In tough job market, a new career could avert unemployment (CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance)
In the worst labor market in 14 years, Americans from auto workers to financial analysts are considering a career change in hopes of landing a job. Many job seekers are getting specialized training as a way to break into a new industry. |
Underwater stock options drive top executives turnover (EurekAlert!)
A new study in Personnel Psychology reveals that voluntary top executive turnover was more likely to occur as executives' stock option portfolios fell further out of the money. |
Executive trying to lure jobs to Starkville (The Clarion-Ledger)
After Jon Maynard completed his first day on the job last month as the new president and chief executive officer of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, he said the experience was "just like drinking water out of a fire hose." |
Laid-off workers learn new trades (CNN Money)
In the worst labor market in 14 years, Americans from auto workers to financial analysts are considering a career change in hopes of landing a job. Many job seekers are getting specialized training as a way to break into a new industry. Vocational, technical and trade schools, which provide a formal education in skilled trades from catering to computer programming, are seeing a surge in ... |
First Steps: Baby Lawyers Set Off on Disparate Professional Paths (Law.com)
Texas Lawyer, which will check in with them annually for career updates over the next several years. |
Retail job losses sap an occupational safety net (The Post and Courier)
Retail employment has traditionally been relatively resilient in times of recession. But this time, the sector’s job losses have outstripped those of other troubled industries such as automotive manufacturing, financial services and hospitality, according to the latest government jobs data. Somel experts believe many of the industry’s biggest cuts are yet to come. |
Imdaad to sponsor Safety Conference (AME Info)
Reflecting its commitment to adopt best service practices, Imdaad, the facility management solutions provider of Dubai World, is participating in a conference on how to do dangerous works safely. |
Detroit Three plead for money, but is anyone listening? (CTV Winnipeg)
The head of the Canadian Auto Workers is calling on Canada and the U.S. to step in and save the Big 3 automakers, saying a failure would be "devastating" to the nation's economy. |
Honda plant aims to thrive amid U.S. woes (The Japan Times)
GREENSBURG, Ind. (Kyodo) The rest of the country may be debating the possible bankruptcy of America's iconic automakers, but in southeast Indiana more than 1,000 U.S. workers were cheering Monday at the opening of Honda's newest assembly plant. As a shiny Civic sedan rolled up beside Indiana's governor and Honda's president, Greensburg Mayor Gary Herbert posed a question designed to remind ... |
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-18 15:50 Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-WPP and UBM pull media stocks higher (Interactive Investor)
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