Finding Jobs for Vets Back Home
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Many recent vets simply aren't prepared or equipped for the real-world job hunt, but they are finding some help online
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By JOYCE LAIN KENNEDY  Q. Allow me to add to the advice you gave a parent for a college- graduating daughter who seems to be slow looking for employment.  Our firm recruits for upper-management-level positions.
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GREENWOOD, Miss. -- A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate.
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Growing up, Peter Neesley was an animal-lover who always took in strays around his Michigan home. So when his family heard that the Army sergeant was taking care of two dogs outside his Baghdad military base, no one was surprised.
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Hereâs a paradox for you: The latest government stats indicate that the IT job market is positively sizzling right now. Unemployment hovers at a nearly imperceptible 3 percent, and employers everywhere report difficulties finding qualified workers to fill open spots. Yet every week I receive e-mails from frustrated, even angry, IT folks whose jobs were either eliminated or shipped overseas. Although they keep plugging away, they simply cannot find work. And these folks are not just a bunch of cranks; theyâre IT pros with real skills and experience to match.
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Brits are finding a home away from home in RVs.
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ITHACA -- During the next four months, job seekers looking for work in durable goods manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and education may have the best luck, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
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&#39;Tis the season of the holiday party, that sitcom land of egg nog, tipsy co-workers, and family stress. It&#39;s also a time when many stalk a new job.
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WARSAW (Der Spiegel) -- Young Polish workers have flocked in the hundreds of thousands to the UK, Ireland and Sweden to find work since Poland's EU entry in 2004. Now Poland is faced with a serious lack of skilled workers and Warsaw wants to entice them back home. One of Poland's biggest exports since joining the European Union has been its own people. But now Warsaw has decided the brain drain needs to be reversed and the government has launched a campaign to entice the migrants to come back home. Get the whole story here
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The Internal Revenue Service is looking for about 2000 Virginians who have unclaimed tax refunds waiting for them. Spokeswoman Gloria Wajciechowski says many refund checks cannot be delivered because of a change of address.
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By Mowad, Michelle  The local biotechnology and technology industries, highly dependent on very highly skilled workers, are waiting to see if their foreign job applicants have been awarded work visas.  U.S.
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The e-mail offer of a work-at-home job was a godsend to Deena Monroe, a Statesville, N.C., single mom who had just been laid off from her position as a warehouse supervisor. The prospective employer said Monroe's resume had been spotted on job search site Careerbuilder.com and offered her the cha...
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Recruiters and HR leaders find online job sites effective in filling openings, despite complaints that they generate too many unqualified applicants. Only employee referral programs got higher marks, while print advertising trailed the pack.
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By Scott Richardson  Lots of good stuff has been happening while Ive been "off work" recovering from cancer surgery. Ive been trying to keep up from home so I can keep you informed.
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Nearly a third of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who received care from Veterans Affairs between 2001 and 2005 were diagnosed with mental health or psychosocial ills, a new study concludes. Of nearly 104,000 veterans studied, more than half (56 percent) were diagnosed with two or more disorders.
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Fairfax County is hoping to counter the exodus of U.S. jobs to other countries by persuading overseas companies to open branches in Fairfax, where they can hire Americans.
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By Christina Rexrode, St. Petersburg Times, Fla.  Feb. 5--If numbers are your niche, check out Accounting.com. The Stuart  Web site compiles jobs in accounting, credit and collections, finance and  management.