MSNBC gets Independent Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders’ opinion on the GOP’s blocking of President Obama’s ‘American Jobs Act‘. Although polling shows the American public in favor of...
Archive - October 2011
SocialGrapple, a Social Analytics Startup is now Google’s
SocialGrapple launched last year by Y-Combinator-bred Andrey Petrov as a way for Twitter users to get interactive charts and better data representation of Twitter statistics. With it you can compare followers and see...
100,000 jobs added in September
CBS News’ Chris Wragge and Eric Hill speak with business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis about the latest jobs report that shows the economy added 100,000 jobs this September. Even sitll, the...
PayPal Takes on Startup Company Square
Square, a startup company that strives to make mobile payments easy and accessible for businesses, has changed a couple of its rules recently in order to stay in the game. Last year, the company released an iPhone...
Iowa City rally sings “J-O-B-S”
At a pedestrian mall in Iowa City, a jobs rally including union members and community activists sang “J-O-B-S” to the tune of the Village People’s ‘YMCA’. The supporters of the American...
How Optimistic Are We?
A recent survey showed that both employed and unemployed Americans were concerned about their job as well as their companies future more than they were three months ago. The results showed that 56 percent of employed...
The Modern American Worker #infographic
In this infographic from Business Insurance Quotes, they explore the ‘Modern American Worker’. The most popular and least popular jobs, as well as average wage and household income are all put under the...
sparkCast Episode 012
The official podcast of SparkHire.com. Covering news related to the job market, HR, startups, and more. Steve Jobs 1955-2011 The Job Market: President Obama Challenges Republicans Over Jobs Bill Dems Pitch New Plan to...
What Are People Watching While They Should Be Working #infographic
A Harris interactive 2011 poll finds a majority of Americans are streaming video from their mobile devices while at work. So, what kinds of videos are we watching at our desks? News clips, viral videos and company...
Managing the Virtual Workforce #infographic
The “work from home” phenomenon is spotlighted in this infographic. The information was gathered from a survey with senior leaders and hiring managers of fortune 500 companies. Some interesting facts...