10 Best-Kept-Secret Careers
Job seekers in today's economy are all familiar with the difficulty in finding a job. Adding to that difficulty is the fact that many job seekers are competing for the same positions and job titles.
Perhaps the secret to finding a job in this competitive market is looking for work in a field that not many people know about. Do such industries exist? Absolutely -- you just need a little help in finding them. Read More »
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Using Black Professional Organizations for Your Career
Just the other day, I was speaking with a previous college classmate of my brother's. He told me that he had never before fully appreciated the career value that the Black Accountants' organization he belonged to could offer him. Up until now, he'd seen it as a social networking opportunity that put him in good company with people who were in his same "league." Read More »
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40 of Today's Diverse Companies
Twenty years ago, you may have been hard pressed to find a company that employed women or minorities in senior management positions, if at all. Today, you'd be less likely to find otherwise: 28 percent of employers have more than five women in senior management positions and 18 percent of employers have more than five people of an ethnic minority in senior management positions, according to a 2008 CareerBuilder.com diversity survey. Read More »
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35 Best Jobs for African Americans in 2009
Unfortunately, not many people are a stranger to the downward spiraling economy that began in December 2007 and continued to deplete throughout 2008.
In fact, November 2008 marked some of worst numbers in decades in terms of job loss The unemployment rate among African Americans, for example, remained high at 11.2 percent. November also counted 1.9 million jobs lost from the entire labor force throughout 2008 alone; two-thirds of those losses occurred in the last three months. The number of unemployed persons increased from 10.1 million in October to 10.3 million people in November, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read More »
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