Tech jobs boom like it’s 1999 – USA Today

USA Today has reported that Tech jobs boom like it’s 1999. Find below the few thins from the article. The job boom not only signals a potential reversal of fortune for the greater U.S. economy, but it also underscores just how hot the tech market is in the San Francisco Bay Area Google, Facebook and Microsoft are aggressively recruiting college students in hopes of landing them before they graduate. Nearly 150,000 tech jobs are expected to be added this year, says Sophia Koropeckyj, an eco...

MSNBC has reported that US Army and Navy speed up US citizenship to recruit Foreigners who offer much-needed language skills and other specialties. About 1,000 soldiers and sailors completed the citizenship process at basic training sites in fiscal year 2010, which ended Sept. 30. About 660 have been able to complete it in the first six months of this fiscal year. Receiving citizenship as early as possible benefits the Soldier by opening up additional MOS (enlisted jobs, or military occupation s...

Oakland Career Expo was held on April 7th from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This job fair was hosted by the Oakland Private Industry Council partnering with the California Employment Development Department to offer job training, counseling and other services that have been in high demand. Staffing agencies, construction businesses, security service employers, private colleges, nursing schools and a range of other businesses including the Oakland Coliseum, Turner Construction, the Port of Oakland, Safeway and...

McDonald’s has announced that it is planning a one-day hiring spree of 50,000 new workers on April 19 for its U.S. restaurants. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving more than 58 million customers daily. 50,000 new hires will increase the U.S. workforce of McDonald’s to 700,000 from its current level of 650,000. Average pay for the jobs is $8.30 an hour. That’s compared to the federal minimum wag...

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics says the unemployment rate declined a full point from 8.9 to 8.8 percent last month (March 2011) The number of jobless people dropped from 13.7 million to 13.5 million. About 216,000 jobs have been added. The 8.8% jobless rate is the lowest in two years. “The payroll tax cut and business incentives for investment are creating the conditions for sustained growth and job creation,” Austan Goolsbee of the White House Council of Economic Advisers expla...