Swamped Job Centers 'the ERs of Today's Economy'

Sites like Monster aren't getting people jobs

(NEWSER) - The best way to get back into the workforce is both time-tested and cutting-edge: networking. Facebook, LinkedIn, and even Twitter are taking the place of the old-fashioned phone call, Farhad Manjoo writes for Slate: "The most forward-looking job seekers have all but abandoned job-listing sites in favor of social networks." A 2009 survey found 27% of new hires came through referrals, and just 12% from listings. More»

Financial crisis leads to surplus of six-figure jobseekers

(NEWSER) - Laid-off execs scrambling to find new six-figure salaries are facing fierce competition, Time reports. Thousands of high-end white-collar jobs have vanished recently, and many more are expected to go. Some top-level vacancies are still appearing, as execs retire or change jobs, but companies looking to fill their most powerful positions are finding it's definitely an employer's market. More»

Failing industries, new technology and outsourcing are killing these careers

(NEWSER) - Getting a job is hard enough—you don't want one that won't be around in five or 10 years. Forbes pulls out its crystal ball to see which jobs are not long for this world:

1. News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
2. Economists
3. Radio announcers
4. Travel agents

Miami tops the latest list

(NEWSER) - Miami and LA might be beautiful places to live—but they’re really terrible places to find work. Those two cities top the list in a new Indeed.com analysis of the worst cities to find employment. Indeed, a job hunting site, compared federal unemployment records with its own job listings to arrive at this list, finding that in Miami there were more than four job seekers per listing, while LA had 3.48. More»

But that's partially because many have stopped looking

(AP) - The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 9%, the lowest level in nearly two years. But the economy added only 36,000 new jobs, the fewest in four months. The unemployment rate has fallen by eight-tenths of a percentage point in the past two months; that's the steepest two-month drop in nearly 53 years. But part of that drop has occurred as many of those out of work gave up on their job searches—when unemployed people stop looking for jobs, the government no longer counts them as unemployed. More»