Job Market

Report: Chicago-area Staffing Levels are Stable » Chicago-area staffing levels should be stable for the next few months. That’s according to a survey released today by Manpower, an employee placement… Read more

Part-Time Panacea: Temp Jobs, the New Normal? » Temporary Hiring has been on fire, but it may no longer be as strong a bullish signal for broad employment as it… Read more

Use Twitter Hashtags to Boost Your Job Search » About 300 to 500 jobs are posted on Twitter per minute, according to Carmen Hudson, CEO and co-founder of Tweetajob. With… Read more

Public Sector Spending Cuts Could Result in up to One Million Lost Jobs » PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has given a stark warning about the impact the Coalition Government’s spending cuts could… Read more

Where Have All The Fun Jobs Gone? » We’ve all heard the saying: when you love what you do, you never work a day in your life. While no job… Read more

The Corporate Jobs They’re Hiring For Now » Although the national unemployment rate continues to be discouraging, job seekers have reason to be considerably more optimistic in some areas than… Read more

How Job Seekers May Use Social Media in the Future » Back in the day, companies posted jobs in the newspaper, on job boards and spread them by word of… Read more

How to Get Job References in Stealth Mode » When you’re in stealth mode on your job hunt, the last thing you need is a colleague who’s serving as your… Read more

Demand for Talent Slowly Increasing for U.S. Manufacturers » As the economic climate finally begins to thaw, many manufacturing companies are looking to gradually expand their workforce. Though many organizations… Read more

Top 8 Ways To Get Your Resume Thrown Out » Landing the job starts with successfully getting your resume to the hiring manager. If it never gets there, or if… Read more

5 Ways to Get Past ‘You’re Overqualified’ » When you write career-advice columns as I do, it’s easy to get the idea that you’ve heard everything. Of course, as soon… Read more

Signs That Your Resume is Raising Red Flags for Hiring Managers » In every job application pool is likely to be one or more candidates who are considered to be… Read more

Who’s Hiring Now: 5 Hot Industries for Fall 2010 » As another tough year winds down, some parts of the economy are showing signs of life. So where are the… Read more

How to Tell When a Job Interview Is Going Well » A job interview is a high-stress experience. You have a limited amount of time. You need and want to… Read more

6 New Careers That Are Coming of Age » Every generation has its own music, its own fashion and…its own jobs. Case in point: These days there is an exciting… Read more