Last week's unemployment news was not as rosy as everyone had hoped. Analysts had been predicting that around 8, 000 jobs would be lost in December but the actual figure turned out to be more like 85, 000. But thanks to some recent hiring trends, among other factors, the overall unemployment rate held steady at 10% ... And it seems that there are even good jobs to be had. Take the company that is arguably the most dynamic tech firm around — Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg and the gang are apparently
Most readers think that Fast Company is based in Silicon Valley, but home base is downtown New York City. Still, a GPS readout of the stories we cover will lead you to Northern California more often than not--which is why I'm looking for a west coast editor to join Fast Company online ... Fast Company is developing and breaking more stories than ever before. The west coast editor will help to hire and manage reporters and bloggers, as well as attend and report on events held at Google, Facebook,
The MGM Mirage CEO is attempting to pull off a grand illusion not even David Copperfield would try: Luring Las Vegas tourists into CityCenter with the promise of spectacle and sending them out civilized ... It's one thing to get a vacationing couple from Oklahoma to check out your exploding-on-the-hour volcano. It's something else entirely to get them to examine the abstracted forms of a seminal work by Modernist sculptor Henry Moore, Reclining Connected Forms ... MGM Mirage chairman and CEO Jim
If you are looking for a freelance writing gig, or to be quoted as an "expert" source, here are four resources to consider: ... Help a Reporter Out (HARO): Subscribe to receive daily updates listing everything from national to local news, publications, radio shows, magazines, newspapers and more looking for experts, stories, and interviewees ... Reporters Source: Subscribe to get Tweets about sources reporters are looking for ... About.com: About.com is always hiring new Guides.  Guides
So far, Windows 7 is being well-received and getting fairly favorable reviews. It offers some great new features, not the least of which is better security. But this article is not intended to promote Windows 7 or dissuade you from upgrading - or even about the pros and cons of upgrading ... Instead, this article has been written to help you understand the hidden costs that can be associated with upgrading to Windows 7 which may include purchasing a new printer, graphics card, or hiring someone
The hiring rate today is at just 3% -- meaning only 3% of jobs in any given month are new, the lowest since the government started tracking this stat in 2000 -- and unemployment is at quarter-century highs. But the HR people of America will have you know that they aren't any less busy. Rather, we're told there's been a shift in emphasis both in their work and at their yearly convention: Retention has replaced recruitment atop the agenda. That's interesting, since most people we know aren't job
I answer questions from job hunters and employers for a living. I love the in-your-face questions like, "How do I decline to tell an employer my salary history and still survive the interview?" ... But the more common ones are the most painful, such as, "How can I make myself stand out to employers?" That question usually comes out as an agonized plea: "Please let me stand out from all those other people so I'll be the one who gets hired!" ... Stand out. How do job hunters do that? ... They
Mansueto Ventures, publishers of Fast Company and Inc. magazines, is looking for a Web Developer to join their Digital Services department ... We're looking for a highly skilled person to help us develop and support our Web technology platforms. The ideal candidate will have experience working with the Drupal content management system in the online publishing space ... Day to day responsibilities include: programming new features for our Web sites, converting mock-ups into pixel-perfect