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• Why do we idolize Steve Jobs? Alex Gibney explores the 'Man in the Machine' - Los Angeles Times

  27-08-2015 22:31 via
  Los Angeles Times
  Why do we idolize Steve Jobs? Alex Gibney explores the 'Man in the Machine'
  Los Angeles Times
  As the man who enabled phones to play music and laptops to sing, Steve Jobs was beloved in ways few modern executives have been. When the Apple co-founder died in October 2011, admirers around the world were so moved they gathered in tearful vigil ...
  

• Company with 'F' rating may get $75K to bring jobs to Lake Mary - WFTV Orlando

  27-08-2015 21:58 via
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  Company with 'F' rating may get $75K to bring jobs to Lake Mary
  WFTV Orlando
  The company that may get that money has an “F' rating with the Better Business Bureau. Jeunesse is a company that sells skin creams and is now approved to collect $75,000 in tax money to bring 150 jobs to Lake Mary as part of the Qualified Target ...
  

• Five Things We Discovered about the New Steve Jobs Movie - TIME

  27-08-2015 21:39 via
  Entertainment Weekly
  Five Things We Discovered about the New Steve Jobs Movie
  TIME
  When Steve Jobs hits movie theaters on Oct. 9, it will be the second film inspired on the innovator's life in the space of just two years, on top of two existing biographies, a September documentary by Alex Gibney and a 2017 opera in Santa Fe. But ...
  New Steve Jobs poster mirrors Apple's clean aestheticEntertainment Weekly
  First Poster Of 'Steve Jobs' Movie Starring Michael Fassbender EmergesInternational Busine
  

• 6 Cheats to Help You Rocket Up the Corporate Ladder

  27-08-2015 20:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Although the goal of being a manager is not as popular as it once was, studies show that 34 percent of workers still aspiring to leadership positions.Even though the not-so-ambitious are bailing out of the corporate rat race in swarms, it hasn't exactly become much easier for the remaining workers to climb the organizational ladder. There still remain ...
  
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• It's All About Candidate Experience

  27-08-2015 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Has hiring got you down? Are you struggling to find top talent in your field? Are you wondering why you lose great candidates to your competitors?If you're feeling the pains of recruiting, you may want to take a look at your candidate experience. Candidate experience has become a crucial driver of hiring success in recent times and a quantifiable metric that businesses are beginning to ...
  
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• Caterpillar Inc plans to cut 475 more jobs amid revenue decline - Reuters

  27-08-2015 19:26 via
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  Caterpillar Inc plans to cut 475 more jobs amid revenue decline
  Reuters
  Heavy machinery manufacturer Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) said it plans a new round of layoffs to cut costs as declining revenues from global mining and construction activities erodes its bottom line. The Peoria, Illinois-based company said it notified ...
  Caterpillar plans to cut 475 more jobs amid revenue declineINFORUMall 11 news articles »
  

• Interview Questions You Should Ask Your Sales Applicants

  27-08-2015 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Finding quality salespeople for your organization requires that you use the right interview questions to properly screen applicants. In order to build a strong sales team, employers need to be able to separate the candidates who will deliver on the job from those who won't.Although the unique responsibilities, challenges, and perks of a given sales role will depend largely on the industry and the organization, the the following questions should help employers across a br
  
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• China's shrinking copper appetite is killing US jobs - CNNMoney

  27-08-2015 19:00 via
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  China's shrinking copper appetite is killing US jobs
  CNNMoney
  China's insatiable appetite for metals like copper is falling off a cliff. It's destroying prices of raw materials. And killing U.S. jobs. Copper -- a key indicator of global growth -- has been hit especially hard by China's slowdown. Prices have ...and more »
  

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• New Steve Jobs poster mirrors Apple's clean aesthetic - Entertainment Weekly

  27-08-2015 18:44 via
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  New Steve Jobs poster mirrors Apple's clean aesthetic
  Entertainment Weekly
  The new poster for Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs proves that the movie is embracing the clean aesthetic of Apple products: Jobs himself (played by Michael Fassbender) only takes up a small portion of the poster, which is mostly made up of white space and ...
  First Poster Of 'Steve Jobs' Movie Starring Michael Fassbender EmergesInternational Business Times
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• Multimatic expands Lewisburg plant, adds 181 jobs - Chattanooga Times Free Press

  27-08-2015 18:13 via
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  Multimatic expands Lewisburg plant, adds 181 jobs
  Chattanooga Times Free Press
  A Canadian automotive supplier said today it will invest another $20 million in its Lewisburg, Tenn., facility and add 181 more jobs. Multimatic Tennessee LLC said it will upgrade its facility and add new robotic welding infrastructure for its ...and more »
  

• The 25 Most Promising Jobs For Millennials - Forbes

  27-08-2015 16:59 via
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  The 25 Most Promising Jobs For Millennials
  Forbes
  Since Forbes hired me in 1995 to write a legal column, I've taken advantage of the great freedom the magazine grants its staff, to pursue stories about everything from books to billionaires. I've chased South Africa's first black billionaire through a ...
  These are the best jobs for millennialsMarketWatch
  25 Best Jobs for Millennials in This EconomyNational Journalall 4 news articles »
  

• Who Should You Work With? A Guide for Independent Contractors

  27-08-2015 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yesterday, in an article about the benefits of hiring independent contractors, I copped to my particular bugbear regarding independent contractor situations: I believe they can easily lead to employee exploitation.Lisa Zeeveld, CFO of eaHELP, knows this sort of thing can happen -- which is why she and eaHELP make it their business to help their ...
  
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• Health-care jobs are highest-paying: Survey - CNBC

  27-08-2015 16:01 via
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  Health-care jobs are highest-paying: Survey
  CNBC
  If you can stomach dealing with illness on a daily basis and are willing to spend about 10 years training to become an expert in it, you'll be among the top U.S. earners. A new study from CareerCast.com shows that of the top 10 highest-paying jobs ...
  

• IT Jobs Market Shows Signs of Strength - eWeek

  27-08-2015 16:00 via
  eWeek
  IT Jobs Market Shows Signs of Strength
  eWeek
  Tech manufacturing grew slightly under 1 percent, mirroring the growth rate for the telecommunications and Internet services sector (0.9 percent). At the midyear point, most aspects of IT employment appear to remain strong, with America's information ...
  

• CenturyLink cuts jobs in Colorado - Denver Business Journal

  27-08-2015 15:49 via
  Denver Business Journal
  CenturyLink cuts jobs in Colorado
  Denver Business Journal
  As part of CenturyLink Inc.'s previously announced companywide job cuts, 150 Colorado workers have been laid off. The Denver Post's Tamara Chuang reports that the local cuts represent 2.5 percent of the telecom's Colorado workforce of about 5,850.and more »
  

• Freeport-McMoRan Lowering Spending, Production, Cutting Jobs - ABC News

  27-08-2015 15:23 via
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  Freeport-McMoRan Lowering Spending, Production, Cutting Jobs
  ABC News
  Copper producer Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is lowering its spending and production as it deals with declining copper prices and soft economic conditions worldwide. It plans to cut about 10 percent of employees and contractors at U.S. mining operations.
  UPDATE 3-Freeport slashes mining budget, cuts jobs as copper slumpsReuters
  Freeport-McMoRan cutting spending, jobs on lower copper pricesPhoenix Business Jo
  

• 5 Reasons Why Immigrants Do Not Take Natives' Jobs - Huffington Post

  27-08-2015 14:51 via
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  5 Reasons Why Immigrants Do Not Take Natives' Jobs
  Huffington Post
  "Do migrants take the jobs of natives?" That is the perpetual question that all countries (politicians and natives) ask. Fortunately, migration economics has an answer based on research and international evidence. In my World of Labor article "Do ...
  

• Maybe There's a Way to Create Good Jobs Again - Bloomberg View

  27-08-2015 14:09 via
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  Maybe There's a Way to Create Good Jobs Again
  Bloomberg View
  Academic economists don't spend a lot of time thinking about how to restructure society in order to provide a good life for the majority of people. They usually restrict themselves to quantifiable data, mostly ignoring non-monetary payoffs such as self ...and more »
  

• Forced-out U of I leaders land in high-paid faculty jobs - Crain's Chicago Business

  27-08-2015 13:48 via
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  Forced-out U of I leaders land in high-paid faculty jobs
  Crain's Chicago Business
  (AP) — The resignation of the top administrator at the University of Illinois' flagship campus is following a familiar script: Step down under pressure, take a year off with pay, then return as one of the highest-paid members of the faculty ...and more »
  

• Where are Rochester's jobs? - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

  27-08-2015 12:38 via
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  Where are Rochester's jobs?
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  A color-coded interactive map plotting many jobs in the Rochester area reveals a local landscape full of color and a variety of careers. The map was created by Harvard doctoral student Robert Manduca and is based on U.S. Census Bureau information.
  

• UPDATE 1-Indian construction slowdown hits Modi's jobs promise - Reuters

  27-08-2015 12:32 via
  The Indian Express
  UPDATE 1-Indian construction slowdown hits Modi's jobs promise
  Reuters
  ... * In Noida, half of building jobs lost in last 18 months. * In decade-long boom, one job in three created in construction. * Housing starts down 40 percent in first half of 2015. * Construction to weigh on April-June GDP (Adds link to video). By ...
  Construction slowdown hits PM Modi's jobs promiseTimes of India
  PM Narendra Modi's jobs promise hit as construction sees slowdownThe Indian Express
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• Panasonic is shutting its battery factory in Beijing, cutting 1300 jobs - Business Insider

  27-08-2015 11:36 via
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  Panasonic is shutting its battery factory in Beijing, cutting 1300 jobs
  Business Insider
  panasonic REUTERS/Thomas PeterA man looks at television sets by Japanese firm Panasonic at an electronics retailer in Tokyo June 10, 2015. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Corp on Thursday said it will stop making lithium-ion ...
  Panasonic to shut battery factory in Beijing, cut 1300 jobsReutersall 55 news articles »
  

• Farmworkers See Jobs, Earnings Shrivel In California Drought - NPR

  27-08-2015 11:07 via
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  Farmworkers See Jobs, Earnings Shrivel In California Drought
  NPR
  More than 21,000 people are out of work this year from California's drought, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. The majority are in agriculture. Those farmworkers lucky enough to have a job are often working harder for less ...and more »
  

• Booming jobs market lifts Hays profits - Telegraph.co.uk

  27-08-2015 09:45 via
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Booming jobs market lifts Hays profits
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Britain's booming jobs market has helped Hays, the UK's biggest recruiter, post an annual rise in profits despite a hit from currency swings. Hays, which often acts as a barometer for the health of the economy, said that it had seen a strong recovery ...and more »
  

• 20 hottest jobs in transportation - WSB Atlanta

  27-08-2015 03:35 via
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  20 hottest jobs in transportation
  WSB Atlanta
  Captain Bruce Johnson explains the cockpit instruments of American Airlines' first Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the airline's maintenance hangar at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Grapevine, Texas. American Airlines ...and more »
  

• Board defers plan to cut jobs at Department of Public Safety - Baltimore Sun

  27-08-2015 03:05 via
  Board defers plan to cut jobs at Department of Public Safety
  Baltimore Sun
  Board of Public Works sent Gov. Hogan's job cut plan back to the prison and parole agency for a 2nd look. After an unusual confrontation between top state officials and employees whose jobs they want to eliminate, the Board of Public Works decided ...and more »
  

• New study finds that immigrants aren't actually stealing jobs from Americans - Business Insider

  27-08-2015 03:04 via
  Business Insider
  New study finds that immigrants aren't actually stealing jobs from Americans
  Business Insider
  Women Illegal Immigrants Immigration Protest Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesHundreds of activists, supporters of illegal immigrants and members of the Latino community rally against a new Arizona law in Union Square on May Day on May 1, 2010 in New York ...
  Are Immigrants Really Taking American Jobs?The Fiscal Timesall 2 news articles »
  

• Novo Nordisk to build new Clayton plant, create 691 jobs - News & Observer

  27-08-2015 02:37 via
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  Novo Nordisk to build new Clayton plant, create 691 jobs
  News & Observer
  Novo Nordisk announces the expansion of their company in Johnston County on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 in Clayton N.C. The expansion will create 691 jobs. Video by Robert Willett/[email protected] Robert Willett [email protected].
  Novo Nordisk adding nearly 700 jobs in Johnston County expansionWRAL Tech Wireall 128 news articles »
  

• Jobs forecast is another reason for the Fed not to raise rates - SFGate

  27-08-2015 01:43 via
  SFGate
  Jobs forecast is another reason for the Fed not to raise rates
  SFGate
  The Congressional Budget Office has increased its estimate of how many Americans are going to look for work in coming years, and how many of those people will find jobs. The office had estimated that the unemployment rate could drop to 5.3 percent ...and more »
  

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