Ed Pollock, June 30th, 2010 A while back, as the economy was slowing down, I and a few other HR people were discussing if there was an interest in hiring a software person who had been laid off over a year before. The person had a good educational background, one 4-year job, and a couple of short term jobs during better times [...]
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Ed Pollock, June 12th, 2010 A new 16 month high for job openings was hit in April, according to the Department of Labor. This is a good sign that private employers have started employing.
In April 2010, new jobs advertised rose to 3.1 million from 2.8 million in March. That’s the most openings since December 2008.
Private employers accounted for the entire [...]
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Ed Pollock, May 1st, 2010 Many years ago, when I started earning some real money, I completed my IRS Tax return, and realized I owed an additional $1800. It was a surprise. I talked to a friend of mine who suggested that I let his tax CPA take a look at it. After about an hour of discussion, she re-did [...]
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Ed Pollock, 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 about [...]
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Ed Pollock, February 21st, 2010 Of course as you’ve read and heard, the media have been blasting over TV, Radio, net and newsprint that the nation has over 10% unemployment. Some articles break down the numbers for unemployment by race, sex, and age groups, which sometimes reveal interesting information. But they often miss a different cut – some very critical [...]
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Ed Pollock, 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 salaries [...]
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Ed Pollock, January 30th, 2010 Saw a couple of interesting, related posts this weekend about social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace etc.) and job hunting. I’d group the concerns into three areas:
First, be careful what you post about the job hunt itself. If you’re updating your status to “just had a great interview” or “just interviewed a terrible company” you may [...]
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Ed Pollock, 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 lesser presence in the Bay Area) include: [...]
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Ed Pollock, January 24th, 2010 Just saw another job hunting myths post – seems like our original list (which dates back to the 90’s) continues to echo through the web! We still like ours best….but it’s nice to see others, too.
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Ed Pollock, 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 as [...]
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