Amongst all the reports of a credit crisis, a crisis in banking, a crisis in high street finances and other Defcom2-type warnings, there is yet another crisis lurking in the background that has greater long-term implications for the future of UK PLC – a skills crisis Lord Leitch’s 2006 final report into the ‘Review of Skills’, commissioned by the government in 2004, acknowledged that there is a problem

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) has been seen as one of the most important packages of government proposals in over a decade Included in that package were some very positive moves for renewable energy, which could equate to a big increase in ‘green-collar’ jobs – particularly renewable energy jobs, nuclear jobs and other careers in the UK’s energy industries

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) delivered recently could herald a new era of co-operation between the Government and the construction industry The PBR announced that £3billion worth of investment that was due to be carried out in 2010-11 is to be brought forward – news that has been welcomed by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) caused shockwaves throughout UK PLC and has been heralded as one of the most extraordinary packages of measures presented by a Chancellor in a long time It seems that the government really does understand just how serious things are outside the hallowed halls of Parliament and has reacted accordingly, giving the country an economic shot in the arm with a plethora of measures, all designed to pull the country out of recession as quickly as possible

Over the past year, I have been on a quest to dispel as many myths as possible when it comes to job hunting, in general, and to the resume, in particular Unfortunately, with all the online job posting sites available, these fallacies have a way of taking on a life of their own and even manage to fool many good resume writers and career coaches out there

I once asked an old hunter what his secret was for bagging the elusive wild turkey He told me, first you have to think like a turkey

With the current state of affairs and rising joblessness rate, many corporations will be offering outplacement services to displaced workers The corporation signs a contract with an outplacement firm to offer a variety of job transition assistance free of charge to employees that the company is laying off

We've all seen them, those uniformed but usually unarmed people who protect us in stores from danger, and who also protect stores from getting ripped off, for example Being a security guard can be a good job to have, but you have to be the right person

Finding a new job during a recession can be a difficult undertaking Employers are reluctant to hire new people when they may be facing layoffs down the road

There is no doubt that we are in some of the toughest economic times that we have seen in more than 70 years Rather than looking for people to hire, companies are laying people off in numbers not seen in 25 years