season and a very Happy New Year!
According to corporate filings, 1.2 million Wal-Mart employees lost 18% of their 401(K) retirement plans as the market plunged. The retailer’s top executives, however, didn’t face such risks, thanks to a guaranteed 6.6% return. Wal-Mart spokesman said: “We’re proud of the benefits we offer to our hourly associates”.
Approximately 25% of top executives at major U.S. companies had gains in their retirement-savings plans in 2008, even though employees had significant losses in their retirement accounts, according to WSJ. The guaranteed fixed returns on executive plans often explain the gains in their accounts.
Most job seekers take time off between Thanksgiving and New Year’s when companies and recruiters typically slow down their hiring efforts. During holidays everybody is too busy buying gifts, decorating houses, sending out holiday greeting cards. A lot of people don’t even think that it is a great time for the job search.
Here are a few reasons why you should actively look for work during the holidays:
1. Less competition. Since most job seekers put their job search on hold, that’s good news for you! This can result in fewer applications for non seasonal work and opportunity for you to get noticed by potential employers seeking full time employees for the coming year.
2. HR managers are not so busy. Many employees will take time off leaving the hiring managers to fill in. This allows managers to spend more time interviewing candidates.
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With the U.S. unemployment rate surpassing 10%, many Americans are getting desperate for jobs in their home towns or even within their states. How about within the country?
If you are a highly-skilled and experienced professional, who have been unable to find a suitable job in your area, perhaps you should consider looking elsewhere? Have you ever considered looking for a job overseas? Many don’t realize that there are positions open to Americans abroad: from the U.S. government and military, to U.S. corporations and non-profit organizations operating oversees.
America has always been a land of immigrants. As a country, we were built by immigrants. In fact, the word “immigration” has become an integral part of our culture and a hot topic of many debates. So much so that we have forgotten about “emigration” – the opposite process of people leaving the United States to look for a better life elsewhere. Unfortunately, with the current economic conditions this is turning into a reality. Read this »
You might think that people fill out job applications to get a job. Apparently there are those that just want to have fun.
Name: Guy McDonald
Sex: Not yet. Still waiting for the right person.
Desired Position: Company’s President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever’s available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn’t be applying here in the first place.
Desired Salary: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that’s not possible, make an offer and we can haggle.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 31 million people are currently unemployed and the national unemployment rate has risen to a five-year high of 10%.
LaToya Egwuekwe, a labor writer, has created this vivid representation of just how much jobs have been lost in the United States. Watch this deteriorating transformation of the U.S. economy from January 2007 until the most recent unemployment data.
Despite dire jobs data there are some indications of new jobs appearing in 2010. If you are currently unemployed and haven’t been able to find a job, the last thing you want to do is give up looking or lose hope. Perhaps, this may be a good time to reevaluate and adjust your strategy: analyze your job search to determine why it isn’t getting the results, avoid common mistakes on your resume, or even consider volunteering. Persistence does pay off, and we at Resumark.com are here to help! Post your resume with us and we will work hard on getting it noticed while guiding you through your job search process.
The increase in government spending and the stimulus package are turning Washington, D.C. into a place to look for a job.
In many big US cities unemployment rate is a two-digit figure reaching as high as 17% in Detroit. However, there is an exception: Washington, D.C. (also including Northern Virginia, and parts of Maryland). Stimulus spending caused a boom in government jobs and has kept the unemployment rate down to approximately 6%, which is among the lowest in the country.
In the beginning of the recession, the D.C. metro area was considered the top place for job seekers to avoid due to manufacturing and construction industries that have been severely affected by the downturn. But Washington’s leading industry is the federal government expansion, which actually has to expand to remedy high unemployment and slow economy.
The expansion includes the fastest-growing homeland security division, which didn’t exist just a few years ago. And the recent stimulus package that Congress passed in February, helps to create a great number of new federal employee positions to oversee infrastructure projects spending, renewable energy grants, and many other things. Read this »
Have you been looking for a job during a few months with no results? You probably think it is a bad economy because you have been doing everything you could. You are right - it is not the best time for job seekers. But have you been doing everything you could?
Let’s try to understand what you might have done wrong or did not do at all.
1. Have you created a great resume? It is extremely important to have a great resume. Only a well-written resume can get you noticed and should convince an employer to invite you for an interview. And that is exactly what you need!
In today’s world we all have to be careful of identity theft and fraud on the Internet. Most people already know how to protect their identities online: from online shopping to social networks, many take steps not to become victims of identity theft or online fraud.
Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of online job search. Driven by their job search instincts, many job seekers post their resumes left and right and without much through about what might happen to their private information.
Consider this: your resume contains ALL your private information: your name, your e-mail address, your home address, your phone number, your employment history, and much more. Imagine what might happen if this information ends up in the wrong hands. The least of your problems could be your e-mail address being used to send you spam advertisements or your phone number ending up on telemarketers’ lists.
Unfortunately, it could get a lot worse. Identity thieves and fraudsters may already have some of your information (most of it readily available online) but compiling all of it from multiple sources could be a challenge. Obtaining your resume makes it much easier for identity thieves to pose as you online. In fact, there have been cases where armed with a stolen credit card number, thieves would specifically search for a victim’s resume to get their correct billing address.
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A secretary was leaving the office one Friday evening when she encountered Mr. Jones, the Human Resources manager, standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
We hope you can take a much needed break from your job search or work, relax and enjoy this time with your family and friends! On Monday, January 4th, 2010, we will be there for you, working hard, finding jobs for you and others around the world.
Most job seekers take time off between Thanksgiving and New Year’s when companies and recruiters typically slow down their hiring efforts. During holidays everybody is too busy buying gifts, decorating houses, sending out holiday greeting cards. A lot of people don’t even think that it is a great time for the job search.
You might think that people fill out job applications to get a job. Apparently there are those that just want to have fun.
The increase in government spending and the stimulus package are turning Washington, D.C. into a place to look for a job.
Have you been looking for a job during a few months with no results? You probably think it is a bad economy because you have been doing everything you could. You are right - it is not the best time for job seekers. But have you been doing everything you could?
