Saturday

CareerToolChest.com partners with Simply Hired.

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CareerToolChest.com partners with Simply Hired. A benefit for Employers as well as Job Seekers.

New offering gives employers a cost effective method to access a highly targeted audience and job seekers new tools and resources to find their dream job.

MIAMI, FL – October 13, 2008 – CareerToolChest.com today announced the launch of their job site (http://careertoolchest.jobamatic.com) which will allow employers to promote their open positions in a cost affective manner to CareerToolChest.com readers. In addition job seekers will benefit by being able to view employment postings from more than 30,000 cities across the United States.

“We have developed a well-informed, highly-targeted audience. Now, you can promote jobs at your company to our readers through our partnership with Simply Hired” stated W.I. Leiva, Founder and C.E.O of CareerToolChest.com. Employer jobs will not only be posted on CareerToolChest.com but also across the entire Simply Hired jobs network, which includes sites like MySpace jobs, LinkedIn, MyWay and of course, Simply Hired.

Using Job-a-matic’s four step process, the task to post a job is made easy. The cost to employers for this service is $25.00 for a single 30 day-posting, making this site one of the most cost effective job posting web pages on the net and maximizing a company’s recruitment return on investment (RROI). There is no cost to the job searchers to view the entries.

About CareerToolChest.com

CareerToolChest.com is a new entrant into the World Wide Web that has attracted much interest. This site provides a wealth of easy to understand and straight forward employment information and career tools. The company is privately held and is based in Miami, Florida.

About Simply Hired

With more than 5 million job listings and counting, Simply Hired is the world's largest search engine for jobs and a unique cost effective recruitment advertising network for employers and recruiters. Simply Hired has been lauded as one of the "50 Coolest Websites" by Time Magazine and declared "Best of the Web" by Business Week. Simply Hired has raised $17.7M in funding from News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media, Foundation Capital, Garage Technology Ventures and individual investors. The company is also privately held and is based in Mountain View, California.

Friday

New Feature - Career Spotlight

Introducing a new feature on CareerToolChest.com! Career Spotlight - each month we will highlight a new career and provid with a realistic job outlook, education and training requirement as well as local employment opportunities in the featured field. This month's focus is NURSING. Just follow the link and view the page.

Wednesday

PayScale Partners with Yahoo HotJobs

PayScale, Inc. today announced a new partnership with Yahoo! The benefit of this union is that it will allow Yahoo Hot Job users to use PayScale's real-time salary tools. The new relationship makes the PayScale real-time salary calculator, cost-of-living calculator, dynamic salary charts and GigZig* available to all HotJobs visitors! This appears to be another great resource to place into your CareerToolChest!

*GigZig is an online search application that allows individuals to explore possible career paths -- and what each job in that path typically pays today. Apply for a job now at Yahoo! HotJobs

Saturday

Resumes & Cover Letters

The Resumes & Cover Letter pages of CareerToolChest.com have just been updated! You may also want to review the Career Tools section, which outlines ways to find information about any occupation.

Jobless rate at 5 year high!

Jobless rate at 5-year high

Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:26pm EDT

By Glenn Somerville

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote that the economy was near recession.

*Read this complete article as well as others relating to employment news at CareerToolChest.com

CareerToolChest.com Store

***NEW****CareerToolChest.com has just launched and on-line store !
Please view CareerToolChest.com Store for books, men & women apparel, computers & office supplies.

Wednesday

Introducing CareerToolChest.com

This is the first blog entry for this new project. CareerToolChest.com is a new website that is currently under construction. The mission of this site is for it to be a resource for seasoned as well as new entrants into the competitive job market. We will provide on this site many Career Tools such as:
  • how to select a career field
  • how to find a new job
  • interviewing techniques
  • links to popular employment websites
  • news regarding HR, employment and jobs
  • tips on resume and cover letter writing
  • even a FREE RESUME BUILDER.

Please visit www.careertoolchest.com often. Please provide in the blog improvement suggestions and please share your career or workplace stories both challenges and successes. Also we would love to listen to your career concerns and advice.