SIMPLY HIRED IS 4TH LARGEST JOB SEARCH ENGINE

According to a new article in Forbes, Simply Hired ranks No. 4 for most trafficked job-placement sites following CareerBuilder, Yahoo! HotJobs and Monster.

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JOBLESS BENEFITS FINALLY DROP

New report also shows U.S. workers more productive in the first quarter

The number of people on the unemployment insurance rolls fell slightly for the first time in 20 weeks, while the tally of new jobless claims also dipped.

The Labor Department report provides a glimmer of good news for job seekers, though both drops were small and the figures remain significantly above the levels associated with a healthy economy.

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TRADITIONAL CAREER PATH DISAPPEARING

In the July/August print publication Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership, Dr. Michael Kannisto spells out his “10 predictions for the coming year.”

If you’re a recruiting leader who subscribes, you’ll get those 10 in the postal mail. For now, here’s one: the traditional career path and all its assumptions (such as that the MBA is the ticket to success, and it’s the only path to the top) will be gone.

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