Hiring

Chief Financial Officers See Economic Optimism, Pessimism on Jobs

By Donald Sears ⋅ May 26, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Executives responsible for a company’s financial outlook–CFOs and Controllers– are bullish on company profits and revenue growth in 2010, but do not expect to fill many new jobs, according to a newly released quarterly economic study from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Of the 998 [...]

Healthcare Jobs For Hire in Philadelphia

By Donald Sears ⋅ February 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Philadelphia employers need to fill more than 6,000 job openings in the next six months, according to a poll reported in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The bulk of the openings are healthcare jobs in Philadelphia and there are a number of finance jobs in Philadelphia with companies like Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, and TD Banknorth, [...]

Fifth Third Bank Expanding, Hiring in Atlanta

By Donald Sears ⋅ February 4, 2010 ⋅ One comment

A growing mid-western bank is hiring and looking to increase Atlanta, GA jobs in finance. Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank is expanding in the south, especially in Georgia after its 2008 acquisition of First Horizon, said the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Fifth Third’s is adding staff at its 20 banking centers in and around Atlanta and especially [...]

Job Interview Follow Up Do’s and Don’ts

By Donald Sears ⋅ January 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

After a job interview or less formal networking meeting set up by a recruiter, you probably look forward to a response from the person with whom you met.
If you’re dealing with a recruiter, it doesn’t always happen right away. But don’t take offense; take action, said career expert Silvana Carpanelli Hayes on The Glasshammer blog. [...]

The Peter Principle Revisited: Random Promotions Work Better

By Donald Sears ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Three Italian scientists believe they have found a way to beat the “Peter Principle” that fouls so many corporate hierarchies – promote people randomly instead of by merit. The sturdy, by Andrea Rapisarda, Alessandro Pluchino and Cesare Garofaloa of the University of Catania in Italy, made The New York Times Magazine’s 2009 “Year in Ideas” [...]

Good Questions to Ask on a Job Interview

By Donald Sears ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment

A certain way to impress a job interviewer is to turn the tables and ask them insightful, thoughtful questions about the position, the company and the industry, said Alison Green on her Ask a Manager blog.
Green wrote that she was “mentally beaming” after a recent job candidate asked the following question: “Thinking back to people who have been [...]

Business Roundtable CEOs Cautious on Jobs in 2010

By Donald Sears ⋅ December 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

One in five CEOs said they expect to hire over the next six months,according to a survey, released Dec. 8, of members of the Business Roundtable, an organization of chief executives from blue chip corporations like AT&T, Cigna, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson.
But 31 percent said they expect to decrease staff levels even further between [...]

Unemployment Stigma for Hiring Subsides in 2009

By Donald Sears ⋅ December 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A new study of 195 executives found that over a third of them–36 percent– believed that it did not matter how long a candidate was unemployed, according to a news statement by Boston-based technology staffing firm Veritude. Another 36 percent of survey participants said their ideal amount of time for being out of work was [...]

Racial Divide in Hiring, College Degree or Not

By Donald Sears ⋅ December 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Education and background being equal, black men and women still face higher rates of unemployment than their white counterparts, according to a report in today’s New York Times.
College-educated black men, especially, have struggled relative to their white counterparts in this downturn, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate for black [...]

Pentagon Plans to Move Hundreds of Jobs to Dayton, Ohio

By Donald Sears ⋅ November 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Scientists and engineers are expected to see a hiring increase at the Wright-Patterson Air Force base, where the Pentagon is transferring many technology jobs in Dayton, OH, from military complexes nationwide, according to the Dayton Daily News.
Wright-Patterson will absorb research programs including aerospace medicine, sensors and human performance from other bases, under decisions made [...]

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