“The Jackson Project”: Longtime Local Labor Organizer Tells (One Of) His Stories
“The Jackson Project” is Phil Cohen’s memoir about his struggles to help workers in 1989. (The struggles, he says, haven’t changed.)
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Labor Shortage Hitting Local Construction
Local homebuilders say the national labor shortage is causing headaches and delays.
Read MoreU.S. Labor Sec’y: Funds Needed For Unemployed Vets
CHAPEL HILL – The nationwide unemployment rate is slowly dropping but still high, a trend that also applies to specific demographic groups, including America’s veterans. Now, with budget season already upon us, Acting U.S....
Read MoreUNC Turning To “Competency-Based” Approach
CHAPEL HILL – As the UNC system reexamines its strategic goals for the next five years, university officials have turned to employers and business leaders to identify key needs—and the result of that will be a new focus on...
Read MoreAdministrative Professionals Week
Just curious – will you be celebrating Administrative Professionals Day (April 25) or Week (week of April 23) at your office? And if so, how? The celebration started in 1952 and some say it is “one of the largest...
Read MoreHow to Become an Interim Senior Manager
This week’s Art of Potential radio show features an interview with Managing Principal, Vince Papi of Executive Smarts. This is a great show for the senior manager who is is looking for project work, or for job seekers who...
Read MoreGive a Compliment, Throw a Party and Propose – That is How you Get a Job.
Give 10 compliments a day. It may surprise you to learn that even in our worst economics times there are millions of people who would like the opportunity to live and work in the United States. To them this is still a land of...
Read MoreRise and Shine! The Job Market is Primed
Start your engines ladies and gents, the experts tell us the job market is heating up. NC Employment Security Commission reports the state jobless rate was 9.7 percent in April, down from 11.1 percent a year ago. Businesses are...
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