What will 2007 bring to the job seekers, employers and recruiters who make up the little corner of the world sometimes referred to as the “Recruitosphere”? Tough to say, but perhaps some late Christmas presents (or Hannukah, Kwanzaa or “Insert Holiday or Non-Religious Celebration of Choice Here” presents) will be delivered. For Joel Cheesman, whose […]

C.M. Russell of Secrets of the Job Hunt fame has recently launched a new blog at Blogforjobs.com. Blog For Jobs is a “showcase for those who blog to get jobs” and I believe this site has the potential to provide job seekers with some real value in terms of self-promotion and job networking. Individual job […]

Wyoming created new jobs faster than any other state in the country in November, due in large part to huge growth in the natural gas industry in that state. BP has recently announced that the company will invest over $2 Billion in the coming years to tap into the natural gas fields in southern and […]

At a Christmas party over the weekend, I had an extended conversation with my wife’s cousin about his position with a major technology contractor. His firm holds billion-dollar contracts with the U.S. government and has dealt on some level with most industry leading companies. He manages employees around the country and is about as wired […]

Latin immigrants in the United States, both legal and illegal, are leaving the country or moving around within the U.S. in increasing numbers of late, and it has nothing to do with border patrols, fence-building and immigration legislation. Asked why they’re leaving, many note that the type of available work that made the U.S. so […]

In today’s entry, the itzBig Blog references a post from New Workforce, which quotes an article in IT Pro about a study in the UK indicating that IT professionals are usually “flirting” with new opportunities (I’m sure you followed that). The quote responsible for the above history is as follows:
The “Work in Progress: Jobseekers survey”, […]

I’ve been filing 1099s for our sub-contractors since 1998 and I inevitably wait until the last minute to get them out. Typically, 1099s are due to contractors by the end of January in order to allow them time to have them submitted with their personal income taxes by April 15. Fortunately, QuickBooks makes the process […]

C.M. Russell, over at Secrets of the Job Hunt, was kind enough to share some starting salaries, by major, of college graduates from the 2006 graduating classes. His information is from membership-based naceweb.org:
$56,269 Chemical Engineering
$53,096 ComputerEngineering
$53,500 Electrical Engineering
$50,744 Computer Science
$51,808 Mechanical Engineering
$47,182 Information Science
$45,391 Management Information Systems
$44,928 Accounting
$41,115 Business Administration
$37,191 Marketing
$32,870 Liberal Arts
$30,369 Psychology

Since the beginning of the mainstream use of the Internet, newspapers have watched from a distance with mixed feelings. At first, when it was suggested that the Internet would overtake the newspapers, executives laughed. Now, they may just be crying. Though some were late to pick up on the trend, the major newspapers eventually got […]

I’m actually asking that question, as I’m fairly certain there is no federal legislation currently addressing it. There is a great post in the Select Metrix Blog about Tattoos and Piercings that got me thinking about the ramifications of imposing those types of restrictions on employees. Given the popularity of tattoos and piercings among people […]