Environmentally-friendly construction product maker GreenTech Manufacturing plans to locate a new facility in Douglas, Gerogia, which will create 320 jobs and invest more than $20 million in a manufacturing and distribution facility.

“In Georgia, we work hard to support innovative companies such as GreenTech Manufacturing,” said Governor Sonny Perdue. “As the world focuses on green technologies and cleaner manufacturing processes, GreenTech Manufacturing is a perfect fit for our state.”

GreenTech Manufacturing has contracted a 103,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center located on nine acres in Douglas’s Southwest Industrial Park. GreenTech is wholly owned by Gulf Coast Arms, a nonprofit trust incorporated in Texas, whose mission is to foster sustainability and affordability solutions across the country and abroad.

GreenTech uses the innovative Powder Impression Molding (PIM) system to produce stronger-than-steel, lightweight construction products using up to 95 percent recycled materials from single-stream solid waste sources. The result is an environmentally sustainable, efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional construction products such as metal, wood, concrete and fiberglass.

To grow roots in the local community, GreenTech will offer high-quality and high-paying administrative, technical and operational jobs that include high-tech job training and significant employee benefits. The company is working with Quick Start, East Central Technical College, the Georgia Department of Labor and Georgia Tech’s FaciliTech Team to create and implement customized workforce training. Job search and placement is expected to begin immediately.

“This is a great day for Coffee County,” said JoAnne Lewis, executive director of the Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce. “GreenTech will become one of the city’s highest employed businesses. The company’s official announcement helps us celebrate the 50th anniversary of economic development in Douglas. Businesses like GreenTech will help us carry on our tradition of economic success and progress.”

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All About Careers, LLC (AAC), a comprehensive resource for job hunters, with a specialty in successfully working with sales professionals is now offering sales job search strategies and resume development services.

According to Laurie Kahn, co-founder of AAC and founder and president of Media Staffing Network, sales professionals may be skilled at selling products and services, but often have difficulty trying to "sell" themselves. Kahn has been successfully been working with media sales candidates since 1993 and applies her expertise to help others find jobs in today's struggling economy.

Having worked with media sales professionals for more than 18 years, Kahn and her team of coaches have a strong sense what hiring managers are seeking in sales candidates and how that information should be presented.

"Sales resumes are a specialized area and require different formats and information than other professions," says Kahn. "Many traditional recruiters or outplacement professionals aren't experiences in creating sales-focused resumes. It is imperative, especially in today's economy, that sales professionals effectively showcase the skills that will get them hired, as well as contacts and key successes that make them stand out from the pool of candidates," adds Kahn.

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When conducting a job search many members of Generation Y have different concerns than their predecessors. Right now, one of the biggest issues that has caught the interest of the younger portion of the working world is eco-friendliness. According to Earth911.com there are many things a job seeker can do to turn their job search green.

The presence of paperless job search options has helped this effort a lot. With websites geared toward finding employment opportunities, those who are concerned with mother earth now have the ability to find work without sacrificing their stance on the issue. In the same vein, Internet networking can also help. Contacting people you know through social networking sites, uploading resumes and corresponding via e-mail can all help to find work without hurting the environment.

Earth911.com writer Trey Granger also said that those are worried about the carbon emissions put out by cars during all the driving going to job interviews take have several options. For starters, the individual can plan to attend to several different interviews in one area in the same day. This will cut down on some of the emissions give off by their vehicle. Another thing the econ-conscious can do is take public transportation to their job interviews. This makes an even bigger difference to the environment than the first option does.

Those who are in a field that causes them to receive a lot of business cards should also consider recycling these after they have put the information in their phones or online contact information. Another good idea is to only use recycled products if a paper resume is requested. Individuals who are particularly concerned with the health of the globe should consider looking for an actual green job. Since many areas are looking into increasing the number of positions in things like renewable energy to stimulate the economy, there may soon be many more of these jobs available.

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FinancialServicesCrossing, an affiliate of EmploymentCrossing, is fighting against the downsizing market, adding more than 7,000-plus financial services jobs to its job search database this week. The financial services job site is doubling its efforts to counter the impact of the recession on the US job market. FinancialServicesCrossing scours over 8,000 job boards and 250,000 employer websites to find jobs for financial services professionals. It seeks to find and list every financial services job in the US, to relieve unemployed finance professionals from their troubles.

"The wave of economic turbulence has taken out thousands of jobs from various industries. The credit crisis has engulfed the banking industry. However, the company has been relentlessly finding financial services jobs from every possible source and adding them to their databases to support the efforts of thousands of job seekers," says A. Harrison Barnes, the CEO of FinancialServicesCrossing.

In a shocking report recently, Bank of America stated that it could end up slashing 30,000 jobs as it moves to absorb Merrill Lynch, which it acquired in September this year, in a $50 billion all-stock deal. JPMorgan Chase & Co. of New York announced that it is firing 9,200 employees of Washington Mutual Inc. of Seattle. In November, Citigroup Inc. announced that it is laying off 53,000 employees as it aims to cut costs and return to profitability. Earlier this year, Wachovia Corp. was forced to give pink slips to about 10,700 employees after incurring huge mortgage losses amounting to $8.86 billion.

On the credit crisis front, the latest news is of Credit Suisse which is said to be cutting 650 jobs, equivalent to about 3% of its investment banking workforce. An analyst at The Oppenheimer & Co., Meredith Whitney, says that the financial industry, especially Bank of America, Citigroup, and JP Morgan Chase may cut as much as $2 trillion in credit card account lines over the next 18 months. She says that the action is expected to be taken in order to reduce risk of damage from increasing delinquencies and defaults.

"Credit deterioration and the number of bad loans were worse than expected," says Barnes. "But not everything is over yet. FinancialServicesCrossing is showing that if efforts are put in the right direction, a recovery is possible. Banks and financial organizations will have to find alternative ways to weather the American economic storm, rather than putting people out of work."

FinancialServicesCrossing has a comprehensive number of financial services job listings in its database which are constantly added and updated by hundreds of highly trained research analysts. FinancialServicesCrossing weeds out spam and jobs outside one's niche allowing the job seeker to search jobs efficiently and specifically.

The top job titles which are highly searched on FinancialServicesCrossing are:

• Financial analyst jobs
• Banking manager jobs
• Bank teller jobs
• Financial accounting jobs
• Associate jobs

Barnes adds, "FinancialServicesCrossing has about 43,000-plus financial jobs for the job seeker's perusal. To have these many jobs related to the financial sector in the database is a commendable achievement by any standards, especially in this recession."

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According to job search giant CareerBuilder.com, finding a new job after leaving the military isn’t easy for one out of every five veterans. The website recently conducted a survey and found that 17 percent of those leaving active duty service had to spend more than six months looking for work.

In order to figure out how the job market is for veterans, CareerBuilder asked more than 750 U.S prior military members between August 21st and September 9th of this year. The survey found that the biggest problem that nearly one-fifth of veterans face is the fact that civilian employers have no idea how military skills can transfer into their work setting.

Another problem that military members face when leaving their branch of service is that many of them do not possess a degree. Other issues they struggle with include inexperience with the process of interviewing for a civilian job and a lack of positions in their area.

Despite these problems, almost 20 percent of the employers polled said that they will be actively recruiting veterans at some point during the next 12 months. Organizations that participated reported that there are many important skills that prior service members bring to the civilian work place. The most enticing of these included the ability to be part of a team (74 percent), disciplined approach to work (73 percent), leadership skills (66 percent), respect and integrity (64 percent and the ability to preform under pressure (62 percent)

"Employers value the diverse skill set that veterans can bring to their workforce and how these workers can have a positive impact on their bottom lines," said CareerBuilder’s Vice President of Human Resources Rosemary Haefner in a recent statement. "In fact, 20 percent of employers said that they will be actively recruiting veterans over the next 12 months to fill specific roles in fields such as IT, sales, management and engineering."

Haefner went on to give veterans several tips when looking for a new job. For starters, she said that it is important to make employers understand how skills are transferable. Prior Service members should frame their resumes in a way that a civilian employer can understand. Online translators exist to assist with this problem.

She also said that it is important that veterans quantify their experience. This means that it is important to elaborate on their duties while is service so that the employer understands exactly what the individual did. Veterans should never assume that the hiring manager has any understanding of military work.

In addition to this, Haefner said that it is important that prior service members don’t limit their options. Many of these individuals only look for employment in industries such as law enforcement or military contracting, but many skill can be transferred into a variety of other fields. This alone can help to reduce the amount of time it takes to find a job.

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According to Claymore Partners, an executive search firm specializing in senior level searches in the financial services and consulting arenas, the impact of the "credit crisis" is being felt strongly by executives. The company recently performed a 2009 Talent Market survey with over 200 financial services and consulting executive responses.

As a result of this market turmoil, over 76% of executives are seeking or are open to new jobs outside of their current organization. About one third of these executives are seeking new opportunities outside of their industry for 2009 as prospects in the financial services arena are dim. Only 24% of executives are focused on staying with their current employer.

"Financial service firms need to work hard on retaining their top talent and use this time period opportunistically to add top executives that are now more open to new, more stable situations," according to Mr. Landberg, Managing Director of Claymore Partners.

Over one third of financial services executives fear that the "credit crisis" could result in losing their own job in 2009. Another thirty percent indicated that the "credit crisis" will result in significant downsizing in their own organization next year as the impact of the "credit crisis" is anticipated to last until mid year or year end 2009.

Interestingly, most executives did not think that Mr. Obama's recent Presidential election will have a significant positive or negative impact on their employment outlook for 2009.

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The U.S. Department of Labor announced a $3,877,672 grant to assist approximately 386 workers affected by layoffs in the Wilmington Air Park area in Wilmington, Ohio. The layoffs occurred at DHL Express, ABX Air Inc. and ACS Business Process Solutions.

"This $3.9 million grant will provide re-employment services including career counseling, education and skills training to help these Ohio workers in their job search," said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao.

The grant, awarded to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, will provide workers with the full array of dislocated worker services that may include skills assessment, individual career counseling, education and occupational skills training. Training will be offered through Individual Training Accounts to help affected workers secure new jobs.

On May 28, Deutsche Post World Net, the German parent company of DHL Express, announced downsizing at rural locations across the United States, including Wilmington Air Park. Layoffs affecting workers at ABX Air Inc. were announced in August and September. On Sept. 11, ACS Business Process Solutions announced layoffs.

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The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a $527,465 grant to assist workers affected by layoffs at Katahdin Paper Co. in Millinocket, Maine.

"While the mill's future is being worked out, today's grant will provide eligible workers with a fallback of intensive training for new occupations as well as supportive services for smoothing re-employment transitions," said Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Brent R. Orrell.

This grant, awarded to the Maine Department of Labor, will provide all affected workers with access to the full array of dislocated worker services. TAA-eligible workers will have access to services not covered under the TAA program, including skills assessment, counseling, case management, job search assistance, job placement and follow-up.

On May 28, Katahdin Paper Co. issued a public notice announcing the closure of its Millinocket paper manufacturing plant. The mill shut down Sept. 2, and layoffs began shortly afterward.

The grant will be operated by the Eastern Maine Development Corp. The Katahdin Community Transition Team, formed in June 2008, has developed training strategies that will be implemented for workers seeking to take advantage of them.

National Emergency Grants are part of the secretary of labor's discretionary fund and are awarded based on a state's ability to meet specific guidelines. For more information, visit www.doleta.gov/NEG.

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Job search site Simply Hired recently launched its new page geared toward Canadian users. The site is expected to include over 150,000 job announcements gathered from a variety of job boards, content-based websites, newspapers, job organizations and company career pages throughout the country. Currently this job search site has over seven million job announcements listed for locations all over the world.

“The launch of the Canada website is an integral part of Simply Hired’s effort to expand our mission in building the largest worldwide job search engine.” said the site’s co-founder and CEO Gautam Godhwani in a recent press release. “We want to continue making the job search process a positive experience globally and leverage the successful business model we have built in the U.S.”

Unlike many career sites where employers must sign up to have their job posted, Simply Hired pulls listings from the web and gives users the ability to access the all in one place. Since many businesses only list their openings on one or two sites, this can significantly decrease the amount of time a job seeker spends trying to find positions on the Internet. Users only have to enter a keyword and a location in the provided search field and Simply Hired yields results the job seeker would not be able to access unless they used multiple sites.

In addition to being a time saver, SimplyHired.ca also has several features that make finding a job easier. Users can filter their results by location, job type, education and experience. An advanced search option is also available that allows job seekers to weed out positions that don’t match their specific criteria. Preferences can also be set so that a search only returns jobs that were added after the last checked the website.

“Simply Hired not only wants to provide consumers with a tool to simplify their job search, but can benefit employers and publishers as well,” said Sachin Shah, who is the company’s Director of Product Management. “As we expand globally, we intend to create solutions that will continue to benefit the whole Internet recruitment industry.”

Aside from maintaining their own network of job sites, Simply Hired also powers the job channel for MySpace UK and supplements LinkedIn’s job board with positions from a variety of different countries.

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Buffalo has statistically fallen at the bottom of the national rankings for job growth for many years, but not any more. Not only has the city created more New York jobs than a good portion of the larger metro areas in the state; it has also out performed 15 major Florida metros in creation of new jobs last year. In the past, Florida job growth has caused many of the state’s cities to make it to the to top of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ list of best area’s for employment.

Over the last year, Florida has been relatively hard by the nationwide real estate crisis. With fewer individuals finding themselves able to purchase new properties and bank foreclosures at a record high, real estate values are falling. This has taken its toll on Florida job growth, making it harder for the state to compete for having a better employment situation.

Buffalo, which consists of Erie and Niagara counties, was responsible for the creation of approximately 2,500 New York jobs from January 2007 to January 2008. This increase in employment helped the city take the 101st spot on the list of 310 U.S. metros with the best raw job growth.

Also helping New York job growth make the list was the worsening conditions that have hampered Florida job growth. Overall, eight Florida metros lost jobs last year and another seven were unable to create more new employment opportunities than Buffalo managed. Suffering the most Florida jobs lost were the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, which lost 11,700 jobs, Bradenton-Sarasota, which saw a decrease of 11,100 jobs, and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, which was down 10,800 jobs.

Topping the list for the greatest increase in available jobs nationwide was Houston, Texas, which saw an increase of 95,300 new employment opportunities during the course of the last 12 months. Following Houston, was Dallas, which created 83,500 new jobs. The remaining cities that filled the list’s top five positions were New York city, with 77,400 new jobs, Seattle, where employment was up by 47,600 new positions, and Atlanta, which created 35,600 new jobs.

Detroit topped the list of cities that lost the most jobs over the course of last year with a decrease of 29,700 available positions. Los Angeles, which lost 17,100 jobs, was runner up for the unwanted first spot. Rounding out the top five were the three above mentioned cities which were responsible for the most Florida jobs lost.

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Looking for a way to exploit your expertise and talent as a VBA developer? Well, the time couldn’t be better than now! VBA jobs are plentiful as businesses are scrambling for ways to create new and better programs and processes to streamline the delivery of products and services.

And what better way than to use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Through VBA jobs, you are able to support and organization in the creation of friendly graphic user interfaces, including forms and automated processes to support the business needs.

As an experienced developer who has utilized the VBA tool, you are able to breathe new life into an existing application or new organization through new development processes. Viewing VBA jobs as an opportunity to have a positive impact on the business positions you well for today’s new business world.

Organizations are searching not only for programmers, but for people who have technical skills and who understand the changing business environment. They are seeking creativity and flexibility in their development team. Your technical knowledge provides you with a knowledge-base to be a key leader on the business team when it comes to software development and deployment.

VBA jobs are not just jobs for someone who wants to sit and program. They are jobs for the developer who wants to be an active, energetic, and compassionate member of the business team. They offer plenty of opportunities to interface with business leaders, customers, and end-users.

Broadening your own skills and experience through full team collaboration will strengthen your ability as a leader in the field of application development.

Interested in doing more than just development? Then find the perfect VBA jobs that allow you to make a positive difference today and tomorrow!

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A survey of Northern Nevada’s key industries targeted for growth showed signs for expansion in the next three years, despite economic uncertainty, according to a report released on February 27th. This means that there will likely be a significant increase in Reno jobs.

Participants from advanced logistics, advanced manufacturing, clean energy and bio-agriculture businesses said that they intended to create 808 new jobs in Reno and else where in Northern Nevada. These companies also plan to spend $127 million on expansion and occupy an additional 500,000 square feet of land.

According to Tracey Buxton, Business Builders program manager for the Reno-based Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada said that “the survey is a positive indicator that these companies have confidence in the region and are continuing to invest in our communities long-term.” The agency, working alongside the Carson City-based Northern Nevada Development Authority, conducted the survey from August to December of 2007.

Chuck Alvey, the executive officer of EDAWN, believes the results are encouraging considering the large amount of attention that has been given to the region’s struggling economy of the last year. Citing the housing slump, he went on to say that “there are challenges out there, but we keep saying look at these other sectors, and there’s optimism for growth.”

The survey, which interviewed 77 executives, found that 39 of these planned to expand in both size and staff numbers by 2011. Twenty-five of these participants provided specific estimates for said expansion, which totaled over $127 million planned in capital investment.

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When searching the internet for job postings many people tend to surf straight to a nationally known job search engine, such as Monster or CareerBuilder. Although these sites may have some of the largest databases of open positions on the web, they can be frustrating. For starters, the very number of jobs posted can cause an inexperienced jobseeker to have spend countless hours online in order to sift through their options. In many cases, a good amount of time is wasted on reading advertisements and scams disguised as job listings.

In order to avoid such, it can be helpful to narrow one’s search so that it yields more specific results. For example, excluding jobs listed as available nationally often gets rid of many advertisements. Setting the job search engine to only show listings that are in specific industries, areas, or are offering salaries with in a certain range can also decrease the amount of energy expended on unsatisfying job listings.

One easy way to avoid having to read a countless number of unhelpful job descriptions is to avoid popular job search engines and go straight to the source. Many people make the mistake of completely forgetting that many employers post their own job listings on their websites. This is particularly effective when searching for a job with a business that is a chain or nationally known.

Aside from posting available jobs, many employers also make it possible for jobseekers to upload their resumes. Some employers make it possible to take preliminary tests to see which positions one would be most qualified for or if their disposition would be suited for the job they are most interested in.

Although many employers do advertise their job listings on external websites, applying directly through a company’s web site is often more effective. According to The Wall Street Journal company web sites are the second most common source of new hires, preceded only by referrals. A survey conducted by CareerXroads, a staffing-consulting firm, conducted a national poll with companies that employee over 5,000 individuals to determine this.

In order to more effectively recruit new talent many employers are beginning to focus on bettering the job listings section of their web pages with the goal of making them easier to navigate. Paul Clegg, the director of global talent acquisition at Raytheon Corp., says that his company is “paying attention to the voice of generation X and Y.” He went on to say that “their values are so different than the boomer generation, and in order to attract and retain them, we’ve got to shift gears.

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Searching for jobs online has become increasingly popular due to connivance and easy. Employers are beginning to trust their job listings to web pages designed to help both companies and those seeking for work, turning their eyes away form more traditional means of finding new employees, such as local newspaper help wanted sections. Both employers and would-be employees stand to benefit from this trend in office place recruitment. The problem is many job seekers do not know how to avoid many commonplace errors when searching for a job online.

For starters many people make the mistake of using only large, nationally recognized job search engines. Since these websites are so well known, posting a job listing with them often costs much more than with a smaller web page. Because of this, companies with smaller budgets are more likely to announce their openings with less expensive and lesser known sites. In many cases they may use only locally known web pages or industry specific sites. Those looking for jobs online might find that the extra few minutes it takes to find such job search engines beneficial, partially due to the smaller competition for each available job listed.

Another common mistake made by those searching for jobs online is sending out a generic resume in bulk. Although this may sound like the fastest approach to reaching the largest number of potential employers, it can actually be a wonderful way for job seekers to shoot themselves in the foot. By sending out a resume this way, jobseekers rob themselves of the time they could take to tailor their cover letters and other information to each specific job they are applying to. This personalization is extremely important because it adds professionalism an air of sincere interest in the position being applied for.

Due to the ease of applying for jobs online many make the mistake of sending in their applications for positions that they aren’t qualified for. In many cases the applicant meets some but not all of the minimum qualifications and hopes this will be overlooked. For the most part, employers know what is the least they will take in an employee’s experience or education and aren’t willing to budge on this. According to Job-Hunt.org, this is a self-defeating strategy because it trains recruiters and employers to ignore such applicants, who, for the most part, they view as less intelligent.

Due to the large number of job listings on the internet, searching for a job online is a great idea, but those looking for work shouldn’t limit themselves to the web. Although employers are increasingly likely to rely on job search websites, there are still those who prefer the older methods of getting available positions out there. Therefore searching for employment using more than one method often pays of more quickly than a narrow approach might.

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If you actually love your job and enjoy what you’re doing, then Notchup is the site for you! Notchup is a recruiting website that links employers to highly qualified people who are good at what they do. And the companies actually pay these individuals to interview with them.

Even if you’re happy with your job, have you ever thought about the potential opportunities and possibilities passing you by? Have you ever wondered if you’re really getting paid what you’re worth? Even when you are happy with your job, it’s important to maintain your competitive edge and stay abreast of what’s going on in the job market.

Notchup.com helps you do just that by finding companies who want people like you. You don’t have to be an active job seeker to join their site. You just have to be good at what you do and be willing to accept money to interview for great jobs!

Whether or not you accept the offers to interview is up to you. You can accept or decline job interviews with the simple click of your mouse. Notchup makes it simple and you will be introduced to new career paths that you didn’t even know existed.

With Notchup.com, you’re in control of when you interview, where you interview, and how much you get paid to interview. What have you got to lose?

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Executive-level job site Risesmart goes to YouTuve to promote new video:

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