Are You Here? The Importance of Being Present in Your Job and Job Search
What makes someone successful in his or her career? When it comes down to it, I believe one of the greatest determinants of success is whether or not you are ''here.''
Layoffs
Being Jobless Doesn’t Indicate a Loser, So Don’t Act Like One
We often lose good working habits and self-discipline when out of work for extended periods of time. The situation has become only too common under the recession and there is little past literature or research to provide guidance to those who go jobless for unexpectedly long times. While time is the best healer for most human situations, in the case of joblessness, time causes the greatest injury.
Applied Materials To Cut 400+ Jobs From Solar Power Branch
Barron’s: This morning nanotech manufacturer Applied Materials announced that it would be cutting anywhere from 400-500 jobs from its solar energy products division. The division…
North Carolina Boat Builder Adds 350 Hands
AreaDevelopment Online: New Bern, North Carolina’s Hatteras Yachts has plans to invest some $4.7 million in growth while creating 350 jobs in the next five…
Portland Public Schools to Cut 120 Teaching Positions
Portland, Oregon — A statewide funding cut of 9 percent has left Portland Public Schools with a $19 million hole in its budget for the…
Halliburton Adds 1,700 On-Shore Drilling Jobs
Bloomberg: The nation’s largest land-based oil driller, Halliburton, added 1,700 jobs in the last three months. The boom is the direct result of production shut…
California Unemployment Increases Again
California's unemployment rate has risen from 11.9 percent in May to 12.3 percent in June, according to the California Employment Development Department. The net loss…
Johnson & Johnson Announces Penn Plant Shut Down
Businessweek: In the wake of a congressional investigation into a recall of children’s medicine, Johnson & Johnson announced yesterday that it will close down the…
Lilly To Cut 340 Info Tech Positions
The Chicago Tribune: Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. announced yesterday that it has plans to cut 340 information technology jobs this year from…
GE Makes $200 Million Energy Challenge
Two days ago, General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt issued a $200 million ‘challenge’ to the Obama administration, reports CNN Money. The challenge, which came at…