Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Jobs Affected By Healthcare Reform

San Francisco Chronicle
There is profound disagreement about healthcare reform's overall impact on jobs. One study conducted by the Center for American Progress indicates that four ...

Department of Labor & Industry Highlights Industry Partnership Successes

PR-USA.net (press release)
Labor & Industry Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development Robert Garraty today commended industry partnership participants, highlighting the initiative's ...

Bank of America Partners with YouthBuild USA to Support Workforce Development

PR Newswire (press release)
"Education and workforce development are essential components to revitalizing our communities and stimulating and sustaining local economies," said Robert ...

The iPad Has Business Potential

PC Magazine
You might think of the iPad as an entertainment device, but this tablet has some real potential as a business tool. I don't carry around a laptop with me ...

Monday, April 26, 2010

A Think Tank for Non-profits - A Look to the Future

William Paterson University Center for Continuing and Professional Education, along with Sobel & Co., LLC present A Think Tank for Non-profits - A Look to the Future, April 30, 2010, William Paterson University, 1600 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ.

Entrepreneurship Pioneers Initiative

The Rutgers-Newark SBDC & Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) invites you to the Entrepreneurship Pioneers Initiative (EPI)

The application deadline for the Entrepreneurship Pioneers Initiative (EPI) has been extended to May 7th , 2010.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Harvard to Offer Free Tuition

Harvard has announced that it will offer free tuition to honor students from families making less than $60,000.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Senate approves extension of unemployment benefits

Washington Post (blog)
Unemployment checks will now flow through June 2, giving lawmakers time to negotiate a broader bill that could provide support to the unemployed for up to ...

N.J. unemployment: Thousands exhausting benefits

newjerseynewsroom.com
The state Labor and Workforce Development commissioner Thursday provided a partial but still head-shaking tally of the victims of what has been a ...

State pares public-sector jobs in March

NorthJersey.com
... 0.1 percentage point lower than February's revised rate of 9.9 percent, according to the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. ...

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Four Questions To Ask Yourself Before Starting A Business

Just because you know your business doesn't mean you're ready for your own.
By Emma Johnson

White House: Recovery Act Responsible For 2.5M Jobs In 1Q

Wall Street Journal
By Jared A. Favole Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The $787 billion economic stimulus bill created or saved about 2.5 million jobs through ...

New Jersey Jobless Rate Drops Slightly in March

New York Times
By AP TRENTON, NJ (AP) -- State labor officials say New Jersey's unemployment rate dropped slightly last month, although it's still higher than the national ...

Wall Street ramps up hiring as profits rebound

The Associated Press
The search for talent comes as a resurgent stock market and a river of federal aid have allowed the nation's biggest and most troubled banks to return to ...

Monday, April 12, 2010

Bill to extend jobless benefits faces Senate showdown

Washington Post
By Ben Pershing Congress is poised for another partisan showdown over extending unemployment insurance, as concerns about the growing budget deficit have ...

Gov. Christie's proposed budget could cost state agencies millions in federal ...

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Christie's willingness to give up federal funds was evident earlier this year when he proposed cutting back unemployment benefits. ...

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Summers Says Economy Is Creating Jobs, Needs Energy Legislation

BusinessWeek
“We are at last moving in the right direction” with job creation, said Summers, director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, ...
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Older Workers Keeping Young Adults out of Jobs

ABC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young adults in the United States are being squeezed out of the labor force as older workers either delay retirement or seek jobs to ...

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Tips for updating a LinkedIn profile

Boston Globe
I know I'm am supposed to use social networks as a tool to find a job. But I'm not sure I really get how to use them in a job search? ...

NJ unemployment fund: Short of cash

Asbury Park Press
New Jersey lawmakers are looking at massive tax increases and benefit cuts to bring its insolvent unemployment trust fund back to health. ...

Summers, Greenspan Say Economy, Job Creation Gaining Strength

BusinessWeek
The jobless rate held at 9.7 percent even after Americans who had previously dropped out of the workforce decided to resume the job search, ...