Do You Twitter?

If you do, here are the top 10 job tweeters to follow, according to CareerBuilder.com.

The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government

Every two years, the Partnership for Public Service and the Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation at American University (say that three times fast!) produce rankings of federal agencies based upon employee satisfaction.  The 2009 rankings were just released, and here are the top 5:

1. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2. Government Accountability Office
3. NASA
4. Intelligence Community
5. Department of State

Check out the link above for more!

Top 10 Cities for New Grads

Are you graduating this year?  Wondering where to look for a job?

This article from CNN outlines the Top 10 Cities for New Grads.  According to the article: “The list is based on the ranking of the top U.S. cities with the highest concentration of young adults (age 20 — 24) from the U.S. Census Bureau (2006), inventory of jobs requiring less than one year of experience from CBcampus.com (2009) and the average cost of rent for a one bedroom apartment from Apartments.com (2009).”

Free Resume Printing AND Faxing @ Office Depot!

Through May 30th, Office Depot will be offering free copies of resumes (up to 25 single-sided pages) and free faxing (to up to 5 domestic numbers, 25 pages total).  For more information on this offer, please read this press release.  For Office Depot locations, visit the main company page here.

Announcing JobLab

JobLab

MEMPHIS PUBLIC LIBRARY & INFORMATION CENTER

2nd MONDAY OF EACH MONTH
9:00 – 12:00 NOON
4th THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH
5:30 – 8:30 PM

JOBSEEKER ASSISTANCE

JobLab is an open, staff-assisted lab for jobseekers desiring additional help with:
Job-Related Searches, Resume Writing & Formatting, and Online Applications

What to Bring: a floppy disk or flash drive, and all information (job history, dates of employment, contact information, etc.) that will be needed to create a resume or complete an application.
Typing services, printing capabilities and disks will not be available.

Food & drinks are not permitted in the lab, and it is a cell phone – free zone.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY

3030 POPLAR AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TN
COMPUTER LAB L-50, 1ST FLOOR

For more information call 415-2700.

Memphis College Fair

The 2009 Memphis College Fair will take place on Wednesday, March 25th.   This college fair will offer students the opportunity to meet one-on-one with admissions representatives from over 75 institutions.  For full details, check out the event website.  But here are the basics:

Memphis College Fair
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
9:00 am – 12:00 pm AND 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Cook Convention Center

How to File for Unemployment Benefits

If you are getting ready to file for unemployment, but are a little uncertain about what to do, the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development has help for you. 

Check out this link for a video on how to file, along with lots of other helpful information.

Free Resume Printing @ FedEx Office

According to this story from the Commercial Appeal, FedEx Office (formerly known as Kinko’s) will provide free resume printing on Tuesday, March 10th. 

FedEx Office “will provide free in-store printing of up to 25 black-and-white resume copies per customer — a $5 to $10 value.”  See the link above for full details or call 1-800-Go-FedEx.

Redbirds Career Fair 2/23 & 2/24

Memphis Redbirds Career Fair

February 23 & 24

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Game Day Career Fair
Dates: February 23rd & 24th (attend either night)

Time: 6:00 PM (please arrive promptly)

Location: Club Level Lounge(2nd Floor) of AutoZone Park

Positions Hiring: Bat Boys, Boardwalk Staff, Housekeeping, Suite Hosts, Ticket-Takers/Greeters, Ushers

Additional Information: Please be prepared to interview on the spot.

Call 722-0249 or 722-0230 for more information.
 

Source: www.myfoxmemphis.com Job Shop

Job Searching at the Library

The Commercial Appeal published an article today about using the library for job searches.  Click here for the article.

Attention Monster Users!

Do you have an account with Monster.com? 

It appears that Monster’s database has been hacked and that the personal information of Monster’s users has been accessed.  The folks at the Gear Live blog have a few good suggestions of what you should do to protect yourself now and in the future.

More Companies That Are Hiring

Once again, we’re passing along articles from various news sources about organizations that are reportedly hiring.  Today, CNN/Fortune reports on 20 large companies that are hiring 350 people or more.  If you are interested in any of these possibilities, you will want to look for more information on the corporate website.

13 Companies Hiring This Year

This article from CNN and CareerBuilder details 13 companies that should be aggressively hiring this year: 7-Eleven, Banfield, Farmers Insurance, Gentiva Health Services, HealthMarkets, ITT Corporation, M.A.R.S. International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, ServiceMaster, State Farm, Sutter Health, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, and URS Corporation.

To find out more about what each company will be looking for, read the article.  To learn more about the companies themselves (and their locations!) check out the ReferenceUSA database on the library web (choose the Database Titles A to Z tab).

Community Foundation Scholarships

Every year, the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis manages the application process for 10 of the 44 scholarship funds they administer.   This year, Memphis area students can access the scholarship guide AND the application on the Community Foundation’s website. 

Deadline is April 1, 2009.

Census Jobs

The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting temporary part-time census takers for the 2010 Census. Click here to find out more information and to apply.

After applying click here for a sample test.