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Leslie Camacho

Obama to Call for New Spending, Tax Cuts to Create Jobs - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Obama will use his speech before a joint session of Congress tonight to marshal a sense of urgency behind his jobs agenda and to try to open a new phase in the fight over proposals to fix the economy.
Leslie Camacho

Bad Call: Firing Yahoo CEO Bartz by Phone - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    There's an art to dismissing an employee. Using the phone usually isn't the way to go. The recent firing of Yahoo's Carol Bartz via a phone call brings that practice into view.
Leslie Camacho

Video Interviews On the Rise For Job Candidates Seeking Positions From Entry-Level to M... - 0 views

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    Job candidates get good at smiling into the webcam as interviews via video become increasingly common.
Leslie Camacho

7 Ways to Instantly Make the Interviewer Reject You | Career Rocketeer - Career Search ... - 1 views

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    Do you do any of the following during a job interview? If so, you might be sabotaging your chances at landing a new job:
Leslie Camacho

9 Words Your Resume Can Live Without | Career Rocketeer - Career Search and Personal Br... - 1 views

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    The resume is a blank canvas that any job seeker can transform into a unique document. When every resume uses the same jargon in the same way, it's just a waste of space and opportunity.
Leslie Camacho

The Long Search for Full-Time Work - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    The longer one has been out of work, the harder it is to find a new job. New unemployment figures out Friday from the Labor Department are likely to point to continued pain in August. At last count, nearly 4.5 million Americans had been unemployed for 52 weeks or longer and were still looking for work.
Leslie Camacho

Want Data? Ask Students. Again and Again. - Students - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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    All year long, from every direction, surveys bombard students.
Leslie Camacho

Managers Admit to Playing Favorites - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    Managers concede that favoritism plays a big role in deciding who gets promoted, however few will admit to playing favorites.
Leslie Camacho

Video - Less Than One-Third of Americans Believe Online College Courses Provide Same Va... - 0 views

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    Skepticism Over Online College Courses 8/29/2011 1:15:10 PM Fewer than one-third of Americans believe that online college courses provide value equal to classroom instruction, but half of college presidents disagree. Kevin Helliker has details on Lunch Break.
Leslie Camacho

Taking On Two Jobs - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    After working a full day at the stables of her horse transport and training business, Melissa Weiser heads to BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse.
Leslie Camacho

How Long Is The Commute To Your Job? - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    Most weekday mornings David Herbert, 44, is out the door by 4:15 a.m., hoping to get a jump on the 74-mile slog from his home southwest of Olympia, Wash. to downtown Seattle. Rather than fight traffic the entire way, the information technology manager drives 45 miles to Tacoma, boards the 5:35 a.m. train for the one-hour ride to King Street Station then takes a bus for the final 20 minutes of his commute to the office.
Leslie Camacho

Fighting the Fear of Public Speaking - The Juggle - WSJ - 1 views

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    Everyone is afraid of something. Spiders, heights, angry bees. But while spiders and bees can make a picnic challenging, they usually don't get in the way of doing a job. Unfortunately, my fear is public speaking.
Leslie Camacho

What You Should Never Put in an Introductory Email - Technology and IT Jobs News and Ad... - 3 views

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    It's never too early to make a bad impression. A cover letter or introductory email is often the first thing a potential employer sees when reviewing a job applicant. It's the first opportunity to impress recruiters and hiring managers and, therefore, the first opportunity to disappoint them. Everything from copy mistakes to inappropriate jokes in a cover letter could derail an application. Here are the top ten worst things to put on a cover letter:
Leslie Camacho

Facebook Is Fun for Recruiters, Too - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Could you pass a Facebook background search? The next time you apply for a job, don't be surprised if you have to agree to a social-media background check. Many U.S. companies and recruiters are now looking at your Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other accounts and blogs -- even YouTube -- to paint a clearer picture of who you are. Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903461104576464823762727188.html#ixzz1Tnrdf6Qk
Leslie Camacho

How to Rebound From a Wrong Career Choice - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    WHAT if you're not happy in your job? Is it possible that you're in the wrong career entirely?
Leslie Camacho

What's Wrong With America's Job Engine? - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Over the past 10 years: * The U.S. economy's output of goods and services has expanded 19%. * Nonfinancial corporate profits have risen 85%. * The labor force has grown by 10.1 million. * But the number of private-sector jobs has fallen by nearly two million. * And the percentage of American adults at work has dropped to 58.2%, a low not seen since 1983. What's wrong with the American job engine? As United Technologies Corp. Chief Financial Officer Greg Hayes put it recently: "Sales have come back, but people have not.''
Leslie Camacho

Americans Taking Shorter, Cheaper Vacations - Pay Dirt - SmartMoney - 0 views

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    Recession-scarred families are still not ready to go out and splurge on vacation. In fact, many are still cutting back on their big summer holidays.
Leslie Camacho

Help-Wanted Ads Exclude the Long-Term Jobless - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    The unemployed need not apply. That is the message being broadcast by many of the nation's employers, making it even more difficult for 14 million jobless Americans to get back to work.
Leslie Camacho

The New Promotion Paradigm - Marketing and Sales Jobs News and Advice - 0 views

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    The economic downturn has forced employers to tighten their belts and do more with less. With fewer resources available, many companies have refrained from handing out raises, even when an employee is given additional responsibilities and a title change.
Leslie Camacho

What to Do When a Pay Raise Doesn't Accompany a Promotion - Technology and IT Jobs News... - 0 views

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    The economic downturn has forced employers to tighten their belts and do more with less. With fewer resources available, many companies have refrained from handing out raises, even when an employee is given additional responsibilities and a title change. According to a recent study from OfficeTeam, a subsidiary of staffing firm Robert Half International, about one in five human resources managers have acknowledged that awarding promotions without salary increases is at least a "somewhat common" practice at their company.
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