Tomorrow, January 10th, 2012, Global Foundries will be holding a job fair looking for up to 400 employees. The Job Fair is scheduled from 4 to 7 PM at the Saratoga County Administrative Offices located at 40 McMaster St. in...
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Latest Unemployment Figures Released
The NYS Dept. of Labor has recently released it's most recent unemployment figures for November 2011. Taking a look at these figures in comparison to 2010, here are some keys to look at:United States: 2011: 8.2% 2010 9.3%NYS: 2011: 7.9%...
Breaking News – Federal House Approves Payroll Tax Cuts
Within the past hour the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to continue the payroll tax cut for two months. This will keep money in the pocket of current working people and will extend the unemployment benefits to millions...
San Francisco leading way in Minimum Wage
So I was perusing the net this morning when I ran across an article explaining that the voters of San Francisco approved a law in 2003 that will increase the minimum wage as of Jan 1, 2012 to $10.24/ hour!...
Vacation Days
Expedia.com just released it's Vacation Deprivation Survey. They surveyed 7,083 adults from 20 countries around the world. Here's some of the results that I found interesting:The average working person earns 14 days of vacation in the US. In Germany and...
Employment Search Tip
When searching for a job, most people focus on those who they know, for example personal and professionals contacts. Using friends, family members and former co-workers or business associates is good, but don't forget to think about those people who...
West Mountain Job Fair
The leaves are falling off and here's another sign that WINTER is coming soon!On Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 5PM to 8 PM, West Mountain Ski Resort will be holding their annual winter job fair.The job fair takes place at...
Unemployment statistics in Toga-Adk area
Now that we are in the full transition of the summer tourist season, the job market has gone through it's seasonal upswing. New York State recently released it's unemployment rate for May 2011. Some interesting facts come about in these surveys....
New York Racing Association
Job seekers, the summer place to be (Saratoga Race Course) has officially announced their hiring dates! NYRA has scheduled their job fairs for the 2011 summer season: June 17, 2011 - 2:30 pm- 6:30 pm June 18, 2011 - 10:00...
May Job Fairs
As the summer season approaches many of the seasonal jobs have already been filled. A quick note: Some people who have summer jobs, may lose those jobs, so I encourage you to keep contact with a company that may already...