EEOC: Workplace Discrimination Hits Record High
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide soared to an unprecedented level of 95,402 during...
View ArticleFinding a Job in Tough Times
Sadly, the prospect of being unemployed or getting laid off these days is higher than it’s been in decades. If you are out of work, or know someone who is, the following tips can help.
View ArticleUnemployment rate in March 2009
In March, the number of unemployed persons increased by 694,000 to 13.2 million, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.5 percent. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has grown by...
View ArticleGovernment Jobs: MSHA seeks to hire mine inspectors in Kentucky
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will conduct an employment screening for underground, surface and electrical mine inspector jobs in Madisonville and...
View ArticleMSHA seeks to hire mine inspectors in New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will conduct an employment screening for general and electrical mine inspector jobs in Manchester, N.H., Albany, N.Y.,...
View ArticleMaking the news: Jobs in TV journalism
To engage a television audience, the news must be interesting as well as timely and accurate. Find out about some of the workers whose decisions affect the way TV news is presented.
View ArticleEmployment, trends, and training in information technology
Like most industries, information technology has had job gains and losses. This article discusses IT workers; their employment, both past and projected; and ways to prepare for these occupations.
View ArticleNumber of job openings at new low
On the last business day of March, job openings in the U.S. numbered 2.7 million — the lowest job openings level since the BLS began measuring job openings over 8 years ago.
View ArticleUncle Sam Seeking New Artists
The United States Mint is inviting artists from throughout the United States to apply for participation in its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to help enrich and invigorate the design of coins and...
View ArticleCareers in Auto Racing: Work in the Fast Lane
Racecar drivers may be the star of their event, but they depend on support from many others—including some workers who aren’t on the track. From pit crews to promoters, a variety of workers contribute...
View ArticleWorking Abroad as Expatriates
Many people come to the United Kingdom from all over the world to achieve undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in medicine
View ArticleGovernment Job Grants: $100 million in green jobs training grants annouced
The grants will support job training programs to help dislocated workers and others, including veterans, women, African Americans and Latinos, find jobs in expanding green industries and related...
View ArticleGovernment Jobs Wanted: Don't Get Swindled
The Federal Trade Commission works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them
View ArticleHourly earnings of healthcare and technical occupations,
Depending on their level of skill, workers in healthcare practitioner and technical occupations earned from $11.20 per hour (level 2) to $106.50 per hour (level 14) in 2008.
View ArticleGovernment Jobs: IRS Highlights Job Opportunities for New Grads on YouTube
The Internal Revenue Service announced the availability of a new job search tool on YouTube dedicated to helping job seekers learn about employment opportunities at the IRS
View ArticlePregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit: Terminix Agrees to Pay $80,000 to Settle...
Exterminator Forced Pregnant Technician to Take Medical Leave, Then Fired Her, Federal Agency Charged
View ArticleUnemployment Benefits: Michigan restores federal unemployment benefit...
Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency has restored federal unemployment benefits to some 69,500 jobless workers in the state who had their benefits cutoff in July when the federal extension programs...
View ArticleGovernment jobs: January 2011 Internship Opportunities
USICH is seeking graduate students to support its work on behalf of the nation’s homeless population. Varied assignments, depending on who interned is assigned to, may include, but not be limited to...
View ArticleU.S. Postal Service: Postmaster General Restructures U.S. Postal Serviceicer...
A 16 percent reduction to the officer ranks, realigning revenue-generating business units and closing one Area office are among steps taken today by Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe to create a...
View ArticleIRS 2012 Summer Internship Application Deadline Extended to March 16.
IRS Exempt Organizations (EO) has extended the application deadline for its summer internship program for graduate students to Friday, March 16.
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