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The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell in November for the second straight month, adding to evidence that the state’s economy has begun a recovery and the struggling job market is nearing a bottom, analysts said. The Massachusetts job market showed signs of stabilizing last month, even as the state’s unemployment rate jumped above 9 percent to match the peak rate during the recession of the 1990s, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported yesterday. To read the full story, please click here.
College graduates expected to graduate over the next few weeks are finding themselves back at home as they struggle to find jobs in the already-crowded job market. King & Bishop's Marilyn Santiesteban is featured (1:45).
Help wanted: pharmacists, engineers and nurses. Believe it or not, even some banks are hiring, at least for their technology teams. We've all heard about the layoffs, but some Massachusetts companies, like Constant Contact, are still hiring. By day, Alex Metricarti works full-time as a college administrator. At night, she's a busy mom trying to keep her family on track and a real estate agent. |
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About King & Bishop |
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King & Bishop specializes in the development and implementation of Professional Staffing and Human Resources Consulting services. Since our incorporation over 25 years ago, we have become one of the fastest growing and largest Human Resource Consulting and Staffing firms in the Northeast, serving over 500 New England based clients and supporting their Human Capital needs on a national and global basis. We have worked with businesses of all sizes, including start-ups, regional, national, and multinational companies meeting needs generated by growth, merger, acquisition, restructuring and downsizing issues. If you are an organization looking to succeed through talent acquistion and development, or a job seeker looking for for new and differient opportunites, we welcome you to King & Bishop. Our Human Resources practice focuses on contract, and in some cases, contract-to-direct placement. Through our Staffing Services, we provide outsourced development and acquistion programs for a variety of skills sets including Sales & Marketing, Accounting & Finance, Professional Services & Support, Engineering and Materials & Manufacturing. Our Career Transiton Support programs provide a valued-add benefit for employers facing workforce restructuring while providing the impacted employees with the leverage of a professionally developed campaign that helps elevate their approach to the ever changing employment market. |
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SBANE Cutting Edge Series
Technology Game Changers Technology is the heart and soul of the Massachusetts economy, whether in defense, life sciences, energy, or software industries... Wednesday, March, 31, 2010 (8am-10am) Read more
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