December 26, 2008

Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce New Job Board is Live

As reported by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce ‘Chamber E-News’:
Chamber Partners with LocalJobs.com
It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the newest addition to our website – Asheville Jobs. The new job board is a collaborative partnership between the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and LOCALJOBS.COM. Asheville Jobs will facilitate connecting existing and [...]

December 26, 2008

3rd Annual Homecoming Job Fair Set for Tuesday

As noted on the Asheville Chamber of Commerce website:
The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce has partnered with numerous workforce and industry allies to promote employment opportunities in advanced manufacturing, health care, and other growth industries in Western North Carolina. Residents, students, graduates, former residents, and friends and family visiting over the holidays are [...]

December 26, 2008

Newspapers: Defensive, Depressed and Desperate?

As research, I’ve been following a GoogleNews search for “newspapers” and this weekend alone was revealing as I heard a chorus of newspaper people singing in harmony but in a minor key: defensive, depressed, desperate, and sometimes downright dizzy. Here’s a sampling of what everyone’s saying:
Jon Talton in the Seattle Times echoes Jack Shafer in [...]