Employment

Occupation & employment issues, career planning, job vacancies, job searching, employment opportunities, employment & recruitment agencies, salaries, benefits, law and more. The term career is used to refer to the particular job, occupation, or vocation a person has chosen to pursue. There are many factors that must be considered when planning a career. It must be determined whether there are certain goals that one wishes to obtain through the work that will constitute his career. One must consider whether there are certain special skills or interests that should be incorporated into a career. Finally, one must decide if there are any monetary requirements for a fulfilling career and if so, what those requirements will be. The links included herein are related to employment issues, different careers and occupation descriptions and may help in choosing careers.
  • Jobless Claims Decrease, But Numbers May Be Skewed
    The Department of Labor’s report on jobless claims indicates a great month, but that is likely the result of the rose-colored glasses and terribly flawed reporting methods used by the government to make things look good when they are, in fact, quite the opposite.
  • Jobless Rate Reaches 3-Year Low, According to Official Reports
    The jobless rate apparently fell in January, though it took an adjustment more than 10 times the amount of the supposed gains to get there.
  • How to be Employment Ready
    What is more important for a job seeker - holding a degree from the best university, or having great work skills but a poor GPA? There are in fact, plenty of factors that determine your employment readiness. Find it all here.
  • What is Full Employment
    Every economy aims for 'full employment'. The term sounds like a happy situation when everyone is employed but of course not every person in the economy is employed. Then, what does full employment mean? Let's find out about it.
  • US Job Growth Rises
    March 2010 saw the biggest rise in US job opportunities in the last 3 years. This was the highest US job growth in quite a while, and is a sure signal that the worst is behind, but the economy has still a long way to go.
  • Employment Insurance
    When an employee is hired today, he or she steps into the organization fully empowered with the benefits that accompany the recruitment. 'Employee Insurance' is an umbrella package that acts like a buffer for the workforce.