Friday, May 28, 2010

How to work through workplace conflicts

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Star-Ledger Wire Services We all know conflicts in the workplace are unavoidable. But now, the number of conflicts are intensifying as workers do more ...

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Online Job Search Tools

NJ TODAY
To broaden your search beyond individual companies, there are many job search sites from which to choose. Some target particular career specialties, ...

State, Microsoft to offer free online computer training for 22500 New Jerseyans

newjerseynewsroom.com
The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development and Microsoft are teaming up to offer a new program to give New Jersey residents free access to ...

Youth jobless crisis could have lasting impact

CNNMoney
By Chavon Sutton, staff reporterMay 26, 2010: 2:26 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The recession has fueled a record level of unemployment among young ...

Friday, May 21, 2010

Preakness Healthcare Center is seeking donations of books

Preakness Healthcare Center is seeking donations of books, in good condition, fiction and non-fiction, for our new library for our residents. Books in print or on tape/CD would be appreciated.

We will pick up the books from locations within a 15 mile radius of Preakness Healthcare Center.

Please contact AnneMarie Shortino, Therapeutic Recreation Supervisor
at 973 585-2159, if you have books to donate.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Neighborhood Assistance Office - Job Listing

Passaic County Conference on Poverty

The Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders invites you to join in this important conversation about the effects of budget cuts on Passaic County programs and services. All are welcome!

June 3, 2010 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Passaic County Community College Theater
One College Boulevard
Paterson, NJ 07505

Twitter can give edge to job seekers

CNN
Susan Britton Whitcomb, Chandlee Bryan and Deb Dib have come together to write "The Twitter Job Search Guide." "Twitter can give job seekers a much-needed ...

Monday, May 17, 2010

Health care offers healthy prospects for second careers

Washington Post
Yet health care looks like a smart second career, especially with the health-care overhaul potentially pumping in millions of new customers -- and jobs. ...

Good starting points for a new career

Washington Post
Medicine 3.0 last year listed its 50 top medical career blogs covering everything from medical sales to med techs. These can provide an inside look at ...

Device helps hearing impaired excel in workplace

ABC7Chicago.com
This has become a challenge for communication devices designed to give people who are deaf and hard of hearing a "voice" in the workplace. ...

Using Social Media To Find A Job and an Employee

The Sacramento Press
Curt has offered seminars to job seekers in the region on ways to increase their job search effectiveness. Christina Rogers, MS NCC, is the owner of Angeles ...

Can someone get hired via Linkedin or Twitter?

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
By Obi Okere With all of the job search websites on the internet, many unemployed professionals find it frustrating to use these sites solely as they search ...

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Unemployment rises to 9.9 percent; 290000 jobs created

newjerseynewsroom.com
When it came to the nation's workforce, everything was up in April, from jobs to joblessness, giving analysts wide leeway to offer theories on why. ...

Report cites women's recession hardships

Philadelphia Inquirer
"As job losses slowed in the final months of 2009, women continued to lose jobs as men found employment," says the report, based on data from the Bureau of ...

Job seekers can be overwhelmed by multiple titles for similar positions

Washington Post
You can use this tool as another part of your federal job search. In terms of good executive assistant positions, you will find them sometimes listed as ...

Today's job seekers add 'social' to networking

USA Today
Members share and search enhanced online résumés and job postings, monitor discussions and follow who else is making connections and with whom. ...