Taste Testing the Job Market (The San Francisco Examiner)
The age old paradox of employment goes a little like this: employers want to hire people with experience, yet how does a person with no experience actually gain some so they can get a job? Answer: Use a temporary staffing company as a way into the job market. In fact, this week is National Staffing Employee week, and it is a good time to highlight the this subsection of the employment industry....more...Taste Testing the Job Market (The San Francisco Examiner)
SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - The age old paradox of employment goes a little like this: employers want to hire people with experience, yet how does a person with no experience actually gain some so they can get a job? Answer: Use a temporary staffing company as a way into the job market....more... 'ONE SHOT' SCOTTY - PICTURE-TAKING PROWESS EARNED PHOTOGRAPHER UNIQUE NICKNAME (La Grande Observer)
Bette Scott Stewart's friends call her "Scotty." But 50 years ago in another chapter of her life, she earned the name "One Shot" because she never needed more than one camera shot to produce a prized photo....more... Economy: The big blurry picture (Canadian Business)
What did Wall Street think about the U.S. mortgage crisis in July? ?Subprime market challenges are and will continue to be reasonably contained,? insisted Christopher O?Meara, chief financial officer at Lehman Brothers. Goldman Sachs finance head David Viniar agreed....more... Vision by Design provides a finished picture before work even begins (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)
Designing and re-designing a home can be frustrating, because even though people visualize what the finished product is going to look like, it's never really set in stone, until the job is finished - leaving people wondering, what is the new design really going to look like?...more... The War Over the War (Washington Post)
Join Washington Post military reporter Thomas E. Ricks on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at noon ET to discuss the debate in Washington among government, military and intelligence officials over what course to follow in Iraq....more... Cyber mission here, but picture still is out of focus (The Shreveport Times)
Until Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne flat-out says where Air Force Cyber Command will be based, Barksdale Air Force Base is just one of several suitors seeking the hand of the service's next star. But the mission is here, and many feel the local base has an edge....more... Crasnick: There's more to Piniella than meets the eye (ESPN)
Manager Lou Piniella is ascending to higher ground as the Cubs try to outlast Milwaukee in the quest for their first postseason appearance since 2003....more... Kansas City Wizards Weekly Update (OurSports Central)
The Kansas City Wizards (10-9-6, 36 pts) travel to face red-hot Chivas USA (13-6-5, 44 pts) Saturday at 9:30 p.m. CT on Metro Sports in a match-up of two teams currently within the 2007 MLS Cup playoff picture....more... |