There’s a new threat to personal privacy online. In the name of corporate compliance, tools are emerging that let companies monitor and manage social networking posts, including user account profiles. Including LinkedIn.
Last week, Distributed Marketing published a report that might worry anyone who uses LinkedIn as a way to network and job search within their industry. Specifically, they reported on a press release from compliance vendor Actiance, which announced social media monitoring software. S
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Arlington, Virginia-based Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems recently announced that it plans to construct a new engineering center in Charlotte, North Carolina, bringing 135 new engineering positions to the area.
The new engineering jobs are expected to be added over the next five years as the company plans to invest $4.1 million in Charlotte. The Charlotte Engineering Center will reportedly be designed to further the company’s business in the new nuclear power plants market in the U.S., according to a release from the firm.
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Attendance at the Oscar awards ceremony might be out of reach for most accounting professionals (unless you’re on the ballot team at PwC), but that didn’t stop the members of the Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM) from putting on the Ritz at the Chicago Fairmont Hotel where they celebrated Thursday night with their Gala awards ceremony. The annual dinner event was followed by the Marketing Achievement Awards ceremony. Committee Co-Chair Sally Glick emceed the ceremony. T Readm Full Article…
Its not to late to snag a job for the summer many companies are still hiring. The bulk of summer jobs available are outside (think jobs at dude ranches, working as a scuba diver, or finding a cruise ship job, for example). If working in the sun doesnt sound appealing to you, however, there are also indoor jobs available to temporary workers. You probably have already explored retail job openings, but there are some more interesting options as well if you want a cool job. Lets take a look a a few cool indoor summer jobs you can consider:
Museums typically hire temporary workers for the summer, since increased tourist numbers of children looking for things to do during the summer mean that there are more visitors than usual.
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Jack Peckett, Maj. US Army (dec.)
I went through Army ROTC Basic Training back when the Soviet Union was our only threat. It was at Fort Knox, Ky,. In August. It taught me a few things. Some obvious — don’t run up and down hills in Kentucky in August. Some not so obvious — machine guns are fun. And three that I’ve used ever since.
Basic training is the same for officers and enlisted men and with good reason. It gives everyone a common experience and vocabulary. Kind of like companies where everyone has to do one job (sales, assembly line, etc.) before they take on the job they were hired for.
After Basic you get more specialized training. There i
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