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With Job Openings, Employers All a-Twitter 

Social-networking site gives companies a cheap medium to find the techno-savvy

Sep 8, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - For some firms, Twitter is playing the role of headhunter: companies like Verizon and Microsoft are posting openings on the social-networking site, the Wall Street Journal reports. Job boards have “become saturated,” says a Newell Rubbermaid VP. “With Twitter, we don't have to go through that huge... More »

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social networking • Internet • Microsoft • Verizon • job search • job market • Twitter • tweet • social media • job vacancies

 Job-Rich N. Dakota 
 Lures the Unemployed 

State jobless rate is 4.2%

Aug 14, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Dakota, not usually known for much other than open space, has suddenly become a job-seeker's paradise. The state of just over 640,000 has 9,000 open jobs and employs a recruiter who works full-time to lure workers, the Washington Post reports. "In North Dakota, it is pretty... More »

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unemployment • North Dakota • job search • recruiting • call center

Looking for Work? Better Have a Job Already

Another hurdle for job-seekers as unemployment nears 10%

Jun 30, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Finding a job when unemployment is at 9.4% is hard enough. But the recently laid-off have another hurdle to contend with: Many employers are most interested in attracting candidates who are still working, the Wall Street Journal reports. “If they’re employed in today’s economy, they have... More »

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layoffs • employment • recession • unemployment • job search • recruiting • job application • recession depression • jobless

Scammers Target
Panicky Job Hunters

Experts warn work-from-home frauds are mushrooming as unemployment rises

May 26, 09 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scammers are taking advantage of the recession to con people desperately seeking work out of what little cash they have left, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Watchdog groups warn that phony work-from-home offers promising quick cash in return for an initial outlay of money are proliferating, and that some fraudsters are... More »

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online fraud • fraud • recession • scam • unemployment • job search

 Recession's Victims 
 Overwhelm Libraries 

Surge in jobseekers, homeless, and crime stresses out library staff

Apr 2, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Libraries that once worried about staying relevant are finding themselves on the front line of the recession, the New York Times reports. Attendance has surged as the newly unemployed—some of whom can't read or write or navigate the Internet—use facilities to write resumés and search for jobs,... More »

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recession • homeless • unemployment • libraries • job search • library

OPINION

 In Job Hunt, 
 Tech Boosts 
 Old-School 
 Networking 

Sites like Monster aren't getting people jobs

Mar 18, 09 4:13 PM CDT
(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... More »

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social networking • Facebook • unemployment • job search • LinkedIn • job market • Twitter • advice

 Laid-Off, Many Turn to Blogging 

Recently laid-off vent, share leads online

Mar 10, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - As layoffs soar, job seekers are turning to blogs to connect with others in the same boat and share their adventures in unemployment, the Wall Street Journal reports. For many professionals, blogging helps make sense of the sudden changes a layoff brings. "It's difficult to see your own progress,... More »

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social networking • layoffs • blogging • employment • unemployment • job search • blogger • hiring

OPINION

 Lost Your Job? 
 Turn to Those 
 You Kind of Know 

Acquaintances can be road to success in tough times

Mar 9, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the professional world, it’s all about who you sort of know, especially when times are hard, Gregory Rodriguez writes in the Los Angeles Times. Job losses may make people withdraw from their friends, but during a recession, acquaintances are the ones who count, often helping pave the way... More »

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social networking • Facebook • recession • unemployment • job search • LinkedIn

 Mr. T to Unemployed: 'Man Up!'


Feb 27, 09 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Feeling the recession depression? Not sure how you’re going to make ends meet? Mr T has some advice for you: “Man up,” the Mirror reports. The professional tough guy, who said he was in London to show Brits how to be a man, added, “If you... More »

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recession • unemployment • job search • recession depression • Mr. T

 Hackers 
 Breach 
 Monster.com 


4.5M compromised in UK; jobs site unsure how many of 75M worldwide may be affected

Jan 27, 09 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Hackers have illegally accessed Monster.com and stolen personal details from an uncertain number of its 75 million users, Bloomberg reports. The hackers snatched user IDs, passwords, contact information and more, though resumes weren’t accessed. Users should be on the lookout for bogus e-mails that appear to come from... More »

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computer virus • job search • Monster.com • Internet security • hackers

Libraries a Cheap Refuge, But Top Target for Budget Cuts

Popular books see huge waiting lists, while unemployed line up to use computers

Jan 15, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Whether you’re looking for a job, or just a cheap respite from the horrors of the economy, the public library has become the place to be, the Wall Street Journal reports. But even as attendance swells, the same financial crisis that brings patrons has left many branches cash-poor. One... More »

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recession • unemployment • job search • WiFi • Internet access • library • financial crisis • economic downturn • public library

Tough Times Become LinkedIn's Buddy

Business networking site sees surge in users as economy tanks

Dec 31, 08 9:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Bad times for American workers are boosting traffic on popular business networking site LinkedIn. The site has doubled its membership this year as worried professionals step up their networking efforts. "Every individual is a small business or brand," founder and newly reinstated CEO Reid Hoffman told USA Today.... More »

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social networking • Internet • unemployment • job search • LinkedIn • Dan Nye

 Panhandling MIT Grad Gets Job 

After a year on dole, and months into publicity stunt, banker rejoins workforce

Dec 24, 08 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Out-of-work investment banker Joshua Persky gained a lot of publicity when he hung a sign around his neck reading “EXPERIENCED MIT GRAD FOR HIRE,” and passed out resumes on the streets of Manhattan—but no job offers. His wife and kids left New York to live with family,... More »

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New York • job search • investment bankers • financial crisis

 Jobless Whites, 
 Blacks Push Out 
 Immigrant Workers 

Tough job market sends foreign-born workers home

Dec 20, 08 11:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Hispanic immigrants are leaving the US as out-of-work Americans compete with them for manual labor jobs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Even farms, which once struggled to fill positions, are turning people away because white and black Americans need work. "There is definitely a lot... More »

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recession • job search • immigrant • job market • economy

Job-Hunting Execs
Find It Tight at the Top

Financial crisis leads to surplus of six-figure jobseekers

Nov 29, 08 12:39 PM CST
(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... More »

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Wall Street • unemployment • job search • job market • corporate jobs • executives • corporate execs • financial crisis

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

Jobless rate at 16-year high; 20M likely to use such programs

Nov 24, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - With unemployment at 6.5%—a 16-year high—one-stop job centers, the “emergency rooms of today’s economy,” are facing a flood of applicants, the New York Times reports. Some 20 million are likely to use federal employment programs this year, compared to 14 million 3 years ago.... More »

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unemployment • job search • job market

 Teens Struggle in 
 Tight Job Market 

Summer work grows rarer in weak economy

May 25, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economic downturn has taken a toll on teenagers searching for a summer job, the New York Times reports. With the teen job market at its smallest in decades, less than a third of teens are expected to be employed this summer, says a Northeastern University study—a far cry... More »

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employment • job search • job market • economy • teenager

 Interview Goofs
 You Can't Make Up 

Smelling your armpits, admitting you're headed to the bar are not ways to get a job

May 15, 08 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Do research, don't lie, be professional: Interview tips seem basic enough to follow, but CNN reports the many job seekers have committed serious gaffes we all should learn from:
  • Asking interviewer to leave office so you can take a call
  • Admitting you may quit job if your uncle dies
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list • job search • job interviews • job

10 Jobs Not Long for This World

Failing industries, new technology and outsourcing are killing these careers

Oct 23, 07 9:54 AM CDT
(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
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radio • farming • outsourcing • list • employment • unemployment • job search • job market • career

(Newser) - Don't shoot yourself in the foot in your next job interview. A Fortune poll of hiring managers uncovered some anecdotes about the dumbest pitches they'd heard: The interviewee:
  1. "...told me to hire him because he was allergic to unemployment."
  2. "... said that we should hire him
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work • list • job search • job interviews • job

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