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Published: 08/04/2010
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When Job Search Desperation Kicks

Published: 05/21/2010
Desperation isn’t an attractive trait in most people — maybe anyone. If you’ve ever witnessed desperation in a relationship, you know how unappealing it can be to see someone willing to settle for something. Anything. It makes you wonder just how much that person values himself or herself. A job search isn’t the same as [...] Keep Reading »

Available Jobs, Not Enough Skilled Workers

Published: 04/21/2010
  Two years after the start of the recession, the unemployment rate is still near double digits, which translates to millions of Americans looking for work. For every open job, employers have dozens or even hundreds of applicants eager to get hired. Yet many employers insist that finding qualified candidates is difficult, even in this [...] Keep Reading »

10 Industries to Watch

Published: 04/02/2010
The economy’s current state might be better than it was in the tail end of 2008, but it definitely has room for improvement. The unemployment rate cracked 10 percent and companies continue to cut jobs. People want to find jobs now, and understandably so. The march toward recovery is frustratingly slow, however, which means job [...] Keep Reading »

55 Jobs with High Growth in 2010

Published: 03/03/2010
Although 2009 saw some of the most desolate unemployment numbers in history, there is reason to believe that things are starting to look up. Both the unemployment rate and the number of jobless persons decreased in November to 10 percent and 15.4 million, respectively, according to the most recent date from the Bureau of Labor [...] Keep Reading »

Diversity Opportunities at CareerBuilder.com!

Published: 02/02/2010
Diversity People. Ideas. Innovation. CareerBuilder.com employs many different types of people, ideas and experiences so that we can be creative, fresh, fast and innovative within our marketplace. We provide programs to help each employee grow and reach their own full potential with the entire company benefiting from their diverse skill sets and knowledge bases. CareerBuilder [...] Keep Reading »

Top Companies for Multicultural Business Opportunities

Published: 01/22/2010
  DiversityBusinesss.com created a list of their top 50 companies for multicultural business opportunities.  The Div50 is a listing of the top 50 corporate and organizational buyers of diversity products and services throughout the U.S. It represents the voice of over 600,000 diversity-owned (women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native American, and other multicultural groups) businesses in the U.S., in [...] Keep Reading »

Preparing for Your 2010 Job Search

Published: 01/08/2010
The good news: You have a job. The bad news: You’d like to find a new one, and the current state of the economy has undermined your efforts. You don’t have to wait out the storm. You can take steps to prepare for your job search. By laying the groundwork now, you’ll be well-positioned once [...] Keep Reading »

Top Diversity Companies for African-Americans

Published: 12/17/2009
The Black EOE Journal has released their 2009 top diversity companies for African-Americans.    The companies listed below have shown an interest and succeeded in creating diverse work places for the employees.   Click on a company name to view open positions.    AARP Abbott Laboratories Accenture Inc Amazon Ameren Corporation American Airlines, Inc. American Cancer Society American Electric [...] Keep Reading »

The Realities of Black Unemployment

Published: 12/01/2009
I read an interesting article today on MSNBC.com on the disparities of the unemployment rate  in the african-american community against the general population and what this could mean as the economy improves.   This article paints a bleak employment forecast for Blacks (and other minorities for that matter) for many reasons but one being many blue-collar jobs (manufacturing, retail, construction) have been lost [...] Keep Reading »