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 below this post. Feel free to share feedback via the comment link below. Hope this helps! Jason Related Posts:Job Seekers: Age and [...]

 

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 the workforce reductions in 2009. I am proud that JobsInTheUS is willing to support such an endeavor, and our [...]

 

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 in, and started today to make a difference. Here’s my story of how I’m trying to be a JobAngel: [...]

 

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 offices across the state to job seekers focused on Transferring Skills to new careers. The reports I’m getting back have been [...]

 

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 need to send money If you’re not familiar with this resource, take a look around, it’s a great place to peruse. [...]

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