Job Seekers Scammed
By LAUREN PETTY
Updated 10:30 PM EDT, Mon, Mar 9, 2009
Related Topics:Jason Blais
Online jobs database have seen a rise in sham jobs.
Many people looking for work head online, but there’s a growing trend that some of the listings aren’t legitimate.
“I actually got a call this morning from a friend. She had applied [...]
With our focus on providing higher level resources for job seekers, we’ve updated our job hunting workshop to include content on identifying and promoting your transferable skills. For many who have been laid off, you may need to branch out to find new types of career opportunities. Take a look at the presentation [...]
Twenty thousand business leaders and managers in ME, NH, VT, and RI will arrive to work on Tuesday to find a letter of support from the leading recruiting resource in those states: JobsInME, JobsInNH, JobsInVT, and JobsInRI.
I am proud of the initiative that we have taken to support employers and employees who will be among [...]
Thanks to Mark Stelzner for passing this on and for everyone else with the RT’s for this noble effort. For those who haven’t joined the initiative yet, there’s a new profile on Twitter, called JobAngels. By joining them, you’re joining a “movement where we ask you to simply help one person find a job.”
I’m all [...]
Steve Porter, who is an Outreach Consultant with JobsInRI, has been working closely with the Workforce Development Specialist, Amy Driscoll, at the RI Hospitality Association (RIHA) to help connect employers and job seekers in that industry. Amy’s role is part of the RI Hospitality Education Foundation. Together, they’ve developed and delivered presentations at netWORKri [...]
I’ve been researching Skills Inventories and Skill Sets in relation to job functions for an upcoming seminar I’m developing. If you’d like to share your input on what I’m working on, please check out some more detail in this forum at HRM TODAY, the Social Network for Today’s HR Professional- free plug Laurie, no [...]
The properties of JobsInTheUS have launched a focused initiative to reinforce strong and lasting connections with the local communities they serve in AL, LA, MA, ME, MS, NH, VT, & RI. Unlike most internet resources, these companies are participatory in local business and trade associations, HR Associations, career centers at colleges, universities, trades schools, and [...]
The properties of JobsInTheUS have launched a focused initiative to reinforce strong and lasting connections with the local communities they serve in AL, LA, MA, ME, MS, NH, VT, & RI. Unlike most internet resources, these companies are participatory in local business and trade associations, HR Associations, career centers at colleges, universities, trades schools, [...]
First, please join me in sending your thoughts and prayers to the hundreds of thousands of people who are without power, and the two million who were displaced by Hurricane Gustav. As Americans, we can sometimes be a people that idolize extremes in the world, and I hope that the survivors of Gustav get [...]
While delivering a presentation recently to a group of employers at the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce in Maine recently, it struck me how quickly the perception of labor market conditions have changed. Just two years ago, reports were regularly being cited that showed that by 2010 there would be a significant labor shortage [...]
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