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  • Job Loss Home Remedy Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Tuesday, June 16 2009 @ 07:00 PM CDT
    Contributed by: scharles

    Commentary
    There is a job loss home remedy. An alternative to just getting tossed out of a job.

    Computer workers facing layoff in this economy can tell their bosses: "You can hold the company's costs down by allowing me to work from home on an as-needed basis. There are numerous collaboration tools available, several free, to even allow me to work almost side by side with company staff."

    This will not only allow the company to use an employee's skills and experience when needed to continue conducting business, but will give the employee some income until they find full-time employment. It will also prevent blank spaces of unemployment on their resume.

    If that is not possible, while searching for a job to replace the one you lost, give work at home TeleCommuting a try.

    More and more companies are employing work at home TeleCommuters as Economy Staffing because all the necessary skills and experience can be had with tremendous overhead savings compared to full-time on-site staff.

    One work at home job search website posting only screened, genuine TeleCommuting jobs -- no business opportunities or profit schemes -- is Telecommuting Jobs.

    It is operated by a team of working TeleCommuters who have been developing TeleCommuter job-getting and hiring tools to make TeleCommuting a viable Work at Home Workforce alternative since 1996.

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    Can you afford to work for $15 an hour? Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Monday, April 21 2008 @ 06:03 PM CDT
    Contributed by: admin

    CommentaryThe Google ad appearing currently on Gmail reads:

    Web 2.0 LAMP Programmers
    www.securenext.com
    Experts in PHP, Mysql, Ajax, CSS
    Reliable,Smart&Trusted-15$ Per hour

    Securenext advertise themselves as a software development company with offices in Clovis, California and Chennai, India.

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    Most Recent Post: 04/25 05:05PM by admin  [ Views: 600 ]  

    www.joboola.com If you are looking for a better job Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Thursday, May 17 2007 @ 01:51 PM CDT
    Contributed by: cindywhite

    CommentaryI was referred to this site by a friend.

    If you are looking for a better job, then you should look at this site.

    www.joboola.com

    It explains:
    What job sites don't want you to know.

    Worth reading.

    1 comments
    Most Recent Post: 04/28 10:58AM by Gameleech  [ Views: 852 ]  

    Interesting article - looking at India beyond us and them Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Sunday, December 18 2005 @ 08:10 AM CST
    Contributed by: Jeet

    CommentaryIn recent years, Bangalore has outpaced Silicon Valley in the global innovation race. This is not a temporary blip, writes author Ashutosh Sheshabalaya, but a fast-evolving reality to which the American IT industry must adapt for the long haul. While offshoring is hardly a new phenomenon, it was previously restricted to back-office support functions. This is no longer the case: IBM and Hewlett Packard, among other technology multinationals, recently shifted some of their high-end R&D activities from the US to India. "Ironically," Sheshabalaya writes, "accepting India's centrality in the white-collar jobs debate, as well as the inevitability of its rise as a technology power, may provide some new choices for embattled American IT workers." India will face a shortage of managerial and marketing skills while dealing with Western customers, creating a significant opportunity for European and American workers. Likewise, the West must "dismantle definitions (and perceptions) about 'our' companies and 'theirs.'" And American IT workers, for their part, must perceive the new Indian tech giants not as undertakers, but as potential employers. – YaleGlobal

    For the entire article:

    http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6209

    Author is writer of an interesting book called Rising Elephant - about India's challenge to America. Quite a good analysis of the political picture - beyond the usual 'expert' opinions.

    http://www.risingelephant.com

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    roll the dice Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Tuesday, August 30 2005 @ 06:33 AM CDT
    Contributed by: admin

    CommentaryHere's an excerpt from the Australian immigration newsletter for August 2005:

    The Australian Government currently seeks skilled workers to fill shortages created by the growth in the Australian economy. 97,500 work rights visas have been made available between July 2005-June 2006 allowing skilled workers to work and live in Australia. The Australian Government statistics also confirm 89% of Skilled Independent visa holders gain employment within first 6 months and 92% within 18 months.

    Imagine that....with one of these visas, you can pack up and move to Australia, and chances are pretty good that you'll find a job there. This is the world we live in now.

    1 comments
    Most Recent Post: 06/16 08:10AM by unemployedInOz  [ Views: 1629 ]  

    recruiting offshore workers - from the USA? Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Monday, July 25 2005 @ 03:05 PM CDT
    Contributed by: admin

    CommentaryClick through below to see the text of a very peculiar email I received a day or so ago. This may only be spam, given the Google Mail return address - or is it an actual attempt to recruit US workers for jobs in Australia and elsewhere by an offshoring firm in Mumbai?

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    Most Recent Post: 10/31 12:25PM by admin  [ Views: 2612 ]  

    What happened to RAJ website? Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Sunday, June 26 2005 @ 07:44 AM CDT
    Contributed by: Diver

    CommentaryHi,

    Anyone know why the Rescue American Jobs
    http://www.rescueamericanjobs.org
    website is down? It's been down for about 8 days. The United Steel Workers of America didn't have any information as to what happened to it.

    Thanks,
    Diver

    1 comments
    Most Recent Post: 06/28 10:58AM by admin  [ Views: 1753 ]  

    Immigrants wanted! Australia, UK, Canada! Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Tuesday, April 26 2005 @ 10:54 AM CDT
    Contributed by: admin

    CommentaryAustralia just added 20,000 visas to the number it will grant to skilled immigrants in the twelve months starting July 2005, bringing the total available to a record 97,500.

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    How bad is it in Colorado? Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Thursday, April 07 2005 @ 05:40 PM CDT
    Contributed by: admin

    CommentaryPretty damned bad, although it's marginally better than it was, say, a year ago. An article published last month in the Denver Post tells the tale. Between 2000 and 2004, jobs are way down and personal bankruptcies are way up.

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    "Job Destruction" conference LAS 6-10 Mar Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version 
    Sunday, March 06 2005 @ 12:16 PM CST
    Contributed by: Diver

    This is last minute. Please take a look at
    http://www.prweb.com/releases/200524/3/prwebxml214946.php
    HDI Conference & Expo. Venetian Resort in L.V., Nevada, March 6 – 10, 2005.

    If you live in Nevada, you may want to take a look at this promotion of IT job destruction.

    Sorry I didn't get this posted sooner, I just found
    Regards, URL.

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