http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/The Latest Blog Entries from Careers and Jobs BlogComing soon: superfast internetJonathan Leake, THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. At spe...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=112Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe short month of February was long on economic problems, as 63,000 U.S. jobs were lost over the 29 days. In other words, for those betting that a recession isn’t around the corner, the outlook is dim. The New York Times: Manufacturers and construction c...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=111Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMTSource: Blog Name: GNIF Brain BloggerDon’t get me wrong. I don’t get good sleep. I don’t get enough sleep. In fact, I believe that, if given the chance, I could sleep for the next 48 hours. If given the choice between a new car and a few month...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=110Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMTDear Experts,I am currently a student at an animation school, but the school doesn’t concentrate on animation cycles or the daily workings of video game animators. I want to put a portfolio together that includes animation cycles, but I don’t know w...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=109Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMTAs gas prices hit another record last Friday, Jeff Curro couldn&rsquo;t take it anymore.After owning the Shell gas station at 3075 N. 124th St. in Brookfield for 20 years, Jeff Curro has stopped selling gas. As gas prices rose, his profit marg...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=108Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 GMTGetting eight hours&rsquo; sleep a night has long been seen as one of the keys to a healthy and happy life. But for most of us the figure is little more than an ideal, with the average worker losing two and a half years of sleep over the cours...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=107Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMTInitial U.S. jobless claims rose 11,000 to 321,000 last week, their highest level since early March, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. The rise for last week was about what most Wall Street analysts had expected and followed an upward revisio...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=106Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTMarch saw 180,000 new jobs, slashing the jobless rate by 0.1 percentage point to 4.4 percent for a nearly 5 1/2 year low, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. The March employment increase followed a revised 113,000 in February, up from 97,0...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=105Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMTAs the Valley goes so goes tech employment trends or so said an old sage tech recruiter of by-gone days. Today, emm... not so much, but it does have an impact on the cycle. How much has to be seen after a period of monitoring. Will report on this later.<b...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=104Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTReposting on the econmoic heart beat... trick or special mortgages that fueled the 2004-2005 housing boom appear to be reversing course quickly.The impact on hiring and staffing in 2007 is unclear since only s aportion of the loans processed f...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=103Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTCitigroup Inc., the largest U.S. bank, may cut 15,000 jobs to revitalize itself as shareholders demand better performance and a higher stock price, published reports said on Monday.Chief Executive Charles Prince is under pressure to cut costs,...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=102Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTNothing in the current labor department reports or other indicators points to anything nearly as negative as this report from UPI on Friday...U.S. college graduates will likely have a harder time finding work in the weak U.S. job market, an ou...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=101Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTThe nation&rsquo;s unemployment rate dipped to 4.5 percent in February even as big losses of construction and factory jobs restrained overall payroll growth. Wages grew briskly.The latest snapshot, released by the Labor Department on Friday, o...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=100Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTUS trade deficit shrinks to 59.1 billion dollarsThe US trade deficit narrowed 3.8 percent in January to 59.1 billion dollars thanks to record-breaking export growth, the Commerce Department said Friday. It was a bigger drop than expected...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=99Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTDoctors looking for a better group practice fit, family ties and bigger bucks are driving a rising M.D. turnover, says a new U.S. study. The physician turnover rate, which crept up from 6.4 percent in 2005 to 6.7 percent last year, might als...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=98Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTLatinos land 2 in 3 U.S. construction jobsLatinos make up 13.6 percent of the U.S. employment population, but accounted for 36.7 percent of the 2006 U.S. employment growth, a study showed Wednesday.Most of the jobs Hispanic workers...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=97Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTUnemployment claims highest in a year The number of U.S. workers filing for first-time jobless benefits rose 7,000 last week, pushing the four-week moving average of new claims to its highest level in more than a year, a government repor...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=96Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMTFor your Friday and the end to the tedium of another week. This little clip from the cult hit Office Space for your enjoyment.Did Ya Get The Memo...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=95Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMTEven with the 2006-2007 booming economy, competition from over seas can not stem the layoff spiral that continues for American auto workers. Union wages, benefits and other factors contributed to the recent rash of cut-backs and layoffs.Detroi...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=94Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMTEconomic trends related to employment and hiring. Reporting...U.S. Tax Revenues Up 9.7% Through Four Months, Deficit Down 57%More: information:If you think the offensive production of Peyton Manning and the Super ...http://www.preferredjobs.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=93Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT