Archive for February, 2009
New Assessment Tool Helps Nursing Recruiters
Article from LiveCareer.Com
06 October 2008
Recruiters are turning to a new web-based assessment tool to help evaluate candidates interested in a career in nursing, nurse.com has reported.
The pre-employment assessment tool – known as Healthcare Selection Inventory (HSI) – evaluates prospective nurses under a number of categories, including education, experience, skills and [...]
Resume Tutorial
"A resume is just like life… you never get a second chance to make a first impression!"
This is an excellent tutorial from CareerOneStop:
“Your resume should provide a crisp, positive, and accurate overview of your work experience, job skills, and education. The purpose of your resume is to market your abilities to get an interview.
Stand out [...]
Lots to Offer at Campus Career Services Offices
Not enough students realize the valuable to them at their Office of Career Services.
Career Services is your one-stop-shop for all academic and personal needs. There are many services offered year round. Workshops, counseling, academic assessments and career fairs are all a part of Career Services.
They also typically administer student employment and keep job postings current [...]
Entrepreneurs find upsides in home-based business
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG – 1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) — For many of the millions of Americans who lost their jobs over the past year, the next step is starting a business. And many of these enterprises are being launched out of the entrepreneurs’ homes.
Owners of new home-based businesses find there are pros and [...]
Job Search 2009 – Old methods now a waste of time?
By Sandra Kerka
Job Searching in the 21st Century. Myths and Realities
The Internet is changing the way people look for jobs, but these questions still remain:
How effective is online job searching?
Are traditional methods now a waste of time?
Surveys indicate only 5.5 percent of 99 million American households had done any online job hunting; a majority of [...]
Job search site traffic grows in January
If we needed further evidence that jobs are increasingly hard to find, we need look no further than this story on CNet .
Jobs, taxes, and travel captured the interest of U.S. Internet surfers in January, marking double-digit to triple-digit gains over the previous month, according to a ComScore report released Thursday.
With unemployment running at 7.6 [...]
Build a Website with Content and Monetization
I’ve learned about a new service that should be of great interest to web entrepreneurs with great idea for a website but with limited web development skills. Take a look at DevHub.Com.
“DevHub is a free website publishing platform with full monetization capabilities. We bring hosting, publishing tools, API integrations, and exclusive partnerships together into an [...]
