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Category Archives: Job News
Graduating Medical Residents Flooded With Job Offers
Merritt Hawkins reports :
“Seventy-six percent of primary care residents received 50 or more job solicitations during their medical training while 55% received 100 or more, survey data shows.”
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/physician-leaders/doctors-demand-new-physicians-flooded-job-offers#
To Find A Job, and a Decent Quality of Life, Think Midwest
Midwestern cities like Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and Louisville headed the list of cities where job opening were plentiful, housing prices reasonable and quality of life high.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/09/13/help-wanted-these-25-cities-tops-jobs/655750001/
Macy’s To Cut More Jobs, Change CEO
Former eBay executive, Hal Lawton, was named Macy’s new president.
At the same time, Macy’s announced the elimination of about another 100 through further consolidation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/22/macys-names-new-president-cuts-100-jobs/588940001/
Mark Cuban Discusses Asking For Equity With Your Next Job Offer
“If you can take a job that allows you to earn equity in your company, that’s always a huge advantage,” he said. “It doesn’t have to be a tech company. It can be a company that makes bricks. If you have the opportunity to work for a company that offers you equity, that offers you a chance to participate in the upside, particularly if it’s early in its life cycle, that’s a chance to really do well.”
http://time.com/money/4886046/mark-cuban-job-offer/
Trump Claims Amazon is Hurting “Tax Paying Retailers”
Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt – many jobs being lost!
Generac Power Systems Inc. Plans Additional Jobs in Wisconsin
Generac Power Systems Inc. is planning on expanding and renovating facilities in Wisconsin, with the assistance of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., and plans to add about 400 jobs.
https://www.biztimes.com/2017/ideas/government-politics/generac-to-invest-73-million-in-wisconsin-facilities-add-400-jobs/
Majority of Metro Areas Experienced Decrease in Unemployment Rates
The Bureaus of Labor Statistics reports good news:
43 out of 51 largest metro areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases
Amazon To Hire 50,000 Today
Amazon plans to hire 50,000 new employees at it’s fulfillment centers today:
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/amazon-50000-jobs-apply-expires-wednesday.html
Care Givers and Creative Work Will Remain Resistant To Automation
Adam Grant, Wharton business school professor, said creative workers and personal care givers will remain valuable in the coming robotic age.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/25/whartons-adam-grant-these-jobs-are-robot-proof.html