Job Fairs are only as good as you make them. If you go to a job fair and you believe that you are wasting your time, you will not find any value in attending and my question than becomes, why bother? However, if you have a strategy for your job fair, and you can work your strategy, it won’t matter how poorly organized the job fair is, you work your strategy and things will work out for you. Let me say this, the key to a job fair is people. Go there and meet people. Go there and talk to …read more

The Securities and Exchange Commission this week charged employment search provider Monster Worldwide, Inc. with secretly backdating stock options granted to thousands of Monster officers, directors and employees. Monster agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to settle the charges.
The SEC charged that Monster defrauded investors by granting backdated, undisclosed ‘in-the-money’ stock options without recording the required non-cash charges for option-related compensation expenses.
“Monster misled investors by failing to report hundreds of millions of dollars of expenses. Backdating stock options made the company look like it had more money than it really did,” said James Clarkson, Acting Regional Director of the …read more

Seems like the old adage do well and do good is driving job seekers to seek out companies with an eye on the environment and social responsibility.
The trend reflects the increasing importance that the environment plays in the growth of “green” job sectors and corporate viability in general.
More than just a boost for the planet, the search for green jobs brings benefits to the workplace including less turnover and more loyal employees. Social Funds recently published Working for the Earth: Green Companies and Green Jobs Attract Employees looking at a survey conducted by MonsterTRAK.

SocialFunds.com — College graduates are looking …read more