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Best Buy layoffs tempered by word of new jobs..250 jobs at the company’s Richfield-based corporate headquarters are being eliminated.

Davidson County Facility Expanding, Adding 328 Jobs. ASCO Power Technologies is expanding its Welcome manufacturing operations, bringing 328 new jobs to an area of the state reeling from recent job loss news.

How a ‘thickening’ border is costing Canadians jobs. American measures, which have the stated goal of fighting terrorism, are already costing Canadians jobs and trade…

Union sues to halt state layoff plan. A union-backed lawsuit filed Thursday targets Gov. Jan Brewer and the state of Arizona in seeking immediately to block layoffs from hitting hundreds of additional state employees.

Japan turns to ‘work-sharing’ to avoid layoffs.Work-sharing is the latest buzzword in Japan Inc…

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Cool(Jobs)Reporter Feb 19th, 2009

What are the requirements you look for when you apply for a job? You’re able to work comfortably? You have a good pay? You only work 3 hours? You have a whole list of benefits? And it goes on…

Have you ever considered a job that allows you to listen to your favourite Indie music all day? Or one that lets you be funny, just like how you like to be?

Or if you’re still like the rest, make sure you have your driver’s license!

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Disney Eliminating  Jobs  to Reorganize U.S. Theme Parks. The world’s biggest theme-park operator, is reorganizing its U.S. resort operation and cutting jobs to streamline decision-making and reduce costs.

UNION officials will meet with GM Holden next week over possible job cuts at the car maker’s Australian operations.The plan includes more than 47,000 job cuts, including 26,000 outside the US.

Zavvi to close on Friday with the loss of 446 jobs.The music chain formerly known as Virgin Megastores, will stop trading on Friday with the loss of 446 jobs, its administrators Ernst & Young said on Wednesday.

8 technology etiquette tips for job-seekers.Some of their advice: AVOID E-MAIL BLASTS….

Task force to ease shock of paper mill’s 371 lost jobs. The closure of the 200 year-old business is expected to double the unemployment rate in the town.

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Ministry for Social Development in New Zealand can cope with up to 60,000 on dole.
Chief executive Peter Hughes, who is in charge of Work and Income, told a select committee today that at present 34,000 people were signed up for the dole, and that he had the resources to cope with up to 60,000.

Farmers Could Earn Extra Income Without Extra Work.Franklin County is one of eight counties in a statewide carbon credit program to allow farmers to trade carbon bundles for cash.

What will the $787b stimulus do for you? There’s almost something for everyone in the $787 billion stimulus package that President Barack Obama signed into law. So what can you expect?

Skipping lunch at work, visiting the pawn shop.A single mother from Glasgow,still sees lunch as a luxury.

Homeless families face strict new rules. Firm standards set for work, behavior; Some say many will be forced into streets.

Bren

Cool(Jobs)Reporter Feb 18th, 2009

What job sounds exciting for you? In bad times, everyone has been telling me, it’s alright, I am fine with any job. But why compromise?

American Greetings is looking for a Line Designer in Digital Photography. If you’re creative and stylish, apply now before your dream job flies away.

If backend work is your thing, try out for the position of Imaging Supervisor at DaVita.

And if you like taking charge, the position of Director of Sales at Clear Channel Radio might interest you.

Bottom line is, do not despair. There is something out there for anyone. Good luck!

- Daphne

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In corporate Japan, losing your job can mean losing your home as well.As major companies cut their work forces in the economic downturn, many Japanese workers are finding themselves out on the street because they have to move out of company-run dormitories.

Task force announces plan to create ‘green jobs’..Green Enterprise Authority also wants to renovate public buildings to make them more energy efficient, establish loan programs for renewable energy projects and create incentives for water recycling by the industrial sector.

In Australia,Virgin Blue to axe 400 jobs.The budget airline says it is grounding as many as five aircraft this year, amid continued expectations that passenger demand will slow.

Chinese may save Aussie mining jobs.The Chinese government-owned Minmetals has offered about $2.6 billion for Oz Minerals.

California to cut 20,000 public sector jobs
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced 20,000 of the state’s public sector jobs will be axed later this year.

Bren

Cool(Jobs)Reporter Feb 17th, 2009

Valentine’s Day was a few days ago, and the crazy things people do for love include buying expensive roses, chocolates and dinners for a girl(I find it crazy).

So what will be the craziest job you’ll do? Work in a circus?! But that’s not crazy! That’s soooo cool, you will think it’s crazy that such a job exists! Here are 3 cool jobs that are so cool, you’ll be crazy to think there is such a job. But there is!

Trouper Counselor
Performers
Assistant Visual Merchandiser

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On the jobs side, there’s up and down but definately a hope in this gloomy time!

KFC to serve up 9,000 new jobs. Consumers’ appetite for bargain buckets of fried chicken is fuelling a KFC expansion which could create 9,000 jobs, the firm said.

Childrenswear chain Adams rescue saves 1,900 jobs..Adams was the largest independent childrenswear retailer in the UK with an annual turnover of £150 million. It operated from 270 stores and concessions in the UK, while also supplying a number of overseas franchises.

One of the F1 contender,BMW announces 850 job losses at Mini car plant..Tony Woodley, of the Unite union,described BMW as “opportunistic” for sacking agency staff working on a relatively successful model, adding: “The manner in which these cuts were announced was disgraceful.

Mexico to lose up to 300,000 jobs, minister says..Mexico’s economy is expected to shrink around 1 percent this year because of a slump in U.S. demand for manufactured exports from cars to refrigerators, while tourism and remittances from Mexicans living abroad are also being squeezed.

Men are bearing the brunt of job losses in this recession — especially in Minnesota. The trend strains family budgets since women often earn less, and can be crippling in rural areas, where other work is scarce.

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Cool(Jobs)Reporter Feb 16th, 2009

My good friend’s boyfriend owns an Xbox 360, a Wii and a PS3. I don’t meet him often but I feel so inferior playing games with him because he always wins. Well, he plays games everyday I am sure!

But move aside from Sony and Nintendo. Have you heard of Foundation 9 Entertainment? They are the largest independent game developer in the world and guess what? They want you! Do you want to be part of a team that develops, designs and creates?

Effects (FX) Artist
Level Designer – Multiplayer
Visual Effects Artist (VFX)

- Daphne

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House Approves Stimulus With COBRA, Unemployment Expansion.The Senate was expected to approve the $787 billion stimulus bill later in the day. The final measure, totaling more than 1,000 pages and containing dozens of tax breaks and spending initiatives, addresses employee benefits and several other HR areas….

Social Security, unemployment top financial concerns.A woman works most of her life and is surprised to find that a close friend, who’s been a stay-at-home mom, is entitled to receive nearly the same amount of Social Security. How is that possible?

The benefits of increasing state unemployment benefits..Sounder policy is the Economic Security Act of 2009 that House Democrats proposed as a means of using funds deposited within the state’s one relatively flush account — the Unemployment Trust Fund.

Carpet capital gone, joblessness moves into Dalton.It used to be in Dalton you could quit a job at 10 o’clock and have another job at 11,” said Rodger Keeter….

Economic Crisis, Unemployment Take Emotional Toll..many people are resilient in the face of unemployment, for some there are real emotional costs. Martinez, a Northern Virginia woman who has never struggled with profound depression before, is one of the latter.

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