Your job is high-stress? Try these …
You think your job is high-stress? How’d you like to be a commercial airline pilot, or an emergency medical technician?
Those are two of the most stressful jobs reviewed by CareerCast in its new report on the most- and least-stressful jobs in the U.S.
Surprisingly, six of the top 10 least stressful jobs identified by CareerCast are in healthcare. But then, they’ve got to be right on at least one. How stressful could it be to work as an audiologist? That’s the single least stressful job, as identified by CareerCast, the national recruitment site powered by Adicio.
Other low-stress jobs: Dietitian, software engineer, computer programmer, dental hygienist (oh – yuch! It may not be high-stress, but poking around in other people’s mouths and scraping off their plaque? Please!), speech pathologist, philosopher, mathematician, occupational therapist and chiropractor.
High-stress? Four media jobs included – PR executive (c’mon – really?), photojournalist, newscaster and advertising account executive. Also: senior corporate executive, architect, stockbroker and real estate agent.
CareerCast best job board, says Min
Access Intelligence, LLC’s Min, (which stands for Media Industry Newsletter) just held its annual Best of the Web Awards. Adicio’s CareerCast was named Best of the Web career site, beating out finalist Automotive News Career Center by Crain Communications.
Other Best of the Web winners and honorable mentions are noted on the Min site.
Here’s the Adicio announcement: Continue reading
CareerCast’s graduate guide to job hunting
CareerCast.com reports that while college graduates will face fierce competition as they start their job hunts, this year is advantageous.
“A key consideration for companies starting to rebuild their staffs is how to recruit great talent cost-effectively,” said Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com, in the announcement. “College graduates have a big advantage over other job seekers given their low starting salaries and great potential to grow with the company. It’s been several years since we’ve seen companies so interested in talking with new grads.”
CareerCast.com tips for new grads include the use of their college’s free Career Services office assistance, participation in alumni groups, care when posting to social media, interview preparation and rehearsal, follow-up thank you notes after an interview and several other ideas. To see them all, visit the complete Graduate Guide to Job Hunting on CareerCast.com
CareerCast.com on how to answer tough interview questions
CareerCast.com suggests ways that job candidates can sharpen their “sales pitch” when asked hard questions by interviewers.
Taking the 10 most-asked questions, CareerCast.com publisher Tony Lee points out what recruiters are really looking for in your answers. Among his suggestions: know how you’ll answer the questions ahead of time, and practice your answers.
(Our take: Since personal interviews are increasingly harder to land, you certainly don’t want to blow it.)
The Advocate’s new jobs site powered by Adicio
Adicio Inc., provider of interactive classified advertising software products for media companies, is powering The Advocate’s new jobs site, in Baton Rouge, LA. The Advocate is owned by Louisiana Broadcasting LLC and Capital City Press LLC.
The Advocate now gives employers a way to showcase their company and job openings in the Baton Rouge area and extend their reach to prospective job seekers. Employers can select from a wide variety of cost-effective packages and a la carte items designed to increase their visibility.
Employers can easily create accounts and posts ads online 24/7 via The Advocate’s self-service e-commerce media page; they can also track advertising effectiveness with Adicio’s reporting tool.
Job seekers can search a wide range of custom job categories, create profiles and receive alerts for new job posting that match their specific criteria.
Adicio also powers CareerCast.com, a job search portal and JobsRated.com, where 200 jobs across North America are ranked based on detailed analysis of specific careers factors
U.S. Managerial openings continue to increase
For the third month in a row, U.S. managerial openings – C-level, VP, director and manager – increased. The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index reported July 2009 as the largest monthly gain since January 2008, with an overall gain of 17.8 points. Washington DC realized the greatest gain, followed by Boston, Seattle, Chicago and San Francisco.
“While all regions saw a rise in hiring, cities with the lowest hiring levels are concentrated in the Midwest, Southwest and Florida,” said Jay Martin, chair of JobSerf. “Although the Index is still 22 points lower than it was a year ago, the gap is slowly closing. We are encouraged at both the direction and magnitude of July’s gain. It shows the positive recovery, which started in the late spring, is still continuing.”
The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index reports the change in managerial job openings posted online nationally. The Index reveals the differences in job listings by month, and offers trends and forecasts using proprietary employment data gathered by a team of researchers.
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