Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: August 26, 2008
Today, CareerBuilder.com and Robert Half International released the fourth annual Employment Dynamics and Growth Expectations (EDGE) Report. This survey features responses from more than 500 hiring managers and 500 workers on questions related to employment and compensation trends.
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: August 21, 2008
Last week, we talked about how your response to colors is used as an assessment tool for your career. This week, we have the results of the latest CareerBuilder.com survey on astrology and birth order, and how those things may affect your career.
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: August 14, 2008
This week, a documentary about Helen Thomas is premiering on HBO. You may not instantly recognize her name, but if you have seen a presidential press conference in the last 50 years, you know exactly who she is. She has become renowned for her coverage of Washington politics, and has served as a role model [...]
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: August 12, 2008
Many of us have been glued to our TV watching the 2008 Summer Olympics.
It has been thrilling to see the events, and many workers agree: Twelve percent of the workers we talked to in a recent survey indicated they would be watching some of the Olympics while they were at work.
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: August 6, 2008
CareerBuilder.com released a new survey today, and the results may surprise you. One-third of female workers in our survey said that they were paid less than their mail counterparts who had the same experience and qualifications.
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: August 1, 2008
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly summary of job data for July 2008.
Among the most notable items in the report:
Unemployment rose from 5.5% in June to 5.7% in July.
There were 51,000 fewer jobs in July. Total job loss for 2008 so far is 463,000. That is an average of 66,000 jobs lost per [...]
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: July 31, 2008
Creating your resume can often involve some creative writing for the author. Numerous job seekers have lied on a resume. “Lied” is such an ugly word; I prefer “embellished” myself! Many of us look at it as putting a positive spin on a job. Why say “trash collector” when “waste management technician” sounds so much [...]
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: July 22, 2008
The New York Times ran an interesting story today that was based on recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
For most of the last half century, since the 1960s, the ranks of women in the workplace continued to increase. (The number of men in the workplace consistently shrank.)
But this decade, the number of women in the workplace also [...]
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: July 16, 2008
The slowdown in the economy and in the job market has obviously had a direct impact on many people. Some of them have lost their jobs, and some job seekers are finding it far more challenging to land a gig.
But the economic slowdown has also had an effect on workers who are still an active [...]
Posted by: Patrick Erwin on: July 16, 2008
Black Enterprise, one of the leading resources for African-American professionals, entrepreneurs and companies, has released their annual list of the 40 best companies for diversity.
The full article is in the new issue of Black Enterprise, but you can see a preview of the list here.
