Job alert - - The issues

The issues
Grand Rapids Press - JOBS Baxter: Voted against minimum-wage increase; cut taxes, government regulation and spending to spur business investment; supports the $2 billion 21st Century Jobs Fund Griffin: Gradually increase minimum wage; create a good-paying jobs tax credit

Migrants sending record amount of funds back to Latin America
Philadelphia Enquirer - Many Latin American nations are unable to create attractive jobs to keep their young populations from leaving. Most interview subjects said they were either unemployed or made very little money in their home nations and that they quickly found jobs

Joslin Rowe Reports that Professional Poles Help Fill UK Financial
PRWeb - As the skill shortage grows across UK accountancy and financial jobs new research from accountancy and financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe shows how the number of Polish accountants registering for work has risen sixfold since 2003. (PRWEB

Take these jobs and shove 'em: In sports world, the list is long
San Francisco Gate - The bull(bleep) job is all the rage, a hot new concept. Stanley Bing wrote a bestseller, "100 Bull(bleep) Jobs and How To Get Them." Sample of BS jobs: Wal-Mart greeter, first-base coach, aromatherapist, feng shui consultant, elevator operator, wine

Candidates discuss schools, state s lack of jobs
Arlington Heights Daily Herald - Voters in the 45th House district will choose between two political newcomers to represent the district, which includes all or part of Addison, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Glendale Heights, Itasca, Roselle, Wheaton and Winfield. Democrat Rob

Millions for land; no new jobs for city %%bodybegin%%
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Todd Davis rolled into the poorest ward in Cleveland with a seductive vision: Take 25 acres of desolate, weed-strewn land stewing in a chemical brew for more than 100 years and resurrect it as a gleaming, job-producing business campus. Seven years

Girls investigate career options: Female professionals teach about
TMCnet - (Spokesman-Review, The (Spokane, WA) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Oct. 22--On TV, women who play crime scene investigators dress like they're on a date. But when four from the Washington State Patrol discussed their jobs Saturday to a group of

Alitalia to sell assets, cut 1,300 jobs before Air France-KLM link-up
Forbes - MILAN (AFX) - Alitalia SpA CEO Giancarlo Cimoli is working on a plan to sell assets and cut a further 1,300 jobs ahead of a link-up with Air France-KLM, Corriere della Sera newspaper reported yesterday, without citing its sources. On Friday, Air

Three vie for commissioners post
Marion Star - MARION - Creating jobs and improving transportation and traffic safety are the most important issues facing Marion County, three candidates running for county commissioner in the Nov. 7 election agree. Current commissioner Dave Columber is seeking