Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is standing by an agency director who OK'd improper computer checks for confidential information on "Joe the Plumber" and used state e-mails for political fundraising. Strickland announced yesterday that Helen Jones-Kelley ...

Use Microsoft Office to update your job search skills - San Francisco Examiner

Job search boards are an illusion! They're useful, but don't buy into the myth that sitting all day in front of your computer and firing off resumes is going to land you a job. The good news is that you can actually do that for 2 days a week – ahhh ...

How to sign up for email alerts - InsideHousing

You will then be sent the bulletins you have signed up for. Job alerts can be tailored to contain only the jobs you are interested in. To subscribe follow the steps above, but to tailor your search follow the instructions below: Click on the Sign in ...

Meltdown 101: Some tips on collecting unemployment - Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- The numbers are alarming - Citigroup alone plans to lay off 53,000 people. With the seemingly endless stream of news about job cuts in recent weeks, you may be wondering about your own job security. How would you get by if you were ...

RI unemployment rate hits 9.3 percent - Boston Globe

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Victoria Gaspar left her job at a bank's telephone call center more than a year ago with dreams of starting her own private cleaning business. Her goal of becoming her own boss collapsed when her husband lost his job at a ...