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Job Search Success Story: Contacting the Employer

Susan P. Joyce — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:24:59 +0000

In His Own Words: Story of a Successful Job Search

A recruiter, Drew Tewell knows how to find a job when he needs one. Here’s how he went from fired to hired in 3 steps. How Drew describes his job search -

Have you ever been fired from your job? It doesn’t really boost your confidence level, if you know what I mean.

What happens when you get fired a second time? I can tell you. It happened to me.

Over eight years ago, I was fired from a job I didn’t like. What happened next? Unemployment.

Over five months ago, I was fired from a job that wasn’t the best fit. What happened next? Unemployment.

Do you see the pattern? When you get fired, not only do you lose your job, but you also become unemployed.

Fired + Job Loss + Unemployment = Tough Times

Having been through Tough Times University more than once, I can tell you, it is not easy.

You may find yourself in the same situation that I was in. You were recently fired. Or, maybe you lost your job for some other reason.

If you are currently unemployed and looking for work, I want to share with you what I did to find a new job. I used this strategy both times in my own life, and it worked each time.

This strategy will also work for you if you are currently employed, but don’t like your job and are ready to make a change.

The strategy I used was connecting directly with employers.

By “connecting directly with employers,” I mean that I contacted the employers UNRELATED TO ANY JOB POSTING.

How to Connect Directly with Employers

Here’s how to connect directly with employers, step-by-step.

Step # 1 Figure out what you want to do.

The first step to connecting directly with employers is to figure out what you want to do. What job or career do you want to pursue? Both of the times I was unemployed, I figured out what I wanted to do next.

Step # 2 Target specific companies and organizations that do what you want to do.

Now that you know what it is that you want to do, target specific companies and organizations that do it. Both of the times I was unemployed, I targeted specific places that, in some way, did what I wanted to do.

Step # 3 Contact the places where you want to work

Once you know what you want to do (Step # 1) and find the places where you want to work (Step # 2), contact those employers.

Both of the times I was unemployed, I contacted the places where I wanted to work, and asked if they were hiring.

How did I contact them? I picked up the phone, and called them.

The first time I did it, I started calling a group of my targeted employers (the ones which did what I wanted to do).

One of the organizations I called was hiring. I ended up landing the job.

The second time I did it, I used LinkedIn to find companies that were doing what I wanted to do.

One of the companies that I called invited me in to interview. They were thinking about hiring someone, but were not in a hurry.

Almost two months later they called me out of the blue, and asked if I was still looking for work. Of course, I said “Yes,” and they ended up hiring me.

So, both of the times I was unemployed, this strategy worked. I found my next job.

You may be thinking, this all seems so simple, it can’t really be that effective. Let me tell you, it is simple, and it is effective.

It worked for me. Twice. It will work for you. Don’t believe me? Try it!

About This Author

Recruiter Drew Tewell is the author of the book, The Dream Job Program: Get the Job You Want. You can purchase it on Amazon, or get it for free when you subscribe to his blog. You can also connect with him on Twitter and Facebook.

Where to Search for Jobs? Association Websites

Susan P. Joyce — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:57:16 +0000

Using associations as a job source surprises people. But, they are a great, somewhat hidden treasure for job seekers.

Many (if not most) professional and industry associations offer job postings as a service to members and, often, also to non-members. Since professional associations exist for most industries and careers, they are often very effective “niche” job boards for their fields.

Of course, in addition to job postings, professional and industry associations often serve as excellent venues for making networking connections since many have local meetings as well as national conferences. They may also manage related LinkedIn Groups and offer other social networking opportunities. And, as we all know, networking is THE BEST way to connect with a new job.

Job-Hunt has a large directory of professional associations, organized by industry or profession. In it, we link to the association’s home page, give you a summary of what is available on the site (like a directory of members and/or a career center), and then a link to the job postings, if there are any. Just click on the link subtly labeled “JOBS” to find the job postings. Click on the association’s name to go to the association’s home page.

These are the current categories and sub-categories of associations in Job-Hunt’s Directory of Professional and Industry Associations:

Associations offer networking opportunities even if they don’t have job postings. If you can, attend some of the meetings and conferences. They are not only great networking opportunities, but also opportunities to learn more about the field/industry, particularly important if you are considering changing careers or moving your career to a new industry.

For More Information on Where to Find Jobs

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Finding Jobs on Professional and Industry Association Websites

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About the author…

Online job search expert Susan P. Joyce has been observing the online job search world and teaching online job search skills since 1995. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Susan is a two-time layoff “graduate” who has worked in human resources at Harvard University and in a compensation consulting firm. Since 1998, Susan has been editor and publisher of Job-Hunt.org. Susan also edits and publishes WorkCoachCafe.com. Follow Susan on Twitter at @jobhuntorg and on Google+.

Where to Search for Jobs? Employer Websites

Susan P. Joyce — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:48:21 +0000

Most employers have websites that support their businesses or their mission/work. Often, the websites include job postings. It is not effective or rational to chase the jobs on every employer’s website.

A smarter approach to a job search is to pick the employers that are the best employers for you. This requires research, initially, but it enables you to focus your efforts and to avoid ending up in a dead end job or working for an employer you don’t like or respect.

So, Choose Your Target Employers

A better strategy is to target the employers (20, 50, or more, depending on your preferences) which look like places you would like to work. Having target employers is a very big advantage in a tough job market for several reasons:

Targeting specific employers enables you to focus your research efforts. It will make you a smarter job seeker.
It will make customizing your resume and cover letter easier – the “right” job titles (those used by the target employer), the right terminology, the right product or service names (those belonging to the target employer), the right contacts in HR, etc.
You can focus your networking efforts to the right organizations, the right contacts, even the right LinkedIn Groups.
Over time, you will see how jobs fit together, how the organization operates, where jobs are being added most often (which departments/divisions are growing), how the organization hires (perhaps who the hiring managers are in your targets).
You can showcase your knowledge of the organization to be much more impressive in a job interview, particularly when answering the why-should-we-hire-you and why-do-you-want-to-work-here questions.

When you are focused on your target employers, you spend your job search efforts more effectively, and you don’t get distracted by one-off “opportunities” you might see in a job board search.

Online Sources of Target Employers

This is one of the places that Indeed.com can come in very handy. Set up queries for specific job titles on Indeed (in your preferred locations), and Indeed enables you to set up alerts so that new search results can be mailed to you.

Job-Hunt.org offers several resources for job seekers to find employers:

Directory of E mployers by State

Links directly to thousands of employer recruiting pages. For each state, also find links to local networking and job search support and local job boards, specific to that state.

Directory of FORTUNE 500 Employers by Rank

This is the 2012 list (the 2013 list isn’t out yet). Each entry links to the FORTUNE profile page (with financial info and a list of competitors), to the main recruiting pages, and to the internship/college student recruiting pages (if any).

Directory of FORTUNE 500 Employers by State

This is the 2012 list (the 2013 list isn’t out yet). As with the Directory by Rank, each entry links to the FORTUNE profile page (with financial info and a list of competitors), to the main recruiting pages, and to the internship/college student recruiting pages (if any).

Industry Associations

Industry/trade associations are typically groups of companies which focus on a particular industry. They often have member directories, which list all of the companies which are members. These are great places to shop for target employers.

Some industry associations focus on a specific state, for example, from Job-Hunt’s Directory of Associations:

Many trade associations are national or international organizations which don’t limit themselves to a specific geography, also from Job-Hunt’s Directory of Associations:

For links to over 1,100 professional and industry associations, visit Job-Hunt’s Directory of Associations.

For More Information on Where to Find Jobs

Finding Jobs Online

Finding Jobs on Employer Websites

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Jobs: 15 Top Washington State Employers with Nearly 11,000 Jobs Open

Susan P. Joyce — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:50:29 +0000

This list of top employers in the state of Washington includes 8 well-known members of the FORTUNE 500 list for 2012 (3 of which are the largest in the world in their industries).

As usual, the employers, below, are ranked in descending order based on the number of jobs they currently have open in Washington.

Click on the employer’s name to visit the employer’s job board where you can search for jobs and apply directly to the employer. A new browser window or tab will open when you click on an employer link.

These 15 employers currently have 10,876 jobs open in Washington:

1. Microsoft Corporation – 2,152 jobs open

Headquartered in Redmond, Microsoft is a very well-known name in technology. Microsoft provides the Windows operating system as well as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access), the Internet Explorer browser, and many other software and software-related products we all use every day.

Currently, Microsoft is # 37 in the 2012 FORTUNE 500, # 75 on the 2013 list of FORTUNE Best Employers, and was also selected as one of the “World’s Best Multinational Workplaces” in 2011 by Great Places to Work.

Since Redmond, WA, is Microsoft’s corporate headquarters location, many central/corporate functions are located there, so it’s not surprising that the vast majority of job openings are in Redmond – 1,506 of them.

Other Washington state locations with Microsoft job openings include Bellevue (536), Seattle (53), and Issaquah, (29).

Most of the open positions are full-time. Open positions are open in the fields of program management (all levels), product management, and engineering, with a few paralegal opportunities available at this moment.

2. U.S. Federal Government – 1,999 jobs open

Another major employer in Washington state is the U.S. Federal Government. Currently, the Forest Service and Department of Agriculture have many openings. Additional openings are available in the Veterans Affairs Department, the Bureau of Land management, the Bonneville Power Administration, and several other Federal agencies and departments. The openings are scattered across Washington state in locations like Walla Walla (100), Sedro Woolley (94), Leavenworth (94), Trout Lake (93), Randle (93), Newport (93), and more.

3. Amazon.com – 1,014 jobs open

Headquartered in Seattle, Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer and a major provider of cloud computing services, according to Wikipedia. They also produce the Kindle ebook reader and Kindle Fire tablet computer. Amazon is # 56 in the FORTUNE 500.

For obvious reasons, the majority of positions currently open are in Seattle (1,004). Jobs with Amazon are also available in Sumner (5) and Bellevue (4). Technical Program Manager, Senior Technical Program Manager, Senior Financial Analyst, Software Engineer, Software Product Manager, Senior Program Manager, Database Administrator, and Executive Assistant are among the many job titles currently posted.

4. Starbucks Coffee Company – 738 jobs open

Also headquartered in Seattle like Amazon, Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world, according to Wikipedia. It is # 227 on the 2012 FORTUNE 500 list and #94 on FORTUNE’s new 2013 list of 100 Best Employers.

With it’s headquarters in Seattle, Seattle leads with the number of opportunities currently open at 178. Next are Bellevue (40), Tacoma (40), Spokane (39), Vancouver (32) Everett (25), and many more locations.

Open positions include Corporate Counsel, many Store Manager positions, Intranet Product Manager, District Manager, Marketing Manager, Maintenance Manager, and, of course, Barista, among many.

5. Providence Health & Service – 734 jobs open

Headquartered in Renton, WA, Providence Health & Services is the sixth-largest faith-based health system in the United States. Currently, locations with the largest number of jobs open include Everett (157), Spokane (153), Olympia (122), Renton (111), Seattle (46), Centralia (28), and several more locations. The job titles for open positions include: Certified Nursing Assistant, Surgical Technologist, Accounts Receivable Specialist, Discharge Planner, Medical Assistant, Chaplain, Food Service Worker, and many others.

6. Pizza Hut – 567 jobs open

Pizza Hut is the well-known American pizza restaurant chain. Currently in Washington, Pizza Hut has jobs available in Seattle (45), Tacoma (42), Spokane (37), Kent (22), and many other locations.

The job titles in greatest demand across Washington include Shift Manager, Team Member, Restaurant General Manager, Assistant General Manager, Delivery Driver, and Server.

7. McDonald’s - 538 jobs jobs open

McDonald’s is the classic name in American fast food restaurants. In Washington, jobs are open in Seattle (33) Vancouver (28), Yakima (20), Tacoma (20), Bellingham (18), and many more McDonald’s locations across Washington.

The job titles with the greatest current availability include: Shift Managers, Department Manager, Hourly Managers, Crew Member, and Maintenance. There are also 12 “Assistant manager Trainee” positions.

8. University of Washington & University of Washington Medical Center – 518 jobs open

The University of Washington is a multi-campus university in Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell, plus the University of Washington Medical Center. The vast majority of positions currently open are in Seattle (505) with the rest in Tacoma. Open positions currently include Dean, College of Built Environments, Police Dispatcher, Office Assistant, Research Study Assistant, Program Operations Specialist, Senior Computer Specialist, Research Coordinator, Operating Room Nurse, Registered Nurse, Assistant/Associate Professor, and many more.

9. Taco Bell – 510 jobs open

Taco Bell is a chain of fast-food Tex-Mex restaurants. In Washington state, Taco Bell opportunities are available in Tacoma (40), Spokane (40), Vancouver (40), Seattle (25), and several other locations. Open positions include hourly jobs like Team Member and Shift Lead. Restaurant General Manager and Assistant Manager jobs are also available, currently.

10. Petco - 387 jobs

In Washington, Petco, the retail chain of supplies for household pets, currently has openings in the following locations: Seattle (58), Vancouver (26), Bellevue (18), Spokane (25), and many more.

The positions currently open include standard retail positions like Sales Associate, Cashier (including some part-time positions), General Manager, and Assistant Manager. In addition, for pet lovers, Petco has openings for Pet Stylists, Aquatics Specialists, Grooming Assistants, and Dog Trainers.

11. Staples - 353 jobs

Staples is a very large chain of office equipment and supplies retail stores. Job opportunities are distributed in Seattle (41), Kent (22), Spokane (20), Lynnwood (13), Bothell (13), and many other cities and towns.

The job titles currently available include: Copy and Print Center Expert, Inventory Associate, Customer Service Lead, Office Supplies Associate, Furniture Associate, Easy Resident Technician, Easy Technology Associate, and many more. (Staples is home to the “Easy” button, if you’ve noticed their ads.)

12. WyzAnt Tutoring – 331 jobs

According to their LinkedIn Company Profile, WyzAnt is a USA-wide tutor-student matching service with tutors offering instruction in many academic, artistic, and sports/recreational areas. Currently, WyzAnt has openings in Seattle (50), Bellevue (23), Bothell (14), Vancourver (13), and many other locations.

330 of the jobs which WyzAnt currently has open are part-time positions. They include: Tutor/Teacher for Geometry, Algebra, Calculus, Chemistry, French, Elementary Math, and many more. In addition, they have openings for SAT Reading Tutors or Teachers and SAT Math Tutors or Teachers.

13. H&R Block – 320 jobs open

H&R Block is the classic U.S. income tax preparation service. Opportunities in Washington state are located in Vancouver (47), Spokane (39), Tacoma (20), Kennewick (19), Seattle (18), and many other Washington locations. The opportunities are as First Year Tax Professionals, Client Services, Season Operations Support, three levels of Office Manager, and several more job titles.

14. Safeway Corp – 306 jobs open

Safeway is a large grocery store chain. In Washington, opportunities are available in Seattle (20), Tacoma (14), Kent (13), Bellevue (11), Everett (11), and several other locations. Open positions include Courtesy Clerk, Deli Clerk, Starbucks Clerk, Food Clerk, Baker II, Pharmacy Technician, and many more.

15. Deloitte – 236 jobs

Deloitte, officially named Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, is a professional services (consulting) firm with a wide variety of professional opportunities from junior level to very senior with too many varied job titles to list here. Seattle seems to be the main Deloitte location with many job opportunities available.

Deloitte is #3 in Forbes 2012 list of Best Accounting Firms to Work For and #47 in the 2013 FORTUNE Best Companies to Work For.

More Jobs and Careers in Washington State:

Check out Job-Hunt’s Directory of the Largest Employers in Washington State which includes over 200 Washington state employers, from hospitals and medical centers to colleges and universities, banks, insurance companies, and many other Washington employers.

As mentioned above, Washington state is home to 8 of the very large companies on the 2012 annual list of the FORTUNE 500 companies. Those include some very well-known brand names: Amazon (#3, above), Costco, Expeditors International, Microsoft (# 1, above), Nordstrom, Paccar, Starbucks (# 4, above), and Weyerhaeuser. Find links to the recruiting pages, including internships when available, plus the FORTUNE profiles on Job-Hunt’s FORTUNE 500 by State for Washington State.

Most Popular Careers in Washington State gives you a breakdown by city of which careers are most numerous in a given Washington city.

More Jobs, Information, and Resources by State:

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Jobs: 15 Top Minnesota Employers with 8,500+ Jobs Open

Susan P. Joyce — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:44:03 +0000

Minnesota has a wide range of employers, including an impressive 20 on the FORTUNE 500 list for 2012, and also an impressive number of open jobs represented in this list. Retail and fast food dominate this list of 15 employers, but not quite as much as most of the other states (so far). This list of Minnesota employers includes some famous names in retail and technology which happen to be headquartered in Minnesota – Target and Best Buy.

As usual, the employers, below, are ranked in descending order based on the number of jobs they currently have open in the state of Minnesota. The number of jobs open will vary widely depending on the needs of the organization and the time of year. Fast food seems to be fairly consistent in their staffing requirements, but others, like H&R Block, on the list below, tend to have seasonal opportunities and this is the season for H&R Block (a.k.a. income tax preparation time).

The jobs with these employers are at all levels, from executive through intern, including both full-time and part-time opportunities.

These 15 employers currently have 8,655 jobs open in Minnesota:

1. Target – 1,100 jobs open

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Target is quite a large company. Formerly known as the Dayton and Dayton-Hudson stores, it has been officially known as Target since 2000, but the first Target store opened in 1962.

Currently, Target is the # 38 in the 2012 FORTUNE 500, # 195 in the Financial Times Global 500. It is also # 25 on the 2012 FORTUNE 50 Most Admired Companies. Target is the 2nd largest chain of discount retailers in the USA after Walmart (# 2 on the FORTUNE 500), operating nearly 2,000 Target and Super Target stores in 49 states, with growth into Canada planned.

Because Minneapolis is the corporate headquarters, many central/corporate functions are located in Minneapolis. These are in addition to the typical jobs needed in the retail locations across the state.

The Minnesota locations with job openings at Target are, not surprisingly, in Minneapolis (983), Brooklyn Park (86), Fridley (70), Rochester (67), Richfield (66), and many other Minnesota locations.

The greatest number of openings are for interns and new grads. In addition, many positions are open in the fields of training and instruction, business development, technology, technology management, and more.

2. UnitedHealth Group – 916 jobs open

Headquartered in Minneapolis, UnitedHealth Group is a very large health insurer, # 22 on the 2012 FORUNE 500, which offers a variety of services and plans to groups and individuals across the USA. In Minnesota, most of the jobs are located in Minnetonka (319) with others in Eden Prairie (115), Golden Valley (92), Minneapolis (88), and several other locations in Minnesota.

Currently, open positions in Minnesota include Business Analyst and Senior Business Analyst, Claims Representative, Data Specialist, Six Sigma Black Belt (seriously), Marketing Manager, and many more.

3. University of Minnesota – 853 jobs open

The “Golden Gophers” university has several campuses scattered across Minnesota, with the major locations in the Twin Cities (UMTC). most of the open positions are in Minneapolis, with other openings in Duluth, Morris, Crookston, and Rochester, currently. The positons currently open include assistant professor, associate professor, and professor plus various instructor positions. In addition, there are many healthcare, science, and pharmaceutical-related positions as well as technology, agriculture, and arts positions plus, of course, administrative and accounting/finance positions.

4. Intuit – 704 jobs open

Headquartered in California, Intuit is a large software company (TurboTax is the best-known product) with a major presence in Minnesota. For 2012, Intuit was # 19 on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For. In Minnesota, current openings are scattered across the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, from Lakeland, Brooklyn Park, Mendota Heights, Minneapolis, Saint Louis Park, Saint Paul Park, and Crosslake.

Currently and not surprisingly, their greatest need seems to be for Tax Advisors – CPA or Enrolled Agents, including many who are termed “Remote” (they work from home).

5. U.S. Federal Government – 623 jobs open

Another major employer in Minnesota, is the U.S. Federal Government. Currently the Forest Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service have many openings in the “land of 1000 lakes.” The Veterans Affairs Department, the Indian Health Service, and several other Federal agencies and departments have many openings scatered across Minnesota in locations like Ely (87), Aurora (83), Deer River (82), Grand Marais, Tofte, Blackduck, Walker, and Grand Rapids. Forrestry and agriculture positions dominate followed by biological sciences, technology, administrative, and more.

6. McDonald’s - 612 jobs jobs open

McDonald’s is the classic name in American fast food restaurants. In Minnesota, many jobs are open in Rochester (39), Minneapolis (35), Saint Paul (28), Eagan (20), Austin(13), and many more McDonald’s locations across Minnesota.

The job titles with the greatest current availability include: Crew, Management and Assistant Managers, Hourly Shift Managers, Hourly Managers, Dayside Crew, Hourly Swing Managers, Management Trainees, Closing Crew, Overnight Crew, Evening & Weekend Crew, and Maintenance. There are also 10 “Store Manager in Training” positions, a program that is several months long.

7. Pizza Hut - 553 jobs open

Pizza Hut is the well-known American pizza restaurant chain. Currently in Minnesota, Pizza Hut has jobs available in Minneapolis (26), Duluth (17), Rochester (15), Saint Paul (11), Saint Cloud (11), and many other locations.

The job titles in greatest demand across Minnesota include Team Member, Assistant General Manager, Restaurant General Manager, Shift Manager, Delivery Driver, and Server.

8. Holiday Stationstores, Inc. – 487 jobs open

These are the convenience stores located at the Holiday gas stations. Headquartered in Bloomington, MN, Holiday Stationstores ranked at # 132 in the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies. In Minnesota, job openings are currently available in Saint Paul (39), Saint Louis Park (10), Brooklyn Center (9), Stillwater (7), and many other locations. They have many Assistant Manager/Manager Trainee positions available, plus Night Manager, Sales Associate, Sales Associate/Cashier, Assistant Store Manager, and several other opportunities.

9. H&R Block – 482 jobs open

H&R Block is the classic U.S. income tax preparation service, billing itself as “one of the world’s largest tax services providers.” Headquartered in Kansas City, MO, the H&R Block opportunities in Minnesota are located in Saint Paul (44), Minneapolis (40), Duluth(27), Burnsville (22), Eagan (20), and many other Minnesota locations. The opportunities are in Season Operations Support, First Year Tax Professionals, Client Services, Tax Professionals, and three levels of Office Manager.

10. Best Buy - 466 jobs open

Headquartered in Richfield, MN, Best Buy is a very large retailer of consumer electronics with many stores distributed across the USA. Naturally, there are many opportunities at the corporate offices in Richfield (119), plus Rochester (22), Blaine (22), Bloomington (19), Mankato, (16), and many more locations in Minnesota.

The job titles for the positions available include several Geek Squad jobs: Advanced Repair, Counter Intelligence, and Agent. In addition, other Best Buy opportunities include Asset Protection Associate, Sales Support Associate, AutoTech Associate, AutoTech Trainee, Cashier, Mobile Wireless Sales In-Store Manager, and Mobile Wireless Sales Consultant and Lead Sales Consultant. They also have several Home Delivery Driver jobs and a few Musical Instruments Specialists.

11. Viking Client Services – 449 jobs

With their headquarters in Eden Prairie, Viking Client Services provides collection services for some of the large banks and financial institutions in the USA. Current job opportunities are available in Eden Prairie (33), Eagan (32), Woodbury (32), Brooklyn Park (32), and several other locations in Minnesota. Openings include Call Center Specialists, Customer Sales Specialists, Contact Center Representatives, Financial Managers, Customer Service Specialists, Outbound Sales Representative, Inside Sales Representative, Account Manager, Customer Advocates, and many more. They have several openings for Entry Level Financial Specialists.

12. Wells Fargo – 368 jobs open

Headquartered in California, Wells Fargo is one of the storied American business names, tracing its roots back to the stage coach company in the wild west. This Wells Fargo is a very large diversified financial services company – a bank (one of the largest in the USA) plus home mortgages, commercial real estate, investment banking, and more. In Minnesota, the current Wells Fargo opportunities seem centralized in Minneapolis (172) with additional opportunities available in Bloomington (16), Duluth (8), Shakopee (7), and many other Minnesota locations. The job titles for the current openings include Personal Banker, Teller (full-time and part time), Customer Sales and Services Reps, Customer Line Underwriter, Loan Documentation Specialist, and many more.

13. Fairview Health Services – 353 jobs

Fairview Health Services, headquartered in Minneapolis, is a not-for-profit health care system focused on the Twin Cities area. It runs 10 hospitals plus retail pharmacies and nursing homes and also provides home health care and rehabilitation services. It is affiliated with the University of Minnesota Medical School and runs the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Opportunities are mainly in the Twin Cities area (234) and also in Hibbing (10), Wyoming (10), Edina (7), and several other Minnesota locations. The job titles currently most in demand are Patient Representative, Medical Lab Scientist/Medical Technologist, Nursing Station Tech, Medical Assistant, Health Unit Coordinator, and many more.

14. Taco Bell – 350 jobs open

Based in Irvine, CA, Taco Bell is a very well-known chain of fast-food Tex-Mex restaurants. Taco Bell opportunities in Minnesota are in Saint Paul (40), Minneapolis (30), Blaine (15), Rochester (10), and several other locations. Open positions include hourly jobs like Team Member and Shift Lead. Restaurant General Manager and Assistant Manager jobs are also available, currently.

15. Essentia Health – 329 jobs open

With their corporate headquarters in Duluth, Essentia Health is an integrated health system serving patients in Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Idaho. In Minnesota, opportunities are focused in Duluth (153), Detroit Lakes (40), Brainerd (30), Virginia (26), Sandstone (20), and several other locations. Open positions include many positions for physicians, nurses (RN and LPN) and nursing assistants, medical technology (Medical Technologist, Ultrasound Clinical Assistant, Respirator Therapist, administration (Admitting Respresentative, Registration Interviewer, Receptionist/ Patient Service Assistant,Billing Coordinator, Environmental Services, Mailroom Clerk, and more), plus accounting, IT, food service and more.

More Jobs and Careers in Minnesota:

Check out Job-Hunt’s Directory of the Largest Employers in Minnesota which includes over 200 Minnesota employers, from hospitals and medical centers to colleges and universities, banks, insurance companies, and many other Minnesota employers.

As mentioned above, Minnesota is home to 20 of the very large companies on the 2012 annual list of the FORTUNE 500 companies. Those include some very well-known brand names: 3M, Alliant Techsystems, Ameriprise Financial, Best Buy (# 10, above), C. H. Robinson Worldwide, CHS, Ecolab, General Mills, Hormel Foods, Land O’Lakes, Medtronic, Mosaic, Nash-Finch, St. Jude Medical, Supervalu, Target (# 1, above), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, UnitedHealth Group (# 2, above), U.S. Bancorp, and Xcel Energy . Find links to the recruiting pages and FORTUNE profiles on Job-Hunt’s FORTUNE 500 by State for Minnesota.

Most Popular Careers in Minnesota gives you a breakdown by city of which careers are most numerous in a given Minnesota city.

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Jobs: 15 Top Georgia Employers with 12,300+ Jobs Open

Susan P. Joyce — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:44:24 +0000

Georgia has a wide range of employers and an impressive number of open jobs represented in this list. Retail and fast food dominate this list of 15 employers, as they have in the other states (so far), but this list of Georgia’s top employers also includes H&R Block, the U.S. Federal Government, Deloitte Touche, and two major local health care services organizations.

Click on the employer’s name to visit the employer’s company job board where you can search for jobs and apply directly to the employer. A new browser window or tab will open when you click on an employer link.

These employers currently have 12,349 jobs open in Georgia:

The employers, below, are ranked in descending order based on the number of jobs they currently have open in the state of Georgia. The jobs with these employers are at all levels, from executive through intern, including both full-time and part-time opportunities.

1. Dollar General Store - 1,516 jobs

Headquartered in Tennessee, Dollar General Stores claims to be “one of the fastest growing discount retail companies in America” with more than 9,200 neighborhood stores in 35 states, “growing by hundreds of new stores a year.”

Dollar General jobs in Georgia are predominently in the retail store locations. They divide their jobs into 3 major sections based on the way DG is organized: corporate headquarters jobs (mostly in Tennessee), jobs in the stores, and jobs in their distribution centers (none in Georgia).

The opportunities in Georgia are spread relatively evenly across the state of Georgia, including Albany (29), Rome (27), Macon (26), Columbus (21), Dalton (20), Douglasville (18), and so on in many other cities in Georgia.

If you already have at least one year of experience working in retail, you might want to check the “Store Manager Candidate” positions. Those are two-week training positions which then, hopefully, lead to Assistant Store Manager positions.

The other opportunities currently available at Dollar General Stores include Store Manager, Lead Sales Associate, and Sales Associate. Twenty-six of the jobs currently posted pay more than $110,000/year, but the vast majority are in the $30,000 to $70,000 range.

2. Pizza Hut- 1,343 jobs

Pizza Hut is one of the classic American pizza restaurant chains. Currently, Pizza Hut has jobs available in Atlanta (84), Savannah (31), Marietta (31), Augusta (28), Decatur (25), and many other locations scattered across Georgia.

The job titles in greatest demand include Assistant General Manager, General Manager, Shift Manager, Team Member, Delivery Driver, and Server.

3. McDonald’s - 1,205 jobs

McDonald’s is headquartered in Illinois. In the state of Georgia, McDonald’s has 64 jobs available in Atlanta, followed by Savannah (46), Marietta (37), Valdosta (26), and Columbus (26), and the remaining 1,000+ distributed across the rest of the state.

The job titles with the greatest current availability include: Crew, Shift Management, Restaurant Manager, Department Manager, Hourly Manager, Assistance Manager, and Maintenance, and several other job titles.

4. H&R Block – 990 jobs

H&R Block is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. In Georgia, the jobs are Seasonal Operations Support, Client Services, Instructor, Tax Professional, First-Year Tax Professional, Preseason Tax Professional, Office Manager (I, II, and III), Premium Tax Professional, Premium Office Manager, and more.

Not suprisingly, Atlanta offers the most job opportunities in Georgia (89), followed by Decatur (60), Savannah (53), Lawrenceville (39), Columbus (36), and more.

5. CVS/Caremark –935 jobs

Headquartered in Woonsocket, RI, CVS/Caremark is a very large retail drug store chain. In Georgia, the greatest number of job openings are in Atlanta (111), Marietta (38), Savannah (29), Macon (27) and Alpharetta (48), plus several more cities Georgia.

The job titles currently having the most openings for include: Pharmacy Technician, Clerk/Cashier, Photo Lab Technician, and Beauty Advisor. In addition, there are several Shift Supervisor Trainee positions available.

6. Advance Auto Parts – 916 jobs

Headquaratered in Roanoke, VA, Advance Auto Parts is a large automotive replacements parts and accessories retailer with open positions in their stores in Thomson (15), Dawsonville (14), Warner Robins (13), Valdosta (13), Kingsland (13), Marietta (13), and several other locations. The current openings are focused in general management, sales and business development, transportation (Delivery Driver jobs), account management, inventory, and warehousing.

7. Family Dollar – 863 jobs

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Family Dollar is a chain of economy variety stores with open positions in Atlanta (66), Augusta (36), Decatur (29), Macon (28), Columbus (24), and many other locations in Georgia. Jobs currently available have the following job titles: Assistant Store Manager, Customer Serivce Representative, and Store Manager.

8. Home Depot – 729 jobs

Founded and currently headquartered in Atlanta, Home Depot is the classic “big box” store chain, focused on providing supplies to the DIY (Do It Yourself) home maintenance person. So, not surprisingly, the largest portion of the 729 jobs open are located in Atlanta (324). Other Georgia locations include Marietta (12), Kennesaw (10), Austell (9) McDonough (9), Decatur (8), Greensboro (8), and many more.

Job opportunities include many corporate positions in finance, IT, marketing, supply chain, and other corporate functions. In addition, many store sales and management positions are also available.

9. Taco Bell– 596 jobs

Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Taco Bell is a popular chain of fast-food Tex-Mex restaurants. In Georgia, Taco Bell has jobs open in Atlanta (40), Marietta (30), Kennesaw (20), Lawrenceville (20), Smyrna (15) and many other Georgia locations. Open positions include jobs like Hourly Team Member (Cashier & Food Prep), Assistant Manager, Hourly Shift Lead, Hourly Team Member Trainer, and Restaurant General Manager.

10. U.S. Federal Government – 591 jobs

US Federal Government positions in Georgia include many in Forest Service, Food Safety and Inspection, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Army Medical Command, and the Defense Commissary Agency. The jobs are located in Lakemont (85), Eatonton (77), Atlanta (73), Chatsworth (71), Blairsville (68), Athens (52), and several other Georgia locations.

11. Deloitte – 712 jobs

Officially, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company, with U.S. headquarters in New York City, Deloitte is a very large professional services organization, specializing in audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services with clients in more than 20 industries. The positions currently open are all located in Deloitte’s Atlanta offices, and the job titles cover a wide range of professional and technical services.

12. Target– 577 jobs

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Target is the 2nd largest chain of discount retailers in the USA (Walmart is # 1) with over 300,000 “team members” across the globe (USA, Canada, and India). The job openings in Georgia are in Atlanta (20), Albany (15), East Point (15), Columbus (14), Athens (13), and many other locations in Georgia.

Currently, they have a large number of openings for interns and new grads. In addition, there are also many openings in the fields of training and instruction, operations, health and medical, and logistics and supply chain.

13. WellStar Health – 555 jobs

The largest healthcare system in suburban Atlanta, WellStar serves more than 1 million patients a year. The majority of the jobs currently open are in Marietta (332) with openings also in Austell (142), Atlanta (59), Douglassville (37), and several other nearby locations. Not surprisingly, most of the jobs currently are in the fields of health and medical, nursing, healthcare technologies, and therapy and rehabilitation.

14. Staples- 468 jobs

Headquartered in Framingham, MA, Staples is the world’s largest office products company with retail stores across the USA. Currently, most of the Staples openings for Georgia are in Atlanta (28) and Savannah (23), and many others scattered across Georgia’s other Staples locations.

These open positions include many Easy Technology Experts and Easy Technology Associates (Staples is home of the “Easy” button), plus Inventory Associate, Furniture Associate, and Customer Service Lead.

15. Piedmont Healthcare – 486 jobs

Piedmont Healthcare (and Piedmont Hospital) is a private, not-for-profit, acute-care medical facility offering most medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, with the main facility in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. Currently, openings are available in Atlanta (283), Stockbridge (109), Fayetteville (74), Newnan (57), and the other Piedmont locations. Open positions are in the fields of nursing, health and medical, healthcare technologies, admin and clerical, lab technician, healthcare management and finance, and medical records.

More Jobs and Careers in Georgia:

Check out Job-Hunt’s Directory of the Largest Employers in Georgia which includes over 200 Georgia employers, from hospitals and medical centers to colleges and universities, banks, insurance companies, and many other Georgia employers.

Georgia is home to 13 of the very large companies on the 2012 annual list of the FORTUNE 500 companies: AFLAC, AGCO, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Genuine Parts, Home Depot, Mohawk Industries, Newell Rubbermaid, Rock-Tenn, Southern, and SunTrust Banks. Find links to the recruiting pages and FORTUNE profiles on Job-Hunt’s FORTUNE 500 by State for Georgia page.

Most Popular Careers in Georgia gives you a breakdown by city of which careers are most numerous in a given city in Georgia.

More Local Jobs by State

More Jobs, Information, and Resources by State:

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Protecting Your Social Media Passwords in Your Job Search

Susan P. Joyce — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:12:10 +0000

Although anything shared publicly in a tweet, Facebook post, or other public social media activity, can still get people into trouble, “private” social media information is gradually, state-by-state, gaining protection.

While 14 states introduced this type of legislation, it has become law in only 6 states so far. Employers, potential employers, and, in some cases, schools, cannot require that employees, job applicants, and/or students share their social media passwords: California, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, and New Jersey.

Several other states are considering similar legislation, and I expect that other states will join this movement in 2013.

The laws and the protections they provide are not identitcal. So, if you live in any of those states, learn how your state’s laws work. If you live in other states, several other states are considering similar legislation, so let your state representative know your preferences on the issue.

In March, 2012, Facebook issued an attention-getting statement that made it “a violation of Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities to share or solicit a Facebook password.” (Facebook outraged about member privacy – surprising yet somewhat encouraging.)

When job seekers and employees shared situations where they were required to share their Facebook passwords, the outrage grew.

In alphabetical order by state, the laws are:

California Law

Effective on January 1, 2013, the California law “prohibits a private employer from requiring or requesting an employee or applicant for employment to disclose a username or password for the purpose of accessing personal social media, to access personal social media in the presence of the employer, or to divulge any personal social media.”

NOTICE – the California law uses the term “private employer” – so this law may not apply to government (a.k.a. “public”) employers.

Delaware’s Law

On July 20, 2012, Delaware became the first state in the USA to make making it “unlawful” for employers to require employees or job applicants to disclose password or account information.

Illinois Law

Also effective on January 1, 2013, the Illinois legislature passed an amendment to “Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act” protects employees and job seekers making it “unlawful for any employer to ask for an employee’s or prospective employee’s password or other account information in order to gain access” to their social media account.

Maryland’s Law

In October, 2012, it became illegal in Maryland for employers, potential employers, and eductional institutions to require access to the social media accounts of current employees, job seekers, and students.

Michigan’s Law

Michigan’s “Internet Privacy Protection Act” went into effect on Dec. 31, 2012, and applies to employers and to educatioal institutions and makes it illegal to require that students, employees, or job applicants provide log-in information for their social media accounts.

New Jersey’s Law

Prohibits employers or potential employers from requiring employees or job applicants to disclose their user name, password, or other means for accessing their social media accounts. This also became the law on December 31, 2012.

Stay tuned – this will undoubtedly change in the future. I will update this page as it does change.

For More Information

Check out the National Conference of State Legislatures page for Employer Access to Social Media Passwords.

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Hate Your Job and Looking for a New One? Be VERY Careful!

Susan P. Joyce — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:15:31 +0000

If you hate your job, and want to leave, go for it. But, job hunt VERY carefully! I have spoken with many job seekers who were in that position, and made the mistake of not keeping their intentions a secret at work. It cost them their jobs!

If your job hunting activities become public, you may find yourself on a very fast, one-way trip out the door, with no more paychecks from that employer. In the USA, most of us are employees “at will” which means our employer can fire us for any reason or for no reason. Tough to be without an income but with the need to explain to potential employers why you were fired. Not easy or fun.

Why Your Employer Does NOT Want You Job Hunting

Employers are not happy to learn that an employee is job hunting. And, most of the time it’s not because they value that employee so highly (although they may).

An employee who is job hunting is obviously not focusing 100% of their time on their job. They are distracted.

Another reason, often the main reason they are not happy to learn about a pending departure, is concern about what the departing employee will take with them – “company secrets” like:

Customer/client lists
Pending product or service ideas
Competitive information about flaws or weaknesses in current products or services
Information about the people and the culture that could be used by a competitor
Other key employees
Important internal knowledge (about plans, events, blunders, and anything else a competitor could leverage)

To cut their losses, they often show the job seeker quickly out the door, sometimes without an opportunity to pack up their offices.

16 Ways You May Blow Your Cover and Lose Your Job

If you want to leave, keep your desire – and your job search – secret. Technology is often what trips up job seekers today, so read the list below, to keep your intentions invisible to your employer and your co-workers:

Do not announce that you are “seeking a new position as…” in your LinkedIn Profile.
Do not publicly join the LinkedIn Groups for job seekers.
If you do join the LinkedIn job search Groups (they can be very helpful), don’t make the Group logo visible on your Profile.
If you join those Groups, contact other members privately rather than posting what you want to the whole Group.
Do not announce in any other LinkedIn Groups that you are in a job hunting.
Do not post announcements of your job search activities on Facebook (interviews, etc.), particularly if you have “friended” others you work with.
Do not tweet an announcement of your desire to leave your current job.
Do not openly post your resume on any job boards or other public sites for job seekers or job search.
Do not job search at work using your employer’s network and computer.
Do not edit or print your resume at work (and don’t copy your resume there either).
Do not job search at home using your employer’s assets (computer, smart phone, etc.).
Do not give out your work phone number for recruiters and potential employers to call you.
Do not use your work email address for your job search.
Do not announce your job search in the mailing list for your professional or business group.
If you send out a job search related email from your work email account, delete it and empty the “wastebasket” (messages are not deleted, usually, until the email wastebasket is emptied – so those messages are still in your employer’s email system and still traceable to you).
If someone sends you a job search related email to your work email account, forward it ASAP, then delete it and the forwarding message you sent. Then, go to your email account’s “wastebasket” and empty the wastebasket.

Be very, VERY careful discussing leaving your job with your work friends whether you are at work or at after-hours get-togethers.

Safe Departure (Stealth Job Search)

OK – enough of the “Do not’s”! Here are some Do’s!

You may leave your current employer, but best to do it on your own terms. So, ramp up your activities, remembering that your boss may see anything you post on line (or someone else may see it and report it).

1. Set up personal non-work contact information.

You cannot use any of your employer’s equipment or Internet connection for your job search because such activity will be easy to trace back to you. Establish a Gmail or Yahoo email account to use for your job search, but access it from home or from other non-work locations like the library if you don’t have a computer and Internet connection at home.

(Be sure the email address is not strange or silly. Keep it as business-like and grown-up as possible so it makes a good impression for you.)

If possible, use a personal cellphone with voice mail for your job search. Don’t use an employer-supplied phone because it to may be monitored (as well as the voice mail associated with it and with your regular work phone, too).

2. Carefully raise your LinkedIn visibility.

Don’t shift from zero LinkedIn activities to hyperspace speed over night. Slowly and carefully build your Profile, add appropriate connections, get recommendations from co-workers (and recommend them back), ask questions in LinkedIn Answers that support your current job and employer. Remember that these activities are visible for anyone to see.

Join Groups for your industry, profession, and location. And be visible in those Groups, always publicly supporting your current job and employer.

If you are in a public-facing job like sales, marketing, or customer service, having a public LinkedIn Profile will help you be more successful in your current job. So, your employer should not be concerned about your activities. If you are not in one of those jobs, proceed slowly and cautiously.

3. Post your resume very carefully.

Employers are known to “cruise” job boards looking for the resumes of current employees. So be sure to:

Use only job boards which offer you the ability to suppress your name and contact information while still allowing your resume to be included in resume searches by potential employers.
If your employer is small, disguise the name of your employer as well as the names of products and services. Use generic descriptions like “mid-sized commercial bank” or “auto parts distributor” or whatever is appropriate.
If very few people have the same job title you have, disguise your job title, too. It may be better to use an industry-standard job title, anyway. So, if you are officially the “Product XYZ Maintenance Technician,” rename your title to ”Large-Scale Pump Maintenance Technician” or whatever is accurate and appropriate.

Use your personal non-work contact information on your resume so you are not contacted at work by potential employers in a way that could cost you your job.

Paranoia Is Appropriate

Yes, it does seem somewhat paranoid, but on the better-to-be-safe-than-sorry theory, follow these tips so you continue to earn that paycheck until you land your new job. The reality is that it is much easier now than in the past for employers to learn that employees are job hunting. Their attitude toward that activity hasn’t change, but their access to the information has increased dramatically.

More on this topic:

10 Tips for a Stealthy and Successful Job Search

Networking During a Stealth Job Search

How to Leave Your Job in Good Hands (& Why You Should) (WorkCoachCafe.com)

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Using Hurricane Sandy (and Other Events) to Re-Connect!

Susan P. Joyce — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:27:12 +0000

Networking opportunities can happen in the strangest times and places. (I once witnessed friends connect with their new jobs at the funeral of a former co-worker!)

Hurricane Sandy is one of those strange times. If you know someone who might have been in the path of Hurricane Sandy (basically anyone in the Midatlantic or Northeast regions of the USA), this storm is a great reason to get back in touch.

Even though the storm has passed, Sandy can be a topic/excuse/reason for sending someone an email or giving them a quick call.

Reconnecting with Individuals

Think about it – have you lost touch with a former boss or co-worker, a favorite professor, friend(s) from the Army (or other Service), former college roommates or lab partners. Whoever in your past you might still have a valid email address for and who you wish well during this storm.

Note: If you don’t have a current email address, check LinkedIn to see if they are there, and you should be able to send an InMail. Or, Google them to see if you can find them in an online directory.

In the case of a natural disaster, like Hurricane Sandy, simply send a short email, saying:

You’ve been hearing a lot about the storm (or whatever) in the news.
You know that they were in or near the path of the storm. (Check their LinkedIn Profiles for their location, if you aren’t sure.)
You hope that they and their friends and family members are safe.

The message doesn’t need to be more than a few lines long, and it may not be read until long after the storm is history. But, it’s a nice friendly way of wishing the person good luck with the storm, or saying you hope they can stay safe and dry. Perhaps you can even make it joke of some sort (e.g., Maybe now you won’t need to rake all those leaves you always complain about!).

Apply this process to any kind of news event, even a much smaller one – like someone landing a new job, changing employers, getting promoted, getting married, becoming a parent or other “news” in someone’s life. Reach out with your good wishes, and reconnect, too!

The holidays – any holiday – can, of course, be a wonderful reason for reconnecting. From the traditional year end holidays we have in the USA to less “signifcant” ones like Arbor Day, April Fool’s Day (careful!), Homemade Bread Day (Nov. 17), and many more.

Sad events can be powerful for reconnecting, too – the death of a family member, loss of a job, or damage to a home or car because of an event like Sandy, for example. Again, keep it short, express your condolences, and see if there is anything you can do to help.

Connecting with Groups, Too!

Apply this same logic, and send a similar message to whole groups on LinkedIn (e.g. Northeast Human Resources Association members or whatever group is appropriate for you), as long as the message would apply to everyone in the group. Search the LinkedIn Group Directory for ideas.

Bottom Line

“Networking” doesn’t need to be hard or scary. Simply sincerely wishing someone well can be all that is needed to get rolling on reconnecting with someone. Enjoy getting back in touch!

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Ohio Business Services Jobs – Administration, Customer Service, Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing, and Public Relations Jobs

Susan P. Joyce — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:40:31 +0000

Click on the job title to see the current high-priority job postings in Ohio for the business services professions – administration, customer service, human resources (HR), information technology (IT), and marketing, advertising, and public relations (PR) – job postings for 119 different job titles.

How to use this page.

Scroll down the list of categories, OR click on one of these links – Administrative Jobs, Customer Service Jobs, Human Resources Jobs, Information Technology Jobs, and Marketing, Advertising, and PR Jobs.
Within each category, you will find several job titles. Click on the job title that interests you.
Check out the job postings that interest you. If you don’t find what you want today, check back tomorrow or next week. Availability is dependent on what jobs employers have posted, so the list varies from day to day.
Narrow the search to jobs in your target towns by adding the city name in front of the state name in the “Where” field, like “Dayton, Ohio” for jobs in Dayton.

Come back tomorrow, next week, next month, or even next year, and check them again – these job postings will be updated automatically every day (or more often).

Best Paying Business Services Jobs in Ohio

For Ohio, several jobs on this page (Business Services) made it into the top 20 in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Best Paid Jobs list: Marketing Managers are at the top with an annual salary of $114,700. Next are Computer and Information System Managers ($109,200/year ), followed by Human Resources Managers ($97,900/yr), Training and Development Managers at $96,200, Public Relations Managers ($93,000/yr), and Benefits and Compensation Managers ($87,300/yr). Clearly being in management can pay off, particularly in the field of Human Resources. Links to current job postings for these jobs are listed below.

Fastest Growing Business Services Jobs in Ohio

Although none of the jobs in these fields are on the list of fastest growing jobs for Ohio, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, these jobs are core business functions required by every type of organization, as demonstrated by their presence in the Best Paying Jobs list. So these jobs always are needed, and the openings are usually plentiful. Click on the job titles, below, to see the latest job openings for that job.

Job Postings for 34 Administrative Jobs in Ohio:

Job Openings for 20 Customer Service Jobs in Ohio:

Job Openings for 20 Human Resources Jobs in Ohio:

Job Openings for 31 Information Technology/Internet Jobs in Ohio:

Job Openings for 14 Marketing, Advertising, and PR Jobs in Ohio:

More Ohio Jobs:

15 Ohio employers with 15,891 jobs open
Ohio accounting, finance, banking, insurance, and law jobs - job postings for 77 different job titles
Ohio healthcare and medical, pharmaceutical, and sales jobs plus “assistant” jobs - job postings for 127 different job titles
Ohio engineering, construction, logistics, and manufacturing jobs - job postings for 122 different job titles
Ohio business services jobs – administration, HR, customer services, IT, marketing, PR, and advertising - job postings for 119 different job titles

More Employers and Careers in Ohio:

Most Popular Careers in Ohio provides a breakdown by city of which careers are most numerous in a given city in Ohio.

Check out Job-Hunt’s Directory of the Largest Employers in Ohio which includes over 200 Ohio employers, from hospitals and medical centers to colleges and universities, banks, insurance companies, and many other Ohio employers.

Job-Hunt’s Directory Fortune 500 Companies by State has a page of the Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Ohio, with links to jobs and, if available, also to internships.

More States:

California - the top 10 employers had nearly 25,000 jobs open during the week of July 30, 2012.
Florida - the top 15 employers had close to 21,000 jobs open during the week of August 27, 2012.
Illinois - 15 top employers had over 14,000 jobs open during the week of September 9, 2012.
Massachusetts - the top 15 employers had over 12,000 jobs open during the week of September 24, 2012.
New York - the top 15 employers had nearly 16,000 jobs open during the week of August 13, 2012.
North Carolina – the top 15 employers had over 14,000 jobs open during the week of September 17, 2012.
Ohio - the top 15 employers had nearly 16,000 jobs open during the week of October 1, 2012.
Pennsylvania - the top 20 employers had nearly 15,500 jobs open during the week of August 20, 2012.
Texas - the top 10 employers had nearly 20,000 jobs open during the week of August 6, 2012.
Virginia - the top 15 employers had over 11,000 jobs open during the week of September 4, 2012.

Job Search News

Job Search Success Story: Contacting the Employer

How to Connect Directly with Employers

Step # 1 Figure out what you want to do.

Where to Search for Jobs? Association Websites

For More Information on Where to Find Jobs

Where to Search for Jobs? Employer Websites

So, Choose Your Target Employers

Online Sources of Target Employers

Directory of Employers by State

Directory of FORTUNE 500 Employers by Rank

Directory of FORTUNE 500 Employers by State

Industry Associations

For More Information on Where to Find Jobs

Jobs: 15 Top Washington State Employers with Nearly 11,000 Jobs Open

These 15 employers currently have 10,876 jobs open in Washington:

1. Microsoft Corporation – 2,152 jobs open

2. U.S. Federal Government – 1,999 jobs open

3. Amazon.com – 1,014 jobs open

4. Starbucks Coffee Company – 738 jobs open

5. Providence Health & Service – 734 jobs open

6. Pizza Hut – 567 jobs open

7. McDonald’s - 538 jobs jobs open

8. University of Washington & University of Washington Medical Center – 518 jobs open

9. Taco Bell – 510 jobs open

10. Petco - 387 jobs

11. Staples - 353 jobs

12. WyzAnt Tutoring – 331 jobs

13. H&R Block – 320 jobs open

14. Safeway Corp – 306 jobs open

15. Deloitte – 236 jobs

More Jobs and Careers in Washington State:

More Jobs, Information, and Resources by State:

Jobs: 15 Top Minnesota Employers with 8,500+ Jobs Open

These 15 employers currently have 8,655 jobs open in Minnesota:

1. Target – 1,100 jobs open

2. UnitedHealth Group – 916 jobs open

3. University of Minnesota – 853 jobs open

4. Intuit – 704 jobs open

5. U.S. Federal Government – 623 jobs open

6. McDonald’s - 612 jobs jobs open

7. Pizza Hut - 553 jobs open

8. Holiday Stationstores, Inc. – 487 jobs open

9. H&R Block – 482 jobs open

11. Viking Client Services – 449 jobs

12. Wells Fargo – 368 jobs open

13. Fairview Health Services – 353 jobs

14. Taco Bell – 350 jobs open

15. Essentia Health – 329 jobs open

More Jobs and Careers in Minnesota:

More Jobs, Information, and Resources by State:

Jobs: 15 Top Georgia Employers with 12,300+ Jobs Open

These employers currently have 12,349 jobs open in Georgia:

1. Dollar General Store - 1,516 jobs

3. McDonald’s - 1,205 jobs

4. H&R Block – 990 jobs

5. CVS/Caremark –935 jobs

6. Advance Auto Parts – 916 jobs

7. Family Dollar – 863 jobs

8. Home Depot – 729 jobs

9. Taco Bell– 596 jobs

10. U.S. Federal Government – 591 jobs

11. Deloitte – 712 jobs

12. Target– 577 jobs

13. WellStar Health – 555 jobs

14. Staples- 468 jobs

15. Piedmont Healthcare – 486 jobs

More Jobs and Careers in Georgia:

More Local Jobs by State

More Jobs, Information, and Resources by State:

Protecting Your Social Media Passwords in Your Job Search

California Law

Delaware’s Law

Illinois Law

Maryland’s Law

Michigan’s Law

New Jersey’s Law

Stay tuned – this will undoubtedly change in the future. I will update this page as it does change.

For More Information

Hate Your Job and Looking for a New One? Be VERY Careful!

Directory of E mployers by State