Take Your Dog to Work

Businesses nationwide are expected to open their doors to employees' four-legged friends in honor of Take Your Dog to Work Day on Friday, June 20th, an event sponsored by Pet Sitters International, an educational association. Want to bring your pooch to the office every day? You can search for jobs at dog-friendly companies on sites such as SimplyHired.com and DogFriendly.com. See these office-etiquette tips for dogs from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Yahoo Offers Free New E-mail Domains ymail and rocketmail

Beginning today, Yahoo is allowing its customers to create e-mail accounts in ymail and rocketmail domain names. This will make it easier for you to get e-mails with your first name or initial and last name.
It is a good idea to use a separate e-mail, accessible on any computer, for your job search like gmail, hotmail, yahoo, ymail, and rocketmail.

Accounts created with the new domain names will use the same Yahoo! Mail interfaces and get unlimited storage at no charge. Localized country versions of the domain will also be available. The ID's will also work for signing in to other Yahoo sites and services, such as Flickr, and Yahoo! Messenger.
As part of the launch, Yahoo will auction off special e-mail addresses, the proceeds of which will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, The Point Foundation, Right to Play and World Wildlife Fund. The auction will run from today until June 30, and can be found at www.ebay.com/ymail.

Sustainable Energy Provides New Jobs

Emerging sustainable energy industries are going to be a major source of job growth in the future. Solar energy, wind power, biofuels, and nuclear energy as well as environmental clean-up equipment for current energy sources are all going to provide job opportunities. A great source for these jobs and for the names of companies that you can contact is http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/.

For more information on sustainable energy jobs visit my new web site, http://www.aresumes.net/.

The Company Website Recruiting Process Is Far From Ideal

Bernard Hodes Group recently conducted a survey of job seekers on Facebook and found that customer service leaves something to be desired in the recruiting process. They were asked to describe what happened after they applied for a job on a company website, the respondents reported as follows:

• 41% never received a response
• 28% decided not to submit a resume or application after looking at what they would have to do
• 15% were invited for an interview
• 11% received a timely acknowledgement of their submission
• 5% received an acknowledgement some time later.

So the fact that four-out-of-ten job applicants say they never receive a response is distressing to employers and recruiters. Despite employers' best efforts, job seekers still have a very negative view of the recruiting process and the "resume black hole."

This is just another indication of how important it is not rely solely on the Internet to find a job. You still need to network, use the phone, send resumes to specific people, and follow-up. Finding a job is an active job and takes research, organization, and effort.

Arlene Schwartz Personalized Resume Service

Accountants Are In Demand

A new survey shows that more than 203,000 students enrolled in accounting-degree programs in the 2006-2007 school year—an increase of 19% from 2003-2004. Meanwhile, 16% more accounting students graduated with bachelor's degrees and 18% more earned master's degrees in 2006-2007 compared to 2003-2004. Hiring at public-accounting firms also rose 83% over this period, reports the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a national trade group. Survey respondents included 242 U.S. colleges and 639 public-accounting firms.

How To Stay Young

A very good friend of mine sent this to me and I wanted to share it with you.

How to Stay Young (by George Carlin)

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them.'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Thank you Lola, I love you and treasure your friendship

Jobless Rate Rose to 5.5% in May

The unemployment rate jumped to 5.5 percent in May — the biggest monthly rise since 1986 — as nervous employers cut 49,000 jobs.

Overall, the economy has shed 324,000 jobs this year, the worst start to a year since 2002, when the nation was still struggling with the aftereffects of a recession.

The 5.5 percent rate is relatively moderate judged by historical standards. Yet, there was no question that employers last month sharply cut jobs with total job losses this year in:

• Professional and businesses services - 39,000
• Construction - 34,000
• Retailing - 27,000
• Manufacturing - 26,000

Part of that business and professional services decline came from a 30,000 cut in temporary jobs, bringing losses in that sector to 106,000 so far this year.

Those losses swamped gains elsewhere this month, including in:

• Education
• Health
• Government
• Leisure and Hospitality

Job losses in both March and April turned out to be larger than the government previously reported. Employers now have cut payrolls for five straight months.

Employers won’t want to increase hiring until they feel more sure that an economic recovery has strong legs.

Unemployment Soars to 5.5%

Jobless Rate Jumped 5.5% in May

Hispanic Workers Have Greater Risk of Dying on the Job

Hispanic workers die at higher rates than other laborers, with 1 in 3 of these deaths occurring in the construction industry, a government study reported Thursday. Factors may include:

• Holding more high risk jobs than other racial groups
• Language and literacy barriers
• Poor training and supervision

The leading causes in recent years have been falls and highway-related accidents.

Hispanics Dying on Job at Higher Rates

Adults With ADHD Are Less Productive Workers

Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do about one month's less work each year than people who don't have this condition, a new 10-country study from the World Health Organization (WHO) demonstrates.

And only a few of these days are spent out sick.

Workplace programs to screen employees for ADHD and provide treatment could be a cost-effective way to improve productivity, especially since just a fraction of individuals are the condition were getting treatment.

To evaluate the prevalence of ADHD among adults and its consequences in the workplace, the researchers surveyed 7,075 18- to 44-year-olds who were paid workers or self-employed as part of the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative. The survey included workers in Belgium, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain and the US.

Overall, the researchers found, 3.5 percent of individuals surveyed met diagnostic criteria for ADHD. Males were much more likely to have the disorder, while ADHD was less common among professionals.

ADHD manifests itself somewhat differently among adults than children. Individuals with ADHD can be very lively, very hyperactive, but some don't appear hyperactive but are unable to stay focused and to concentrate on one job at one time.

One way to help workers with ADHD might be to allow them to concentrate on a single task per day, rather than requiring them to do several things at once.


Those With ADHD Do 1 Month's Less Work A Year

Who Do Employees Trust?

Most employees have more faith in their own bosses than top management, a new study shows.

• 75% of more than 7,500 workers surveyed world-wide say they trust their manager


• 60% trust their organization's senior management

The disparity is even greater among employees in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with:

• 75% trusting their manager


• 53% trusting senior management

Source: BlessingWhite, a Princeton, N.J.-based consulting firm.