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After a near two-month hiatus, the BLS released its latest “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment” report on March 22nd – the first report of the year to focus on 2013 employment data. As usual, the report was encouraging, as a majority of the United States’ metro areas recorded lower unemployment rates in January 2013 than in January 2012.
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When you’re taking your first steps into the working world, not all companies are created equal. By the time graduation — or even your first internship — comes along, you’ll have had plenty of time to form opinions about the companies that dominate the hiring space, and it’s no surprise that your favorites are likely to become your first choices when seeking employment. Fortune magazine’s annual report on the World’s Most Admired Companies is a veritable Who’s Who of the world’s biggest and best-loved brands. It’s also a great list of companies to target when embarking on your job search.
This one’s a no-brainer. The iPhone and iPad manufacturer tops the list for the sixth year running. In addition to consistently placing among the world’s most profitable companies, Apple’s customer base is fanatically loyal and growing quickly.
Apple loves to hire the best and the brightest, especially from within the Tech sector. A healthy salary, fun work environment, and access to the latest gadgets are among the perks Apple employees enjoy.
How has Apple made it to the top of the list year after year? Just like the millennial workforce, Apple has based its successes on three major factors: innovation, execution and opportunity.
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Job hunting these days surely isn’t for the camera shy. More and more employers are turning to the ease, time-savings, and cost-effectiveness of video interviews for potential candidates.
A recent article in Business Insider said video interviewing “is reaching a tipping point” and is fast becoming standard practice for many firms. “Until now, neither the technology nor the market has really been ready for it on a widespread scale,” states the article, which offers several specific reasons why video interviewing is gaining popularity. Companies are conducting both two-way interviews in which the candidate and interviewer interact in real time as well as one-way interviews that require candidates to respond to pre-set questions that are later reviewed by a hiring manager.
Job seekers need to take steps to make sure they have the right preparation, technology and approach to perform well via video. Here are some tips that should land you rave reviews on your on-screen work.
Get tech savvy: Sometimes companies will require you to go to a nearby video studio where you will conduct your interview. More often, however, companies ask that you video-conference with an interviewer from your own home or office. If that is the case, make sure that you have the appropriate computer system, webcam, and other capabilities necessary to provide a clear and audible exchange between you and the interviewer. In some instances interviews can be conducted over Skype or FaceTime using a mobile phone. Hiring managers typically can tell you the systems requirements you need for a video interview.
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This morning’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employment report for the month of March showed an addition of 88,000 jobs and a slightly lowered unemployment rate of 7.6%. Positive revisions to the January and February reports added an additional 61,000 jobs to the economy than previously thought.
There were a number of sectors with gains including construction (+18,000), professional and business services (+51,000), healthcare (+23,400) and leisure and hospitality (+17,000). Temporary help services also saw an increase (+20,300), a sign that employers may be opting to continue hiring temporary, or temporary to hire employees rather than making immediate permanent hires.
The report was a bit of a mixed bag, with many economists anticipating job growth closer to the 195,000 range. The private sector gained 95,000 jobs last month, but overall increases were tempered by losses in the public sector—particularly within the U.S. Postal Service, retail and trade, transportation and utilities. The slightly downward unemployment rate came from Americans who either put their job search on hold, or stopped looking for work in March.
In the last year, hiring growth has averaged 169,000 jobs per month. This report is certainly a sign that while progress is being made in the jobs landscape, there will continue to be bumps in the road. It’s now more apparent than ever that growth will be a long incline rather than quick spurts towards total recovery.
At Adecco, we’re seeing an ongoing demand for temporary help with an increasing amount of our temporary positions becoming permanent ones. Additionally, we continue to see a demand for skilled labor in areas such as business and professional services, IT and engineering.
If you’re heading to a job interview these days you better be up for the challenge. Literally.
One of the hottest trends among employers is what’s being called “challenge-based interviewing.” A recent Forbes magazine article claimed that the challenge-based approach could “change the job application process on both sides of the interview table forever.”
The article went on to describe challenge-based interviews as “a process by which candidates, show rather than tell prospective employers their skill-sets.” For instance, prospective engineers are asked to complete game-like coding challenges that allow employers to gauge their skills and rank them compared to other applicants.
While testing job candidates for certain skills and behaviors has occurred for decades, challenge-based interviews differ in that they often occur very early in the vetting process — usually before a candidate ever even talks to an actual person for a screening interview. In fact, many companies are incorporating Web-based challenges to eliminate or streamline the time-consuming screening process.
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