The Cleveland Jewish News is seeking summer interns for 2009. They are accepting students who have completed at least their first year of college by June of this year. This internship offers students an opportunity to write feature stories and community news while getting paid for their efforts. Since many internships in journalism tend to have early deadlines to apply (October/November), the February 27th deadline is also an attractive feature and makes it still possible for those students who are living in Ohio or willing to temporarily relocate to still be able to apply for a summer internship in journalism.

The first step in applying for this position involves writing a cover letter describing your qualifications and why you feel you'd make a good intern. Also, CJN is interested in seeing any stories you have previously published. This is an excellent opportunity for underclassmen to develop their writing talents and gain valuable experience in the field.
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Article by, Penny Loretto, a career counselor at a small liberal arts college in upstate New York, has her own private career counseling practice, Career Choice, and is About.com's Guide to Internships.

Posted by Candice Arnold on January 26, 2009 at 5:53 AM | Leave a Comment (0)

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley unveiled his 2010 budget today, which included the removal of 700 jobs for Maryland state employees. I don't think it has been entirely disclosed yet which jobs are going to be cut - or if some of the cuts may involve jobs that were scheduled to be created and have now been scrapped. All of that information is certainly available through the proper channels, but I don't have it at the moment.

What I think is interesting are the comments that I've seen in a couple places already, referencing the fact that people take less pay to work in government jobs in exchange for the job security. So when government jobs are cut - we're to believe - it's even worse than when people in the private sector lose their jobs. The rationale seems to be that the private sector employees chose their higher wages AND less job security over working for the government for less money and greater job security.

I have a problem with this line of thinking because it seems to discount the fact that government workers are paid very well in most instances and that their workload is typically significantly less than their counter-parts doing comparable jobs in the private sector. My point is that we are comparing apples and oranges here. The same type of people working in government jobs as their career are not the same people that are scrambling up the corporate ladder in the private sector. That is not to say one is any better or worse than the other - but they are definitely different.

Government workers probably understand a bit better than politicians do that their jobs are subject to the same type of fluctuations that affect the private sector. When the economy is strong, jobs are safe. When it's not, jobs are in danger of being cut. It's pretty simple, but listening to our local politicians makes it sound much more complicated and dire than it actually is.

Article by, Mick and courtesy of Insourced blog

Posted by Candice Arnold on January 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM | Leave a Comment (0)

As we all know the UK recruitment market is going through its toughest times at the moment, with the countless job losses. So when we here of the 100 job losses by Google which may seem insignificant, what we do not know is how many jobs have been lost with Google cutting back on out sourced work, a figure which I am sure will be much more significant!

Still I digress just a little, but wherever there is a down turn there are always industries growing, which any smart recruiter can take advantage of. So with a recent press release from Monster jobs in amongst all this negativity, they have given us some clues to which markets are seeing a growth.

In contrast, hiring of education workers rose, partly due to demand for training from unemployed workers. Modest increases were also noted in the legal; and R&D sector. you can read the full press release here

Also within markets, companies will be doing well. You only have to read this recent article on Aldi , who have just increased their graduate hires by 50%, a stark contrast to Marks and Spencer. Also with more grads fighting for less vacancies, some clients I think could use our help Aldi in fact was one of those companies mentioned by the BBC Gold in the Gloom I gave it a mention back in July, so clues are out there.

So if your market is struggling the question is, what are you doing to survive 2009?

Article by Stephen Fowler and courtesy of Recruitment Views blog.

Posted by Candice Arnold on January 19, 2009 at 7:39 AM | Leave a Comment (0)