Parallel Employment Group

The Parallel Employment Group is currently seeking substitute teaches for its private and charter schools in Chicago.

Open positions:

Early Childhood Substitute Teachers
K-12 Teachers
Teacher Aides
Office Help

Apply online: www.parallelemployment.com

After completing the online application, you can contact their  office to schedule an interview:
 Chicago  773-486-2881
 Wheeling 847-465-9290

What It's REALLY Like to Work for:

These companies are at the end of the Top 10 list:

• Wegmans
• Google
• Nugget Market
• DreamWorks

Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week, September 4-10

1. Yellowbook
2. UnitedHealth Group
3. Aramark
4. Avis
5. Liberty Mutual
6. Sunrise Senior Living
7. Ryder Logistics & Transportation
8. T-Mobile Retail
9. The Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
10. Amazon

Top 10 Companies Hiring this Week

This week's top 10:

1. Chrysler-Mopar
2. Verizon
3. Macy's
4. Extendicare Health Services
5. Wells Fargo
6. Aflac
7. PricewaterhouseCoopers
8. Sears
9. Snap-on Tools
10. Ernst & Young

Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week, August 21-27

Except for RadioShack and Liberty Mutual, other companies are on the top 10 list for the first time this month.

1. Citi
2. Sunrise Senior Living
3. Bridgestone
4. Spirit Halloween Stores
5. Dollar General
6. RadioShack
7. Amazon
8. Panera Bread Company
9. ADT
10. Liberty Mutual

Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week, August 14-20

HIRING NOW

1. AT&T Rental
2. Walmart
3. Lowe's
4. Hewlett-Packard (HP)
5. Lockheed Martin
6. Enterprise Rent-A-Car
7. Liberty Mutual
8. Pilot/Flying J
9. Aramark
10. Tru Green

Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week, August 7-13

With the exception of three companies, most on this week's list have appeared on previous lists.

1. Sears
2. Ernst & Young
3. Snap-on Tools
4. Aflac
5. Bed, Bath & Beyond
6. Wells Fargo
7. Verizon
8. PricewaterhouseCooper
9. Liberty Mutual
10. General Dynamics

 

Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week, July 25-August 10

HIRING NOW
    

1. Chase
2. Concentra
3. Sears
4. Ernst & Young
5. Extendicare Health Services
6. Chipotle
7. Teavana
8. RadioShack
9. Bridgestone
10. Stryker

The Work Buzz - Companies Hiring this Week

The Work Buzz is a blog from careerbuilder.com for job seekers.  Most of the jobs in this week's listing are in the health care industry. These companies are hiring this week and in the future. Sample job titles and a link for each company are listed.

Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week, July 18-July 24

HIRING NOW:

1. Target
2. Hertz
3. PricewaterhouseCooper
4. Pepsi
5. Amazon
6. Walmart
7. Comcast
8. Siemens
9. ADT
10. Allstate

The link to this post includes a company profile and types of jobs available.

Top 10 Companies Hiring Ths Week, July 11-17

The top ten are:

  1. Lowe's
  2. Enterprise Rent-A-Car
  3. Cracker Barrel
  4. Verizon
  5. Cardinal Health
  6. Bed, Bath, and Beyond
  7. McKessen
  8. Aflac
  9. Stryker
 10. Chipotle

Networking at 50-plus

Like me, you may have been told countless times that networking is the way people find jobs. Monster has several articles on networking. There's even one on "Networking for the Shy." You will find this and other related articles on networking at the end of "Networking at 50-plus."

If you're an unemployed "boomer," you might find some useful tips in this article, especially the author's tips about asking younger people for help. Keith Farrazzi writes: "Don't be embarrassed to ask how the world  works today...In return, you can mentor your mentors by offering your own experience."

Top 10 Companies Hiring This Week June 27-July 4

Jobs, including sales, management, IT, retail, and insurance are available at the following companies:

 1. The Dr. Pepper Group
 2. Siemens
 3. Cracker Barrel
 4. Lowe's
 5, ADT
 6. Allstate
 7. LMI
 8. Bed, Bath, & Beyond
 9. Aflac
10. Ernst & Young

Each company's history and job openings are provided in this article.

Jobs in Retail A/X Armani Exchange and H&M

A/X Armani Exchange is accepting applications for a new store that will open in the fall in Chicago. Apply at www.armaniexchange.com, or at 520 No. Michigan, in Chicago.

H&M, at 840 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago is accepting online applications. Apply at http://www.hm.com.careers/.


Note: This information was sent to me by a job counselor. As I've indicated, I do not search for jobs to list on this blog.

CrossRoads - Working for a Staffing Agency

CrossRoads - Working for a Staffing Agency

I found this article quite informative and helpful. MaryAnn Raashm, Milwaukee District Leader for SEEK Careers and Staffing offers several tips about getting a job from a staffing agency. Here are a few excerpts:

"The key to getting a great position through a staffing agency is this: Treat the agency as if they were a "real" employer -- because they are...If they (job seeker) don't listen to instructions, or they dress in a sloppy way, or continually hound us, it reflects poorly on them as a candidate."

One of the most important tips, she says, is to write a hand-written than you note to the employer:

"I can count on one hand the number of personalized thank you notes I've received. Those people really stand out in my mind-- and when you realize we can be in contact with 100 people a day-- that's a big advantage. I don't care if you go out to your car and write the note and bring it in and leave it at the front desk...it makes a difference." (emphasis mine).

I was given the same advice when I applied for an academic position a few years ago. I stressed to the career counselor that writing thank you notes was not the practice in academia. Eventually, I became convinced that this was a good thing. And so I did it.

I like writing and receiving hand-written correspondence and do so when I have the opportunity. Electronic communication just doesn't cut it.

My personal tip: Invest in a box of ecru- colored note cards, preferably Crane, which is sold at Papyrus and other high end card stores. The price is reasonable. An alternative is Paper Source.

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

At least once a week I receive a job newsletter that begins something like this: "5 Ways to Eliminate Debt," or "6 Questions to ask in an Interview," and, most frequently of all,  " 7 (pick your number) Ways to Write a Resume that Will get you the Job."

Well, I'm going to get in the numbers game as well. I will be posting and twittering some of these articles in the next few days.

Apart from these posts,as you find information on the Internet be careful to evaluate the credibility of the source and compare sources on the same topic.

Job Resource for Latinos

The Complete Job Search Guide for Latinos, edited by Murray Mann and Rosemary Bombela,  (Barrons 2005) is a superb, comprehensive guide for Latino/a individuals on the job market. It comprises twenty chapters and twenty-eight appendices. Chapters include: "Culture and Language in Interviewing,"  "How to T.R.I.U.M.P.H. over illegal Interview Questions,"  "Immigration", and "Twenty-first-Century Job Search Strategies with Some Salsa and Merengue."  Several directories are listed in appendices. "Latino Job Search Engines," and "100+top employers for Latinos" are also listed in the appendices. Some information is in Spanish.


I thank Suzanne Lenz for bringing this reference to my attention.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Protestants for the Common Good is hiring a part-time office coordinator to work 3 days per week beginning in May. If interested, please contact Michelle Holder, Director of Communication and Events at chelleholder@thecommongood.org.

Finding A New Job As If Your Life Depended On It

These posts by Andrew Neitlich on "simplyblog" from http://www.simplyhired.com/ March 21-22, 2011, are worth reading:

Finding A Job As If Your Life Depended on it: Part One- Get in the Right Mindset;
Part Two- Communicate Your Value
                                                        

                   

Top Ten Job Search Engines

1. monster.com
2. indeed.com
3. usa.gov
4. careerbuilder.com
5. dice.com (tech jobs exclusively)
6. linkup.com
7. careers.yahoo.com
8. simplyhired.com
9. linkedin.com
10. craigslist.com