OppsPlace.com to Aggregate Minority Professionals and Business Owners Seeking Jobs in Corporate America
OppsPlace.com, a new web-based employment tool will be launching targeting minority professionals. OppsPlace.com provides companies with opportunities to find qualified, minority job seekers and minority businesses in one online destination. This job platform was created in collaboration with Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies and Ariel M. Friedler, president of Symplicity Corporation. The site [...]
Read MoreIs Innovation Leading to Higher Unemployment?
Technology entrepreneurs love to talk about disruption while simultaneously touting themselves as job creators, but the two roles are often contradictory. By definition, disruptive innovations are characterized by a streamlining of process or product that is more efficient. Typically, the inefficiencies removed from the incumbent system result in less required labor. Less labor means fewer [...]
Read MoreBranchOut Launches Tool For Recruiters To Source Job Candidates On Facebook
BranchOut, a professional social network for Facebook, is announcing the launch of RecruiterConnect, a tool for recruiters and hiring managers to source job candidates on Facebook and build private talent networks. BranchOut says that RecruiterConnect is also the first enterprise software product available on the Facebook platform. Launched in July 2010, BranchOut is sort of like [...]
Read MorePresident Obama Launches Tweet for Jobs
The pressure is on Congress again. President Obama is trying to get Congress to pass the American Jobs Act by using Twitter. The act is his plan to create jobs and strengthen the economy. He is calling on the help of the American citizens for their help, much like in the issue with the debt [...]
Read MoreBranchOut Brings Facebook-Focused Professional Networking To Job Search Platform CareerBuilder
BranchOut, a professional social network for Facebook, is announcing a partnership with jobs and resume site CareerBuilder to help users bring social networking into the job search experience. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Launched in July 2010, BranchOut is sort of like aLinkedIn for Facebook because it allows you to network and find [...]
Read MoreWorkplace Disparities in Information Technology Careers Leading to Increased Turnover Rate for Women and Minorities
A new report from The Level Playing Field Institute indicates that women and people of color are significantly underrepresented and have vastly different work experiences than their white counterparts in technology jobs leading to a high turnover rate. The report, entitled Tilted Playing Field: An Examination of Hidden Bias in Information Technology Workplaces, reports on [...]
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