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| Did you know? In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced with the now familiar name "Volleyball." | | Springfield companies In 1958, this globaly recognized retailer adopted a new name meaning gazelle in Africa. Reebok has now become one of the largest footwear and sportswe... Go to Site
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The Business Case for Career Development
by Dan King 5/14/2008
If you’re not talking with your people about their careers, you can bet somebody else probably is.
In today’s workplace, your top performers are the very ones that are...
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 Jobs in SpringfieldThe following articles focus on employment and jobs in Springfield as well as issues relating to careers and jobs in Massachusetts. | |
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"Tough times for youths seeking summer jobs"
TMCnet - May 13, 2008
A Web site called SnagAJob.com, which specializes in hourly wage jobs, conducted a national survey of 1101 hiring managers. Almost half, 49 percent,...
"Amid Layoff News, Many Companies Are Hiring"
KFOR, OK - May 13, 2008
Sixty of the jobs are technology positions, but the firm is also hiring branch managers, brokers, and interns. One new hire is Nathan Mishkin in Boston,...
"Edward Achorn: Should we let managers manage schools?"
Providence Journal, RI - May 13, 2008
That means that management would decide such matters as hiring and firing, job-performance evaluations and whether teachers would work, say, eight-hour days...
"It's official: Pastner going to Memphis"
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - May 13, 2008
The Tigers lost two assistants after reaching the Final Four last season — Derek Kellogg (Massachusetts) and Chuck Martin (Marist) — while they also have...
"Employers Tap Executives for Temporary Jobs"
Wall Street Journal - May 12, 2008
Some companies are hiring interim executive talent to fill gaps created by retiring baby boomers while they search for permanent replacements....
"Baby don’t go"
Moneyweb, South Africa - May 12, 2008
Many of the panel's researchers hail from elite institutions like Harvard and MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), as well as the London School...
"Job Doc chat transcript"
Boston Globe, United States - May 12, 2008
She also writes the Hire Authority column for the Boston.com/Monster Hiring Hub. Elaine Varelas: It's time to chat! Send your career questions in,...
"State: Nearly one in four teens able to work won't find employment..."
MLive.com, MI - May 12, 2008
"Not only are there fewer companies hiring, but there's more competition." This isn't just the case for Michigan teens. It's happening throughout the...
"2nd & Short: Doc Rivers kind of a shut-in"
National Post, Canada - May 12, 2008
CLEVELAND — The New York Knicks' hiring of Mike D'Antoni as their head coach sent reverberations around the National Basketball Association....
"Negotiating salary is best done in person"
Boston Globe, United States - May 12, 2008
Request a face-to-face meeting with the hiring manager or human resources representative to negotiate any aspects of the offer that you want to negotiate....
"This year's grads finding the job market tough"
Ithaca Journal, NY - May 12, 2008
Application tactics that may have worked last year, when 79 percent of employers were hiring, could leave graduates living in their parents' basement this...
"Seniors search for jobs"
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, MA - May 12, 2008
But Ginger Goldsbury, associate director at the University of Massachusetts Career Services, has a different message. "We still have companies who send us...
"US Job Losses not as Bad as Expected, but How Long Will It Last?"
IT Business Edge, KY - May 5, 2008
As often happens in times of economic distress, hiring has picked up in the public sector, which added 76800 jobs in 2008’s first quarter....
"Online Job Ads Down"
New York Times, United States - May 2, 2008
Gad Levanon, a Conference Board economist, said online hiring is likely to continue to decline in the months ahead. "April is the month when we normally see...
"State hiring curbs may chill hot market for government staff"
International Herald Tribune, France - May 1, 2008
Phil Bredesen said Wednesday that the state will need to cut jobs to deal with a $550 million budget gap. He declined to say how many of the state's more...
"Hiring leaps in public sector"
USA Today - Apr 29, 2008
Governments added 76800 jobs in the first three months of 2008, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's the biggest jump in first-quarter hiring...
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