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31 Percent of Employers Plan to Hire Executives–But Where’s the Diversity?

Amy Chulik — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:43:55 +0000

Things are looking up for experienced talent. That’s right — the hiring landscape for executives is improving along with the rest of the labor market, according to a new survey from CareerBuilder and HeadHunter.com (a recruitment site dedicated to connecting employers with management and executive-level talent) of more than 2,000 hiring manager and HR professionals. Continue reading

User Experience Engineer

parallel — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:32:04 +0000

Location: San Mateo, 94401 (650) Also in: Mountain View, CA 94043 (650) We need a Senior User Experience (UE) Engineer [...]

Is Traditional Retirement Disappearing? How Older Workers Are Redefining Their Careers

Amy Chulik — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:07:07 +0000

“Hey, remember when retiring was a ‘thing’? Those were the days.” While hearing that phrase might sound odd now, the fading out of traditional retirement not be so far off the mark: Fifty-seven percent of workers ages 60 and older said in a new Harris Interactive© study they would look for a new job after retiring from their current company–a sign that these days, retirement doesn’t necessarily mean the end of someone’s career. Continue reading

.NET Engineer – New York City

parallel — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:07:57 +0000

Job duties & responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Develop and maintain web based applications using HTML, Javascript, CSS, [...]

Helicopter Parents: Are They Chopping Their Children’s Careers Short?

Amy Chulik — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:09:27 +0000

You know them (or you may even be one yourself): The parents who “pop in” at company brainstorming meetings, or call the Dean of Students at her house just as she’s digging into her mashed potatoes, or hand-deliver their son or daughter’s resume to the hiring manager, singing-telegram style. Continue reading

Help Desk / Technical Analysts

parallel — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:57:20 +0000

Parallel HR Solutions is looking to secure several Help Desk and Technical Support Analysts to provide world class technical support [...]

Seeking a Network Support Engineer

parallel — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:59:19 +0000

A Global information, communications and technology company is currently seeking an experienced Network Support Engineer for our Utah-based support division. [...]

Gen Y on Facebook: Where Work and Personal Habits Collide

Amy Chulik — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:18:05 +0000

As we’ve talked about before, many members of Generation Y look at work a little bit differently than other generations. ”I love my job, but I love my life more” is something you might hear Gen Yers say. Although members of Gen Y (the generational group comprised of those 18 to 29 years of age) have no problem with working hard, as a general rule, their job will never be the whole of their identity. Continue reading

Managing the Older Worker — Why It’s More Vital Now than Ever

Amy Chulik — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:17:48 +0000

"Ask your neighbor what they do," said Peter Cappelli to the room full of us in the Managing the Older Worker session at 2011's SHRM conference. Most people in the room complied. "Then," he continued, "ask them how old they are." People laughed nervously; no one moved. That was how Cappelli, the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and co-author of Managing the Older Worker: How to Prepare for the New Organizational Order, started his discussion on older workers -- and as he went on, he explained the current surge in older workers we're seeing, shared his thoughts on ways in which older workers are better hires than their younger counterparts, discussed how employers can best engage the older generation, and more. Why the big workplace shift? The workforce is getting older -- and it's causing a lot of age-related changes in the workplace that many companies are ill-equipped to deal with. Why? Well, first of all, said Cappelli, we’re living longer -- babies born in 2010 will live 10 years longer than those born in 1950. If your parents are 65, he added, there is a 50 percent chance that at least one of them will live to the age of 90. Second of all, we're also living healthier, and the percentage of older workers who need to work (to support living longer) is growing. And even they don't have to work, many older people are healthy and want to keep busy; 84 percent say they would work even if they were set for life -- not to work for the money, but to stay active. As more people are increasingly working full-time and baby boomers are getting older, the workforce is also getting older. Basically, Cappelli said, longer life, baby boomers, and people working longer are the three main factors driving an older workforce. What do older workers want?

Why Gen Y? Plugging Into a Generational Powerhouse at SHRM 2011

Amy Chulik — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:00:34 +0000

“What words come to mind when I say “Gen Y”? Aaron Kesher asked the many SHRM 2011 attendees packed into the room. “Entitled!” shouted one person. “Job hoppers,” chimed in another. Soon, many in the room (many of them non-Gen Yers, with some Gen Y members sprinkled in) were shouting things like “smart,” “resume [...]