Eve P asked:
I signed a 2 yr contract with this company and they also have this 90 days probationary period. 3 days into the job, my boss basically “let go” of me because I am unable to set this machine correctly in 15 mins (note: the machine and the job
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bitterswt02 asked:
Ohh no I always try to be honest, but my first real job out of college paid me very little 26k/yr. I was just recently offered a position at another company and my mom and friends told me to lie and say that my first job paid me more
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Joy P asked:
If you have just recently submitted a job application, is it ok to check on how it’s going?
….and ask a little about the employment process?
Best Answer:
yea, hearing from applicants grabs the employers attention.
about a week after you submit your application, give them a call & say you just
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“I have some difficult news which affects you and your position with the company.”
Hearing the words is enough to send anyone into panic mode. But landing a new job after a layoff, reduction or unraveling company (such as Lehman Brothers) takes careful planning.
This is the rebound of a shake-up:
Update your
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By STU WOO and SUDEEP REDDY
California and North Carolina in March posted their highest jobless rates in at least three decades, as unemployment increased in all but a handful of states during the month, the Labor Department said Friday.
California’s unemployment rate jumped to 11.2% in March, while North Carolina rose
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By EILENE ZIMMERMAN
Q. You are about to graduate from college and will be entering one of the toughest job markets in decades. Is the situation as hopeless as it looks?
A. Unemployment is at a 25-year high, and employers expect to hire 22 percent fewer graduates this year than they hired
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By Eve Tahmincioglu
msnbc.com contributor
It’s all about food lately.
Culinary shows like “Top Chef” and “Hell’s Kitchen” are all the rage. Tainted peanuts have us worried about what we eat and how to make it better. Books such as “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics” are bestsellers. And even
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By CARI TUNA
Cancer Treatment Centers of America Inc. received 19,000 applicants for 100 jobs at a new hospital near Phoenix, opened in December — six times as many as when it last opened a facility, in 2006.
Applicants included administrators, physicians and nutritionists — both unemployed and employed. Chief Executive Steve
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CHARLOTTE – The rise in unemployment in North Carolina has sparked an increase in the number of people trying to cheat the system, and the problem will get even more costly because of a lack of investigators, state officials said.
Investigators with the Employment Security Commission found 5,044 fraudulent overpayments worth
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By Lisa O’Donnell
JOURNAL REPORTER
LEWISVILLE – Barry Brown knows a few things about unemployment.
He has been laid off twice. And in his job as a human-resources manager, he has told people that they are being laid off.
Brown, 43, is using that experience to help people in Lewisville who have lost their
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