BLACKS, MEN: RACIAL & GENDER DISCRIMINATION DON'T SEEM DEAD YET !

Houston, TX -- A Federal Civil suit has been filed in Texas alleging problems of gross, illegal discrimination and unethical conduct by one of the largest YMCAs in the nation. The conflict seems to involve a former...

Be Prepared… For Any Career Twist

Be Prepared… For Any Career Twist The Boy Scout creed has it right.  Be prepared.  In today’s world, it’s essential.  At my age, I am a throwback.  I’ve been a recruiter for more than 30 years.  People of my generation often went to work for a...

BuzzGrub, Hopefully Not Journalism 2.0

Job seekers are tempting targets for many types of scam operations. There are those who will offer "jobs" cashing checks that turn out to be fake, ask people to launder stolen money or products, or ask for upfront fees in order to be considered for a position that never...

Solar Power to restart the Economy and create Jobs World wide.

By, Uwe Paschen.Solar Power to reduce Carbon emission and fossil fuel dependence and kick start the Economy anew.  Over the past two decades we have been experimenting with Solar power and perfecting it,...

Canada Unemployment Highest in 11 Years and US in 25 Years+

"Canada's unemployment rate rose to an 11-year high of 8.4 per cent in May as the country lost 41,800 jobs, Statistics Canada said Friday. The jobless rate was up from eight per cent in April, when the country...

The far-away food factories

"The plight of sweat shop workers in the clothes industry has been well documented, but what about those who toil in exotic countries to satisfy our exotic palates? One student tasted life on the gourmet production lines." I am the first to put my hand up and admit that,...

9o% employees in India do not have social security: OECD

Country of one billion, with 500 million young workforce and democratic government with said agenda of social welfare, but unfortunately 90% of the workforce do not have any social security plan.That is what OECD says about India.The need of social security plan specially in...

Defining the U.S. middle class

"Most Americans in the United States define themselves as being part of the middle class, but there are differing opinions of what that means."What is your definition of middle class? I suppose mine is concerned with the following: in professional employment, university...

More laid-off men means more female breadwinners

The original title of this piece was 'More laid-off men means more Mommy Breadwinners', which is easily one of the most patronising titles I've read in a while. Clearly the women cited in this piece are identified by their procreation and not their gender. *rolls eyes*...

Recession to Fuel More Family Murder, Suicide

"The dramatic murder-suicides last month involving a family in Ohio and another in California might be the tip of a deadly domestic-violence iceberg, a sociologist says."Ouch! As if recession doesn't bring about enough social problems, there is no evidence that it may lead to...

More women than men lose jobs as economic crisis continues - ILO

In its annual report, Global Employment Trends for Women, the International Labour Organization says that as the world's economic crisis continues, women will lose more jobs than men, with up to 22 million out of...

Unions Renegotiated Their Contracts, but AIG Executives Won't

Rep. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) attacked AIG for not renegotiating their “iron clad” contracts the same way the auto workers union (UAW) was forced to do during the recent car-maker bailouts. “In my...

Can we "Talk too much" within our resumes? by Arnie Sherr

An important fact; companies today are inundated with resumes from the more than 11 million unemployed. Having said that; it is important when writing resumes they be kept that as “pointed” and as “short” as is humanly possible. Time is precious and the task of...

Women to Become the Breadwinners of the Future?

As the global economic recession deepens, women are now starting to surpass men in the workforce.  The last time this happened was during World War II, when our men were overseas fighting.  In this...

NAFTA, the Good, the Best, and the Ugly for the Americas

NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, has been getting a lot of not so favorable, and sometimes, controversial headlines in recent years. Some critics blame it for the current labor shortages in the United States, due to the fact that most U.S. companies have been...

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