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Researchers discover links between Facebook profiles, personality and job success

(Phys.org) -- Employers commonly examine an applicant's resume, cover letter, references and personality to evaluate how well the potential new employee may perform. Now, the applicant's Facebook profile may play a key role ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Facebook 'App Economy' creates 182,000 US jobs: study

The ecosystem of applications built for Facebook has created at least 182,000 jobs and contributes billions of dollars in wages and benefits to the US economy, according to a study published Monday.

Technology / Business

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

LinkedIn looking for $32 to $35 per share in IPO

(AP) -- Professional networking website LinkedIn Corp. hopes to sell its stock for $32 to $35 per share in an upcoming initial public offering. Its IPO may encourage other growing Internet services to make ...

Technology / Business

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Apple might give glimpse at Jobs and new iPhone

Apple on Monday is expected to unveil a next-generation iPhone and possibly provide a glimpse at long-absent chief executive Steve Jobs as it kicks off a software developers conference here.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Japan mulls high-tech economic stimulus

Japan may invest two billion dollars or more in new information and communication systems under an economic stimulus package with the aim of creating 400,000 jobs by 2011, an official said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

T-Mobile cutting a net 1,900 call-center jobs

(AP) -- Cellphone carrier T-Mobile USA Inc. said Thursday that it is cutting 1,900 jobs nationwide as it consolidates its call centers in an effort to reduce costs and remain competitive.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple to add 3,600 jobs at new $304M Texas campus

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is investing $304 million in a new campus and more than doubling its workforce in the Texas capital, boosted by a $21 million incentive from a state fund designed to attract high-tech companies, Gov. Rick ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Young people face double penalty in a slow job market

The latest official unemployment figures show that unemployment among young people has soared to 22.3 per cent, higher than the recession of the 1990s, while the overall unemployment rate is nine per cent. New research from ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Irish PayPal expansion to create 1,000 jobs

US online payments giant PayPal is to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland in a major expansion of its operations in the eurozone member, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High social status makes people more trusting, study finds

When you start a new job, your boss may be more likely to trust you than you are to trust him or her, a new study suggests.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In job market, social contacts help men, not women

When it comes to finding a job, who you know is as important as what you know. Work experience generally helps people foster the kinds of personal contacts that can lead someone to new career opportunities, but a study from ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Driver's data may be used to check workers' status

The Obama administration is about to add more personal information to E-Verify, an immigration enforcement tool that is vulnerable to fake, stolen or borrowed documents.

Technology / Other

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German tech sector bullish before giant IT fair

Germany's high-tech sector is expected to register solid growth this year and next, creating thousands of jobs, its chief lobby group said Monday ahead of the giant CeBIT trade fair.

Technology / Business

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM to help small businesses compete for contracts

(AP) -- Tech giant IBM Corp. is trying to help small businesses get supply contracts with blue chip companies in a variety of industries.

Technology / Business

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Murdoch hails Apple's Jobs as top US CEO

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch hailed Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Wednesday, saying there was "not much doubt" he was the best CEO in America and predicting iPad sales would hit 10 million this year.

Technology / Business

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0