Friday, March 13, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Campus Conversations Part Two
I promised to post part two of the previous video and here it is! Part two goes more into details about resume style. It also talks about how you should look in interviews, what will the company most likely ask, and how your should response. And a tip on how to get the best job in the world!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The Stimulus Plan
Ok, ok, if you have been watching the news and reading the paper, lately you've noticed that there is a buzz about the Stimulus Plan. The plan states that $37 billion will be given to the public works spending (infrastructure), $6 billion for jobless benefits (unemployment), $15 billion to help states pay for Medicaid bills, and $3 billion in food stamp assistance.
Now I having mix feelings about this. I'm thinking, this is great! Give out money so the American people can spend more money. More money is being spend, more the companies can open more job opportunities for many jobless people. This is cool! The stock market can finally sleep like a baby at nights. I mean, didn't Freddy Roosevelt almost did the same thing when our nation was under the great depression. Put some money in to get some money out. And it worked!
However, this is the second Stimulus Plan! Or did we forget that our beloved George "I'm-A-Dumb-Cowboy" Bushed passed at 2001? Oh yes, it was passed and a lot of American people DID NOT spend the money! They saved it! Cause who can blame them? Nobody wants to spend money when the economy is not prospering. Duh!
So will this plan work as President Roosevelt solution or will it fail like President Bush? I really can not say. It's more of wait and see. I hope it works, because again, more spending, more job availability. More job availability, the less stressful it will be for looking and getting a job.
Then again if it does work, this means my blog have no importance any more! Nnnnnnnooooooo! Haha!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Comic Strip
Hey! I found this funny comic strip that talks about the topic in this blog. It comes in series but I couldn't get them all from the internet. However, I got enough to keep us laughing. I will post new continuation of the strip once a week. Till then, enjoy it! ;-P
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A Very Helpful Video
This is part 1 out of four. Part one is about how to look for available jobs, cover letters, and resume. This video is very helpful, because companies can not hire the amount of people they need so they must restrict their selves by hiring less people. In order to do so they are looking for people that possess something and make less pain in the butt to go through stacks of paper. This video can help you to stand out among the stacks of papers. I'll post the part two next week. Till then take notes and absorb and retain the information!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Who Loves You?
I was going to wait till Valentines Day to this but I couldn't wait! Guess what gift I'm giving you? Give up? An incredible site that you forever love me for. It's employmentcrossing.com This site has job openings across America. This is very helpful, especially for artistic people out there. For instant, web design, game design, computer graphic, fashion design, interior designer and etc. Don't worry, if you're in marketing, accounting and so forth, they have something for you too! Too good to be true? Yea, I know! "What's the catch?", you're wondering. Unfortunately, it's a 7 days trial and you have pay about $30 a month. Yea, that bites! If you're willing to pay $30/month then go ahead. However, if you're broke like me, sign up and get as much information you can get within 6 days and cancel on the 7th day. Let's face it, with the economic situation we're in, you're lucky if you find an opening. This site can make the search less of an headache. Well, I hope that helped you out. Seeya!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
What the Government is Trying to do to Increase Job Availability
It's hard to find a job because the economy is not in it's best condition is America right now. Let's just see what the government is trying to do in this situation while you're looking for a job in the newspaper today. I thought the best way to find out is to learn from the best...John Stewart. Haha!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
News
This was an article I came across and I thought it was important to read it so you guys can get a further glipse into the unemployment for college graduates.
FROM NEWS & OBSERVER
KIRSTEN VALLE, The Charlotte Observer
Growing numbers of workers are learning a painful lesson about this recession: It's cutting so deep that even those with college degrees are having a tough time finding work.
When the economy sours, jobs requiring lower levels of education, such as factory work and construction, are typically the first to go. Now, though, the cuts are increasingly hitting white-collar workers in fields such as banking, real estate, law and engineering. The rising unemployment among the highly educated comes as a shock to professionals who figured they would be in high demand for life. It also has dangerous implications for the rest of the economy, as those job seekers spend less and squeeze other workers out of the job market.
"I never thought it would be this hard," said Dana Jodice, 44, of Charlotte, who has been looking for a marketing or sales job since September. "I'm seeing it hit all walks of life." The recession has crunched virtually all sectors and demographic groups, and to be sure, the unemployment rate for college-educated workers is much lower than for others. It was 3.7 percent in December, compared with 10.9 percent for workers without a high school diploma.
Still, the number of jobless Americans with a college education jumped 76 percent over the past year. The unemployment rate for that group is the highest since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the data in 1992.College-educated workers in the Triangle have been hit hard as information technology jobs have been cut at major employers such as IBM and Nortel. Nor were researchers and scientists spared when GlaxoSmithKline trimmed its payroll last year. Charlotte, too, has been hit as the banking industry's woes have led to high-level job cuts and layoffs at businesses that serve the banks, such as law firms, local employment experts say. The Triangle's unemployment rate was 7 percent in December; the Charlotte area's was 8.9 percent.Both areas have higher concentrations of educated workers than the nation as a whole. In the Triangle, nearly 87 percent of residents have a high school degree or higher, census data show, compared with 84 percent nationwide. And nearly 40 percent have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 27 percent nationwide.Economists attribute the recent rise in higher-level job loss to the financial services meltdown, layoffs in the technology sector and the overall economy.
"Lately, there's just been a lot of job cuts across the board," said Matthew Dotson, an economist with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.The unemployment rate for college graduates has been as low as 1.7 percent and hovers, on average, around 2.2 percent to 2.5 percent, he said. In the last downturn, this decade, the rate peaked at 3.2 percent.
"This just shows the pervasiveness of the recession," said Mike Walden, an economist at N.C. State University.
More competition
During a Thursday meeting of Golfers in Transition, a networking group for professionals in the Charlotte area, a few members said the job market had become more competitive recently. "If you ever reach a certain pay level, that can be a handicap for you," because employers assume you won't work for less, said group leader Gary Burgess, an unemployed engineer who has been consulting part time to pay the bills.Member Harry Damare, 50, lost his job at Wachovia six months ago. In this tight market, a four-year degree is often not enough, he said, adding that he has learned the importance of a good resume and good networking skills.Rising joblessness among the college-educated could have dismal consequences, economists say. Because higher-educated workers typically make more money than others, the loss of those jobs will result in a loss of wealth and, as a result, a decline in spending, said Walden, the N.C. State economist.
"That creates a greater drag on the economy, if those people are not spending," he said.
The recession won't last forever, he said, adding that when things turn around, the highest-educated workers likely will be among the first to find jobs.
"The current thinking," he said, "is we will see more positive signs at the end of the year."
All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.
newsobserver.com
FROM NEWS & OBSERVER
KIRSTEN VALLE, The Charlotte Observer
Growing numbers of workers are learning a painful lesson about this recession: It's cutting so deep that even those with college degrees are having a tough time finding work.
When the economy sours, jobs requiring lower levels of education, such as factory work and construction, are typically the first to go. Now, though, the cuts are increasingly hitting white-collar workers in fields such as banking, real estate, law and engineering. The rising unemployment among the highly educated comes as a shock to professionals who figured they would be in high demand for life. It also has dangerous implications for the rest of the economy, as those job seekers spend less and squeeze other workers out of the job market.
"I never thought it would be this hard," said Dana Jodice, 44, of Charlotte, who has been looking for a marketing or sales job since September. "I'm seeing it hit all walks of life." The recession has crunched virtually all sectors and demographic groups, and to be sure, the unemployment rate for college-educated workers is much lower than for others. It was 3.7 percent in December, compared with 10.9 percent for workers without a high school diploma.
Still, the number of jobless Americans with a college education jumped 76 percent over the past year. The unemployment rate for that group is the highest since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the data in 1992.College-educated workers in the Triangle have been hit hard as information technology jobs have been cut at major employers such as IBM and Nortel. Nor were researchers and scientists spared when GlaxoSmithKline trimmed its payroll last year. Charlotte, too, has been hit as the banking industry's woes have led to high-level job cuts and layoffs at businesses that serve the banks, such as law firms, local employment experts say. The Triangle's unemployment rate was 7 percent in December; the Charlotte area's was 8.9 percent.Both areas have higher concentrations of educated workers than the nation as a whole. In the Triangle, nearly 87 percent of residents have a high school degree or higher, census data show, compared with 84 percent nationwide. And nearly 40 percent have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 27 percent nationwide.Economists attribute the recent rise in higher-level job loss to the financial services meltdown, layoffs in the technology sector and the overall economy.
"Lately, there's just been a lot of job cuts across the board," said Matthew Dotson, an economist with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.The unemployment rate for college graduates has been as low as 1.7 percent and hovers, on average, around 2.2 percent to 2.5 percent, he said. In the last downturn, this decade, the rate peaked at 3.2 percent.
"This just shows the pervasiveness of the recession," said Mike Walden, an economist at N.C. State University.
More competition
During a Thursday meeting of Golfers in Transition, a networking group for professionals in the Charlotte area, a few members said the job market had become more competitive recently. "If you ever reach a certain pay level, that can be a handicap for you," because employers assume you won't work for less, said group leader Gary Burgess, an unemployed engineer who has been consulting part time to pay the bills.Member Harry Damare, 50, lost his job at Wachovia six months ago. In this tight market, a four-year degree is often not enough, he said, adding that he has learned the importance of a good resume and good networking skills.Rising joblessness among the college-educated could have dismal consequences, economists say. Because higher-educated workers typically make more money than others, the loss of those jobs will result in a loss of wealth and, as a result, a decline in spending, said Walden, the N.C. State economist.
"That creates a greater drag on the economy, if those people are not spending," he said.
The recession won't last forever, he said, adding that when things turn around, the highest-educated workers likely will be among the first to find jobs.
"The current thinking," he said, "is we will see more positive signs at the end of the year."
All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.
newsobserver.com
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Video
This is a news report on what have been going on with recent graduates in this economic crisis. I put this up just in case any of you guys were in disbelief!
Comic Strip
This is very funny! Even though this is a very funny comic strip, it is very true! Beware Facebook lovers because this may happen to you!
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