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Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:20 PM PDT

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The Work Buzz's Latest News: Companies hiring in large volume

Companies hiring in large volume

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:16 AM PDT

There's an interesting dynamic going on in the job market right now. Despite the fact that millions of people can't find jobs, millions of employers can't seem to find the right employees, either.
In case you missed it, last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy created no jobs in August, and that the unemployment rate held steady at 9.1 percent.
At the same time, however, the BLS also reported that nearly 2.7 million jobs went unfilled in August, and, according to CareerBuilder’s 2011 Q3 hiring forecast, 26 percent of employers report having difficulties filling open positions — a 4 percent increase over 2010.
To help close this employment gap, and match job seekers in need of work with companies in need of their services, we've put together a list of employers that are hiring in large volume right now.
The following 14 companies have a combined total of nearly 10,000 job openings — and they need employees as badly as you need a job.
1. PNC
Number of jobs available: 1,000+
Types of jobs: Mortgage loan officer, bank branch manager, software engineer, part-time teller, relationship manager and financial advisor

2. AON
Number of jobs available: 1,390+
Types of jobs: Risk management, insurance brokerage services, benefits outsourcing, human capital consulting and actuarial
3. U-Haul
Number of jobs available: 1,575+
Types of jobs: General manager and trainees, shop manager, customer care representative, programmer, web designer, traffic control manager, storage team manager, structural engineer, production manager and transfer driver
4. Yellowbook
Number of jobs available: 1,000+
Types of jobs: New media specialist, client service representative, entry-level customer service, finance, it- engineering, developer, programmer, entry-level production and entry-level field distribution management
5. Comfort Keepers
Number of jobs available: 900+
Types of jobs: Caregiver, home health aide, LPN, personal care aide, registered nurse, community relations and marketing director
6. Motorola Solutions
Number of jobs available: 600+ globally
Types of jobs: Various IT and engineering roles: product manager, systems engineer, information security specialist and software engineer
7. Red Ventures
Number of jobs available: 1,000+
Types of jobs: Inside sales, web developer, online marketing, sales trainer, corporate recruiter, php developer, sales recruiter, human resources and copywriter
8. Bridgestone Retail Operations
Number of jobs available: 400+
Types of jobs: Retail management trainee, retail sales (full-time and part-time), automotive technician (full-time and part-time) and automotive maintenance technician (full-time and part-time)
9. Earthlink
Number of jobs available: 300+
Types of jobs: Account executive, major account executive, national account executive, system sales, channel sales, sales engineer, field technician, NOC technician and branch manager
10. UniTek Global Services
Number of jobs available: 400+
Types of jobs: Cable installer, satellite installer and wireless installation project manager and foreman
11. Certified Payment Processing
Number of jobs available: 400+
Types of jobs: Outside sales
12. Pilot Flying J
Number of jobs available: 500+
Types of jobs: Retail and restaurant managers
13. Senior Helpers
Number of jobs available: 400+
Types of jobs: Certified nursing assistant, caregiver, scheduling coordinator, marketing manager, client services manager, community relations coordinator
14. Harbor Freight Tools
Number of jobs available: 500
Types of jobs: Field positions at all level within our stores, nationwide. Corporate positions in all functions: finance, legal, marketing, sourcing, category management, etc.
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Using Your Voice to Inspire & Engage

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Using Your Voice to Inspire & Engage

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:39 AM PDT

Using YOUR Voice to Inspire and Engage
Building Emotionally Intelligence Communication
©Irene Becker, www.justcoachit.com

The ringmaster's ability to make his/her words reach out and inspire, engage the audience is critical to the success of the circus. The ringmaster has to use a voice that is emotionally intelligent; a voice that inspires engages and leads others to take interest and feel excited by what he/she is saying.
Whether you are taking center stage, or speaking from the crowd, the way you speak has an enormous impact on how your message is received. While studies confirm that tone is even more important than content to the listener, there is another important factor to consider. A factor that can allow one to grab our listeners' attention, underscore a point, implant a thought, and even punch up an idea.
Consonants can help us deliver verbal messages with maximum impact. More than vocal range, more than volume, our ability to really use bold consonants when we speak can inspire and engage listeners. Consonants can work for us too when we speak. They grab our listeners' attention and hold on to it. They underscore the intensity of our words and highlight our emotions. Any time you want to drive home a point, implant a thought, or punch up an idea, you can do it with a consonant.
The power of using consonants properly can help you increase expressiveness, clarity and impact. In order to make a word or an idea stand out, we can lengthen the consonant at the beginning of the word, or in the syllable we want to emphasize, because in doing so we create the illusion of being louder.
Why does stretching a consonant really work in helping to give our speech extra emphasis? Because our speech is like music in that it has a certain flow and rhythm. Interrupting or changing the flow breaks the normal rhythm which helps highlight important words for the listener.

Communicating what we want to get through the listener is critically important, and often difficult because what we say is received by a listener who is basically speak listening by filtering our words through his/her particular interests, experience and personal filters while filling in the gaps mentally between the words that we speak.
What we say is key, but so is having the right tone, speaking clearly, and learning to draw attention to particular words by stretching out consonants and slightly delaying the rest of the word. Consider the ringmaster emphasizing LLLLLLadies and gentlemeNNNNN. Learning to use the power of consonants can really draw your audience in. The radio announcer will tell you to have a Grrrrrrrreat Ddddday.
The communication that people value is communication that speaks to them. Honest, authentic communication that has an engaging tone, and that uses consonants to emphasize words that will help the listener understand what we want to communication is important because it is emotionally intelligent communication that inspires and engages.
We want to help the listener pay attention and remember our message using an elongated consonant is powerful. A presentation may be well prepared and full of important information, but attention spans are short. Face it. We are, first and foremost, interested in ourselves and how what someone else is saying relates to us. Learning to build emotionally intelligent communication COUNTS.
©Irene Becker, www.justcoachit.com

Keep the Faith in Your Job Search | Career Rocketeer

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Keep the Faith in Your Job Search

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:30 AM PDT

A woman that took my job search strategies class over 2 years ago, reminded me that you should always have hope, optimism and faith about your job search.
She had been a Project Manager for a large health care organization responsible for facility moves. She had an outstanding background of managing multi-million dollar moves for hospitals and some of their largest office facilities as well. Unfortunately, like many others in the “Great Recession”, she was laid-off when they were cutting costs and she began her long search for a new position. In her case, it took almost 3 years!
Certainly she got discouraged, her unemployment benefits ran out and finances grew tight. She made ends meet by picking up interim odd jobs, including driving a school bus for several months. Although she continued networking and pursuing opportunities, she began to doubt whether she would ever find an appropriate position for her background again. She did work at maintaining a positive attitude and projected an upbeat personality in her interviews.
Then, through her networking efforts… she met someone at a networking event, who introduced her to someone who worked at another health care company locally. She called and got an informational / networking interview with that person, who later introduced her to the Director of Facilities at the company. They connected, met, and after three weeks of interviews she was presented an offer. The offer was for a position that was never posted. It was created for her. It was a more senior role and at a higher salary than the position she lost three years prior!
Needless to say, she was elated! After enduring month after month of disappointment, doubt, and discouragement, she landed into a position she had only wished for all that time. There are lessons that can be learned from her experience:
Never Quit! Quoting Winston Churchill’s famous speech at The Harrow School in 1941… “NEVER give in!”. While it’s certainly tempting as time goes on to throw in the towel and decide “it’s just not going to happen for me”, it’s critical to find the motivation to turn your attitude around and keep doing whatever is necessary to keep going. Persistence pays. Don’t give up!
The attitude you project matters! If, this woman had gone to networking meetings and interviews with a discouraged, bitter, and defeatist disposition, she would not have gotten the job. No one wants to hire someone that’s a “downer”! I often say that a positive attitude is the hardest, and most important thing to maintain throughout a job search! It’s critical that you get in the habit of charging your batteries each day so that you can face it with optimism and enthusiasm that draws others to you instead of repelling them. Find what works for you and be diligent about doing it!
You never know when it will happen. It’s not at all unusual that the best job leads will come from the least likely and least expected sources. It may not be a job lead at all, but rather, as in this case, simply an introduction to someone that ultimately leads to a newly created position. Never minimize the value of an introduction, and always follow up with every contact you can. Always present yourself professionally, and follow up. The contact you don’t take seriously may be the one that could have the best opportunity for you!
A long job search can be extremely difficult to endure in many ways… financially, emotionally, in your relationships, and in your self-esteem. Your ability to stay positive, and keep on keeping on will have everything to do with your ultimate success. It can happen… if you Keep the faith!

Author:
Harry Urschel has over 20 years experience as a technology recruiter in Minnesota. He currently operates as e-Executives, writes a blog for Job Seekers called The Wise Job Search, and can be found on Twitter as @eExecutives.

Be Clear: Powering Through the Land of Soulless Work

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Look around you; are you like many of the people in the working world trudging through the land of soulless workers? How do you power yourself?

To get this useful advice and many other helpful career resources, visit us now at CAREEREALISM.com.

5 Warning Signs You May Not Want the Entertainment Job You Are Interviewing For

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:30 PM PDT

If the entertainment job you are interviewing for seems like one of these jobs, it's probably best to keep looking. You'll be glad you did.

To get this useful advice and many other helpful career resources, visit us now at CAREEREALISM.com.

Mentoring vs. Managing: Does it Have to Be One or the Other?

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:00 PM PDT

For the success of most businesses today, especially those hiring in Gen Y's, it is imperative leadership blend managing and mentoring.

To get this useful advice and many other helpful career resources, visit us now at CAREEREALISM.com.

3 Reasons Lady Gaga Should Be Your Career Coach

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:30 PM PDT

If you didn't watch the VMAs (Video Music Awards) last weekend, then you missed an important career coaching session from Lady Gaga.

To get this useful advice and many other helpful career resources, visit us now at CAREEREALISM.com.

Early Bird Special for Job Search Haters

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:41 PM PDT

The 20-Minute Job Search is going to show you how to use the "less is more" approach to finding a new position. Check out our early bird special.

To get this useful advice and many other helpful career resources, visit us now at CAREEREALISM.com.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

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The Work Buzz's Latest News: Companies hiring in large volume

The Work Buzz's Latest News: Companies hiring in large volume

Using Your Voice to Inspire & Engage

ResumeBear Blog

Keep the Faith in Your Job Search | Career Rocketeer

Keep the Faith in Your Job Search | Career Rocketeer

Be Clear: Powering Through the Land of Soulless Work

Be Clear: Powering Through the Land of Soulless Work

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