Many people find interviewing to be very stressful. Typically it is because they don’t know what to expect or understand how to give the interviewer the information they are looking for in the format that is desired. Most companies have moved to a behavioral style of interviewing that focuses on understanding how you have handled [...]
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December 16, 2009
Resumes that Land Interviews
Based on the feedback from my last article, 10 Steps to a Successful Job Search, the next several articles will focus on some of the specific steps. We will start with “Make Your Resume JUMP Off the Page”.
Developing a resume that jumps off the page at the reader is critical to your job search success. [...]
December 9, 2009
Recent Relocations and Expansions
Geosyntec Consultants Opens Charlotte Office
Geosyntec Consultants, an Atlanta-based consulting and engineering firm specializing in environmental issues, natural resources and civil infrastructure, has opened an office in downtown Charlotte at 401 North Tryon Street.
The company works with both private and public sector clients. Clients include regional and national developers, large commercial property owners, law firms and [...]
December 9, 2009
Conference Board: More good news on jobs
The Conference Board’s national Employment Trends Index rose for the fourth consecutive month in November, a good sign for the severely depressed labor market.
The index now stands at 90.8, up 1.8 percent from the revised October figure. The index is down 9.4 percent from a year ago.
“This month’s large increase in the Employment Trends Index [...]
December 9, 2009
Study predicts dire teacher shortage in all grade levels in Tenn.
By 2013, more than 30,000 openings expected.
If nothing changes by the fall of 2013, University of Tennessee researchers say the state can expect a teacher shortage so severe 40 percent of the current positions could be open.
The most critical need will be for math and science teachers, but dire shortages are predicted at every grade [...]
December 9, 2009
Advice to help you spot job scams
The job market is slim, so searching for anything to bring in a pay-check may be tempting. But, how do you know the offer is legitimate? The local job experts give you advice on how to avoid the scams.
The job market is slim, so searching for anything to bring in a pay-check may be tempting. [...]
December 8, 2009
Job-less Number UP In Henderson County
According to NC Employment Security Commission figures released Tuesday, 4316 Henderson County workers were officially listed as “unemployed” in October…raising the county’s unemployment rate to 8.9 per cent…up from 8.6 per cent in September.
Asheville’s un-employment rate was at 8.6 per cent in October; Brevard was at 9.1; and Forest City had an unemployment rate of 16.6 [...]
December 8, 2009
Hotel Indigo transforms an old city skyline
Change was a long time coming.
The new Hotel Indigo, a 13-story tower on the northwest edge of downtown, joins a lineup of Asheville high-rises that hasn’t changed much in the past 80 years. Nearly all the city’s tall buildings — City Hall, Buncombe County Courthouse, Jackson Building, Battery Park Hotel — rose during the 1920s [...]
February 16, 2009
Small business optimism increases
Small business bosses are feeling a little more optimistic than they were a few months ago.
But that optimism is accompanied by a deep conservatism toward expansion, and an expectation that it will take time for the economy to recover, a new Network of City Business Journals survey of 776 small business leaders in January shows.
Small [...]
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 [...]
