President Obama to Answer Questions on Job Creation at LinkedIn Town Hall
What better place for the president to address unemployment while staying up on his social networking game than LinkedIn? Well there really isn’t, that is probably why President Obama will participate in a town hall at the LinkedIn headquarters next Monday Sept. 26. President Obama will answer questions about job creation and the economy from [...]
Read MoreOpinion: Nigerian Internet Based Enterprises: the Struggle, the Growth and the Profits
With tough economic conditions, survival is not just limited to individuals who are in search of jobs to cater for daily subsistence, but also for businesses that are constantly faced with policies that change or skyrocketing levies. Government agencies continually increase tariffs regardless of the economic conditions. Private organizations occasionally give a pay-cut in the [...]
Read MoreComing to Terms With the Minority High Tech Employment Gap
Co-founder of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) , David Honig blogs about the current issues minorities face with employment in technology on Huffington Post. The aftershocks of the massive economic earthquake that was the Great Recession continue to reverberate, sometimes violently, across the United States. The unemployment rate, especially within communities of color, [...]
Read MoreFree 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 MoreAs Unemployment Rises for African Americans, Digital Literacy Could Be The Solution
Unemployment rates continue to remain high among African Americans. The issue is that these are more than statistics, they represent people with lives and families and people like you and me. The other problem is that mainstream society will not come up with solutions to solve this problem in the short term so we need [...]
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