Job Tip: JasmineSola is hiring for 12 stores…

What do women want?

Luciano Manganella, the owner of the trendy Boston women’s boutique JasmineSola, has a pretty good idea. And now after 34 years in business, he’s plotting a major expansion. The eight-unit chain has plans to open 12 stores in the next 18 months in New England. Manganella also is in talks with former Saks Fifth Avenue chairman and chief executive Philip Miller at Tri-Artisan Partners, a New York merchant bank, to explore a venture capital deal to allow JasmineSola to open another 50 stores nationwide in five years. READ: Fashioning a new strategy

FAA says, “I need to hire 12,500 people.”

The Federal Aviation Administration plans a hiring spree to replace the thousands of air traffic controllers expected to retire in the next eight years. FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said Tuesday the agency plans to add 1,500 controllers in 2006 and continue hiring each year for a total of 12,500 controllers over 10 years. READ: FAA to hire thousands of air traffic controllers

Teenagers really don’t know everything…

“Most high school graduates lack the qualifications necessary for college and work because their states don’t require them to learn the skills employers and college officials say are important, according to a national report.

Because of poor English and math skills, these students often find themselves having to take review classes in college, decreasing their chances of earning a degree. Others end up stuck in low-paying jobs.”

READ: Report says grads ill-prepared for jobs:

100 days of guaranteed work… A good idea?

Happening in India

“It is hard to think of a more far-reaching piece of legislation than that approved by the Cabinet on the right to employment. It can do a lot of good, but has the potential to do a lot of harm as well.

A law that mandates 100 days of employment for one member of every poor family in the rural areas (and there are 40 million such families) will cost the country Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) annually — or 1 per cent of what GDP would have become by the time the programme gathers momentum in three to five years.

The wage will be the legally prescribed minimum wage, with the states free to pay more if they so wish.” READ: Guaranteeing jobs: A good idea?:

All aboard the jobs express…

While the employment outlook remains uncertain in the Lehigh Valley for 2005, one company that is hiring and will be hiring for several years to come is Norfolk Southern Corp.

The Norfolk, Va., railroad company is hiring 30 to 40 people at its Allentown operation, where it already employs 300 to 400 people. The company is looking to hire conductor trainees who could eventually become locomotive engineers.

READ: New jobs open in an old industry

Sometimes there are jobs in junk mail…

HELEN Sara is the queen of junk mail. She is responsible for distributing about 20,000 unsolicited pamphlets to homes each week. The mother-of-four has defended her business in the face of growing community opposition to junk mail.

A survey by The Daily Telegraph revealed that in the lead-up to Christmas there had been a big increase in junk mail, with some residents inundated with 67 pieces of material in just one week.

Outside Mrs Sara’s home at Willoughby, piles of junk mail from businesses such as Coles, Kmart, and Power House are routinely stacked

Its about time!!!

U.S. employers plan to ring in the new year with strong hiring activity, according to the seasonally adjusted results of the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, conducted quarterly by Manpower Inc. READ: Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Finds That U.S. Hiring is Set to Rise in the New Year

Men want secretaries, not female bosses

A study carried out at the University of Michigan and published in the current issue of ‘Evolution and Human Behaviour’ has revealed that men are more likely to want to marry women who are their assistants at work rather than their colleagues or bosses. Check out: I Love You Too (dot) Net: Men want secretaries, not female bosses

Information overload for jobseekers…

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has developed an Employment Resource Referral Directory that lists governmental and non-governmental not-for-profit organizations as references to assist hiring of qualified applicants by contractors. These resources are listed by state in alphabetical order for ease of reference.

Here are links to LARGE PDF downloads:

Mid-Atlantic Region:

http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/ERRD/errd_mdatl.pdf

Midwest Region

http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/ERRD/errd_mw.pdf

Northeast Region

http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/ERRD/errd_ne.pdf

Pacific Region

http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/ERRD/errd_pac.pdf

Southeast Region

http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/ERRD/errd_se.pdf

Southwest Region

http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/ERRD/errd_sw.pdf

WARNING: Information overload!

Papa’s got a brand new blog…

If Jobseeker’s Revenge was not enough, I now publish I Love You Too (dot) Net. Its a blog on love, sex, dating and marriage. Of course, with bits of humor tossed in. Let me know what you think?