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March 2, 2005
An article from the Wall Street Journal on companies using employee referrals to find candidates for job openings.
Companies Lean Heavily On Employee Referrals
April 4, 2004
Tax Tips for Job Seekers
March 31, 2004
From Monster:
Thirteen Networking Mistakes
From Unemployedworkers.org
QUALIFYING FOR A NEW BENEFIT YEAR
Requalifying for State Unemployment Benefits After They Expire
With temporary federal extensions phased out at the end of December 2003, in most states long-term unemployed individuals have no source of federal help or additional state unemployment benefits.
Even if we are not able to convince Congress to pass an extension program, some long-term unemployed workers may qualify for additional state unemployment insurance benefits after running out of their original entitlement to benefits. This is done by "establishing a new benefit year."
Qualifying for a new benefit year is an option open to workers that have had some intervening work after first becoming unemployed or have wages that were not used to establish eligibility for the original state benefit claim that they exhausted prior (even if they have drawn benefit extensions.)
By setting up a new benefit year, jobless workers can start a new claim for state unemployment benefits (although perhaps at a lower weekly benefit amount and for fewer weeks of benefits).
Eligibility for a new benefit year comes on the one-year anniversary from the date when a worker first received an unemployment check. For those workers who have recently crossed that point - or are approaching their anniversary date soon, we encourage you to read the new National Employment Law Project fact sheet at http://action.nelp.org/ctt.asp?u=1728989&l=22815
Sincerely,
The National Employment Law Project
Unfortunately, unemployedworkers.org has limited ability to answer individual questions and does not provide legal advice.
March 17, 2004
New from Minnesota JobsSalary Surveys
Special Sections MinnesotaJobs.com has several sections to help you find the types of companies you want to work for. These companies include direct employers, technical employment services firms and business/management/medical employment services firms. To view these lists, visithttp://minnesotajobs.com/info.html and select the appropriate link in the "Job Section" column.
March 16, 2004
Web forum for business women
I'm pleased to announce that The Business Journal of Minneapolis/St. Paul launched a comprehensive Web-based service today for women business executives and entrepreneurs. The service provides networking, information, advice and business news.
This online resource is a virtual meeting place for local businesswomen to connect, support, learn and grow and is located at twincities.bizwomen.com. The site is an extension of The Business Journal's role as the primary source of local news and information for the Twin Cities business community.
You will find networking opportunities online through a calendar of local events, as well as the latest headlines about women in business, news on who's making career moves and articles about Twin Cities businesswomen. The Web service also includes ideas and tips from business experts, links to dozens of women's organizations and a new online marketplace where women-owned-and-operated businesses can connect.
The Business Journal's annual Women in Business publication is also included in its entirety on the bizwomen site. Profiles of The Business Journal's 25 Women Changemakers and 25 Women to Watch from the most recent publication are now online.
Local nonprofit women's organizations may list their events free of charge on the twincities.bizwomen.com calendar; for-profit organizations may submit events for a nominal fee. Women's organizations can also get links to their Web sites posted on the twincities.bizwomen.com site at no charge.
The Business Journal intends to provide all the tools necessary to help this rapidly growing business segment be even more successful. The site taps into a fast-growing nationwide network of women in business by linking bizwomen.com <http://twincities.bizwomen.com> sites in 40 other U.S. cities.
Please take a moment to browse this exciting new resource, and welcome to twincities.bizwomen.com!
Sincerely,
Lisa Bormaster
Publisher, The Business Journal
February 23, 2004
President calls the nation's 5.6% unemployment rate 'a good number' given recent economic shocks.
President Bush, brushing aside criticism from Democrats, called the nation's 5.6 percent unemployment rate on Monday "a good number" given recent shocks to the economy.
"The 5.6 percent unemployment (rate) is a good national number. It's not good enough, but it's a good number, particularly since what we've been through, which has been a recession and emergency and corporate scandal and war," the president told governors at a White House meeting.
Unemployment has emerged as a hot-button issue in this year's presidential campaign. Nearly 2.8 million factory jobs have been lost since Bush took office and Democrats say the Republican White House has been insensitive to their plight.
"The future under George Bush means deficits as far as the eye can see. It means more tax cuts for the wealthy as more American jobs are shipped overseas," Democratic presidential front-runner and Massachusetts Senator, John Kerry said in New York.
The White House was forced last week to back away from its own optimistic employment forecast calling for average job growth of more than 300,000 jobs a month this year. The figure far exceeds most private forecasts and prompted a slew of Democratic criticism.
Earlier this month, Gregory Mankiw, the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, caused a political uproar by pointing out the economic merits of shifting U.S. jobs overseas. Under pressure from Republicans, Mankiw later said he had not meant to praise the loss of American jobs to cheaper overseas labor markets.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the unemployment rate was steadily declining. The 5.6 percent rate in January was the lowest level in two years.
"The economy is strong and growing stronger. It is moving in the right direction. But there is more to do," McClellan said.
