Career and job-search news, trends, and scoops for job-seekers,
compiled by the staff of Quintessential Careers.
December 22, 2005
Nurses rule and telemarketers drool, or so says a recent study of perceptions of 21 professions.
For the fourth year in a row, Americans ranked nurses as the top profession, followed
by pharmacists, doctors, high school teachers, and police officers.
The bottom five? Telemarketers got the lowest scores, followed by car salespeople,
advertising practitioners, members of Congress, and stockbrokers.
The results are from a telephone survey of 1,000 adults conducted last month
by The Gallup Organization.
December 15, 2005
Is your state among the elite in job quality?
The top five states for work are: (1) Delaware, (2) New Hampshire,
(3) Minnesota, (4) Vermont, and (5) Iowa.
Among the worst? Mississippi, South Carolina, Utah, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana.
The study, "Decent Work in America," was conducted by the Political
Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts.
December 5, 2005
November job creation jumps forward.
After a two-month funk, U.S. payrolls increased by 215,000 jobs, the most
growth since July, and sightly more than the 210,000 jobs economists had expected.
The unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent.
The good employment news, reported by the Labor Department, follows two months
of tepid job growth -- 44,000 in October and 17,000 in September.
Construction growth came in a number of different areas, including:
construction, retail, leisure and hospitality, education and health services,
financial services, and manufacturing.
December 2, 2005
Four more questions answered in the new Career Doctor column.
Dr. Randall Hansen helps job-seekers with these issues:
Converting a season job to a permanent position
Dealing with the ever-increasing time of job-searches
Preparing for interviews with salary range in mind
Job Stuff, A Blog for Your Career, from Stephen Harris.
Stephen's blog is a great resource for those job-seekers who find yourselves in transition, searching for guidance
and reassurance.
The Occupational Adventure Blog, from
Curt Rosengren, a Passion Catalyst. Curt's blog is great for finding encouraging ideas (and resources) for moving forward with your career... a career
that lights your fire.
Blue Sky Resumes Blog, from career
expert Louise Fletcher, a general career and job-search blog that covers all aspects of the job-hunt.
