Making sure you are ahead of the game in the job market can mean a number of things. Perhaps you decide to take your resume to a professional resume writer to make sure you are presenting the best you possible. Maybe...
Archive - January 2012
HR Departments All Over Can Take a Note From Steve Jobs
Since his passing last year, Steve Jobs has been all over the internet waves and pages. Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs gave readers all over the world a glimpse into the thoughts, mannerisms and...
US Manufacturing at the Forefront of Economic Upturn
The last jobs report from December 2011 showed us that manufacturing jobs increased by 20,000. It is still down 40 percent from pre-recession levels, but many are convinced that this is the start of a United States...
Presidential Election Nears and Obama Struggles to Gain Ground on Jobs Debate
On Tuesday of this week, Obama’s Jobs Council met at the White House to discuss and propose ideas that are actionable, non-partisan and can get done quickly to better the job market and the economy. At the...
Practice Short-Term Job Strategies To Perfect Long-Term Success
The market is by no means “hot” with jobs right now, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be preparing for when it starts heating up later this year. There are methods in which you can better...
Gingrich Tackles Unemployment Compensation Argument
The length of unemployment compensation has been a hot topic as of late. Most Democrats believe that it should maintain the 99-week duration it currently holds while many Republicans disagree completely, stating that...
2012 Should Yield Jobs, But Unemployment Lingers
Despite less than exciting unemployment numbers refusing to subside, the construction industry looks to have a rebuilding year (pun partially intended). Since 2.2 million construction jobs were lost at the start of the...
Job Hopping Trend Can Harm Your Career
As Spark News has discussed plenty of times before, the job market has shifted drastically. No longer does an employee stay with the same company their entire career, but rather hops from company to company amassing...
Job Seekers: Want To Know What Recruiters Will Ask You?
Interviews can be extremely frustrating and are usually nerve-racking, unless you’re prepared. Then again, preparing for an interview is just as difficult as being in one, unless you read this article and prepare...
sparkCast Episode 023
The official podcast of SparkHire.com. Covering news related to the job market, HR, and more. Follow us on Twitter: Spark Hire Twitter Like us on Facebook: Spark Hire Facebook Page Watch us on YouTube: Spark Hire...
