Free Web App Helps Job Seekers Achieve A+ Resumes
With unemployment rates sky high, it’s best to cover all grounds to make you the stand out candidate. In most cases, this starts with your resume. RezScore created a free web app that instantly grades resumes. RezScore’s free resume grader will read, analyze, and assign a letter grade (A+ through F-) to any user’s submitted [...]
Read MoreSocial Media Options That May Help Unemployed African Americans
Recent reports show unemployment among the general population is about 9.1 percent, but an alarming 16.2 percent for African Americans, and even higher for African American males. Historically, the unemployment rate for African Americans has always been higher than the national average. However, now it’s at Depression-era levels. Many African Americans have become frustrated with [...]
Read MoreMinority Groups Protest Apple Hiring Practices
A small group of people assembled outside the Apple retail store in downtown San Francisco Friday, to protest Apple’s hiring practices. Faith Bautista, president of the National Asian American Coalition said it didn’t make sense to send jobs to Asia, while so many here in the States remain unemployed. Reverend Daniel Buford of the Prophetic [...]
Read MoreJob Hunt: National Urban League Has Career Fair On and Offline
The National Urban League will be holding its National Urban League Centennial Conference next week starting July 28. There will be a number of events taking place including the Day of Service and the Women of Power Luncheon. Another event to keep an eye out for is the Career Fair which takes place from July 29-31th [...]
Read MoreThe Human Cost of Tech: Lessons From Foxconn
In the past few weeks, the tech community has been engaging in dialogue over recent suicides at the Foxconn electronic factories in China and Taiwan. Many popular products are assembled in these factories. In particular, many Apple products, like the iPad and presumably the just announced iPhone 4G are assembled by the corporation. In light [...]
Read MoreNeed a Job? Look here.
In case you haven’t heard we are looking for more Bloggers and Writers. Also if you are based is Florida there is a pretty cool job there for a Digital Communications Manager. Not for the shy quiet type you have to be a good multi-tasker and interested in taking a print pub and transitioning it into a digital pub. More about these jobs inside…
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