Posts tagged with “news”

One site is a job board. Two is a job network.

We're thrilled to announce that DownloadSquad.com has joined the Emurse.com Job Board posse. They've joined forces with TUAW.com to become a "Technology channel". Meaning, you post your job to either site and it'll be distributed on both. Double the audience, double the exposure.

Looking for a software developer or a designer? How about someone to develop that mobile app that's going to make you all sorts of Scrooge McDuck rich? These are the boards for you. $350 for 31 days of job posting awesomeness on both sites, plus tons of coverage from the bloggers in their round ups and editorials, not to mention a job ad injected underneath each and every post. We're talking millions of readers passionate about technology on all platforms.

Killer stuff, and as always, more to come!

According to an article published recently in USA Today one of the latest economic surveys reports statistics that are actually good. For the first time since the recession began more companies say they're planning to hire people over the next 6 months versus cutting them. The difference is small, 24% predicting growth versus 20% still predicting cuts, but at this point I think we're all happy to take what we can get. The industries that are seeing the most positive growth are service related, while those still suffering are mostly in the manufacturing realm.

Recovery might be slow, but slow and moving is forward is a hell of a lot better than standing still or sliding backwards.

Via BloggingStocks

It's been a long time coming, but we're pleased to announce the launch of our first Emurse enabled job board on The Unofficial Apple Weblog!

TUAW.com is a leading community of Apple enthusiasts attracting millions of unique visitors. Since it's an Emurse powered product, every job listing on TUAW will allow you to apply using your Emurse web URL. Once you apply, we'll keep track of things for you and keep you posted on your applications status (we have a ton of new functionality heading your way maximizing this!). When there aren't many listings available for whatever it is you are looking for, CareerBuilder listings will appear, thus guaranteeing quality results every visit :)


If you are an employer looking for a web designer, iPhone developer, blogger or any other technology / web position, check it out! Posting a job on TUAW not only gets your listing in their job center, but also gets your position advertised on every relevant blog post on their site. The more people who apply, the more knowledgeable our distribution efforts. And of course, there's all the traffic you would expect from outside the community as well -- twitter, job aggregation sites, Emurse users and the like.

Give it a spin and let us know what you think!

With unemployment hovering around 10% a recent article I read suggests that maybe Americans should start focusing their job searches overseas rather than domestically. Good advice, but not if you lack have the treasury to accomplish such a task. Here are some highlights from that article I found particularly interesting.

A recent survey by Manpower Inc. found that employment prospects are most favorable in India, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, China, Australia, Singapore, Costa Rica, Canada, Taiwan, and Poland. Jeff Joerres, Manpower Inc.'s chairman and CEO says a reason for this is because the populations of developing countries are increasing nearly six times as fast as those of developed countries. "This essentially creates a magnet pulling American workers to developing nations, and moving them along as each destination stabilizes. So you can see how Prague was hot for a while for American workers, then Vietnam and Dubai."

Greg Scileppi, director of international operations at Robert Half International adds, "We're seeing growth among financial services and natural resources firms in parts of Asia and Australia. In Western Europe, demand for skilled professionals is increasing among insurance companies as well as boutique banks and private equity firms."

Have a question that you're dying to have answered? Looking for answers to commonly asked job hunting questions?

Check out the brand new "Answers" section of the site. Answers is in partnership with Yedda.com. Ask a question on anything ranging from Colleg/Education to Unemployment benefits. It will be distributed to all other relevant partners to be answered for you.

Pretty cool stuff, in our opinion.

Check it out!

We're #2! We're #2! We're #2! ;)

"At #2, a new website that could help get you out of the unemployment line. It's Emurse.com. The service helps you turn that outdated resume into an eye catching one. After you create it, the site helps you market yourself online."

Now that we're a part of the AOL family, we figured it was high time for a site refresh. Major props to Andy for our kicking new look and feel.

The biggest change is really the header. "Website" has moved underneath "My Resumes" and we now have a "Resources" tab. This new design gives us much more flexibility with new features, and believe you me.. We have a slew of them planned!

You'll also find that we're now using CareerBuilder for our jobs partner much like other AOL properties. What we lost in meta-search capabilities, we now gain in world wide support -- Emurse.com's job search now handles 16 different countries. Keep an eye on search over the summer, as we are planning big big changes to that portion of the site.

The blog is also completely refreshed (finally). We now have support for replies and comment rating as well as much more powerful search functionality. Searching for jobs and blog posts is now integrated on every page of Emurse as well.

If you happen to run across any bugs or have any other feedback -- leave a comment and let us know! And as you might expect, lots of big things planned for this summer and fall, so stay tuned!

Many companies trying to stay afloat amidst the current economic slump are starting to trend away from layoffs and towards pay cuts as a way to save money. And like it or not most employees are stuck dealing with it, since rising unemployment rates mean they have fewer options and even less negotiating power.

Being underemployed and dealing with a significant drop in income can be almost as bad as being altogether unemployed, as both can mean important bills can't be paid and making less money now can have enormous impacts on the future in the way of 401K values and social security earnings.

Ugh, what a mess.

A study done recently in Canada came up with some bad news for minorities in the job market: resumes with non-anglo names on them received 40% fewer calls back from potential employers than those with English names -- even when they had exactly the same experience and qualifications.

Why the difference? Of course that's hard to say but experts think it's a mix of possible concerns about a person's ability to use the English language effectively in business, and a simple preference for hiring someone that's the same ethnicity as oneself. Sometimes it's a conscious choice but often it's completely unintentional.

What do you think, have you seen or experienced anything like this?

Consumer confidence has risen to an eight month high, as reported by the The New York-based private research organization Conference Board. What does this mean for you? More spending by the general public and private/public companies. As a direct result we will see the economy slowly start to strengthen, triggering less employment cuts by some companies and new hiring by others.

"Looking ahead, consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earlier this year, and expectations are that business conditions, the labor market and incomes will improve in the coming months," Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center, said. "While confidence is still weak by historic standards, as far as consumers are concerned, the worst is now behind us."

With confidence in the economy strengthening you can prepare for future opportunities by developing your own insight and knowledge to your specific industry that you are involved with, updating your resume, and applying for jobs now if a move is warranted.