Entries Categorized as 'Hiring Trends'
July 3rd, 2011
If you’re searching for a job, or considering a different career path, you’ll want to check out this excellent article in Wired magazine, called The Economic Rebound – it Isn’t What You Think. First, it features some interesting information about what’s happening geographically, and there’s some interesting information (although at a high level) on jobs [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: clean tech, green jobs, Hiring Trends, SF bay area
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March 7th, 2010
A recent article in Newsweek (February 15th, 2010) written by Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, discusses the bad effects of lay-offs at corporations and on their employees. In the early 60′s I was being recruited by IBM for a position in Human Resources. I was told [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: layoffs
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February 14th, 2010
As we previously mentioned, the job market in the Bay area has definitely improved, but with a slight glitch: salaries (on an average) have either gone down or not kept up with inflation, as reported by a Dice.com salary survey of 1,260 Silicon Valley based technology professionals. A key example is the IT field, where [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: Hiring Trends, salaries
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January 26th, 2010
In an article yesterday, Fortune magazine details 22 companies hiring a total of 87,750 jobs nationwide. These companies were recently rated “best companies to work for” by Fortune. Several of the companies listed have a presence in the Bay Area, including: Edward Jones Google Qualcomm Cisco Genentech, and Intel Some other companies hiring (with a [...]
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January 24th, 2010
A widely held belief is that Job Hunting in December is a waste of time. But, times and beliefs are changing rapidly – and that belief about Job Hunting in December now needs to get washed down the drain. Thanks to a highly motivated staff of consultants and some hard working clients, December came in [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: green careers, Hiring Trends, SF bay area
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January 6th, 2010
Years ago, the San Jose Mercury used to hold Job Fairs at the Santa Clara Convention Center. It was not unusual for there to be 50 companies attending and space was on a first come-first served basis, and rapidly filled up. In the last few years the numbers have sharply decreased, and with the [...]
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: job fair, resume critique
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November 30th, 2009
New funding at Lawrence Livermore Labs adds to the Bay Area’s green job growth.
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: cleantech, green jobs, Hiring Trends, lawrence livermore labs
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November 18th, 2009
The Bay Area hiring pendulum swings again, this time, toward Green jobs.
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting Tags: clean tech, green careers, pendulum, SF bay area
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November 16th, 2009
Tips for job hunting in a highly competitive environment.
Categories: Hiring Trends, Job Hunting, Resume Writing Tips Tags: Hiring Trends, jobless recovery, Resume Writing Tips
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