Tag archive: job

According to a recent survey of approximately 1,200 adults conducted by recruiting software company JobVite, Facebook is the dominant platform for searching job listings and finding employment. While over half of job seekers used at least one social network to search for a new job, Facebook is the clear favorite for proactive and active job seekers with over 18 million Americans crediting Facebook for getting hired. Proactive job seekers are… Read More

Earlier this month, a judge for the National Labor Relations Board in New York ordered that a non-profit names the National Hispanics of Buffalo had to reinstate five employees that were fired due to inflammatory comments on Facebook about a co-worker. The group appealed to the board after one of the employees started a Facebook thread about receiving admonishment for not doing enough to help clients. This occurred on a Saturday when work… Read More

In an official blog post today, LinkedIn announced upgraded profile pages to help college graduates and current students stand out from the crowd of job hunters. The upgrade adds specific sections for accomplishments that hiring managers and recruiters can use to find more targeted employees for entry-level positions. This helps a student without an extensive work history or recommendations from previous employers. Accomplishments include… Read More

For months, we've been hearing that Apple plans to release the next iPhone model sometime in September. The closest we've gotten to an actual date is “late September,” which came via the Wall Street Journal. Until now. CNet UK uncovered an Apple job posting for a seasonal “iPhone sales specialist,” which appeared multiple times on UK employment site Reed, each posting targeting a different area. “Our… Read More

You know, you might not be able to believe everything you read, hear, or see via the Internet…but that doesn't mean nobody will believe it. Just as job applicants are finding that embarassing photos and claims posted to MySpace and Facebook profiles can interfere with their job prospects, a British motorcycle enthusiast has drawn a 12-week jail term for posting a video of himself driving illegally around Banbury, Oxfordshire.… Read More

Second Life might be a world of avatars, but it’s also a place that seems more and more to be an analogue for the real world, with gambling, commerce,and even job fairs.   Yes, real world companies are trawling for employees on Second Life. TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications has already hosted twojob fairs in the virtual world, and companies like Accenture, GE Money and U.S.Cellular attended, interviewing literally… Read More

Proving there is sometimes strength in numbers, Yahoo! today announced they were upgrading the search engine functionality of their HotJobs job search site. This new upgrade, powered by the company's Internet search technology, will crawl other employer and job-related Websites to collect and display listings for job seekers. The new listings, according to a release from Yahoo!, will be displayed in addition to the HotJobs postings.… Read More

“Olympus, which on Monday recorded its first ever consolidated net loss after struggling with intense price competition in the digital camera market, said most of the job losses would be at two camera factories in China. It expects the job cuts to save 3 billion yen ($28.38 million) in the business year to next March. It also aims to lower production costs by 5 billion yen and shave selling and general administrative expenses by… Read More

Noting that personal firewalls did a good job of thwarting worms like MS Blast, Gartner vice president Richard Stiennon told the E-Commerce Times that Gartner is recommending firewalls for all computers, including desktops.

Mark Gallagher, who applied for a job at the developer now known as Rockstar North in 1993, claims that an example of his own work was used as the eventual basis for Grand Theft Auto. Gallagher claims to have developed a game called “Crime Inc.” over a period of two years before he applied for the job with DMA, which at the time was a respected Amiga and PC developer after the successful release of Lemmings in 1990. A… Read More