Job site Jobfox has secured another $20 million in funding. According to sources:
DFJ Growth Fund led the round, with partner Mark Bailey taking a board seat. Return backers Menlo Ventures and New Enterprise Associates also participated.
Additionally, this should free-up the company for further growth nationally and globally, including top U.S. markets and possible acquisitions in places like Australia.
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Jobacle.com, the career advice and employment news Web site, has released its second annual Official Sick Day Calendar. Available as a free download, the 2008 calendar highlights days that have “optimal sick day potential.” Notably, days that bridge standard holidays into longer leaves of absence.
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Help Paris!
That was the response of Shimmering Resumes to Black Wednesday, the day Paris Hilton learned that her grandfather is giving 97% of his fortune to charity. To ease her distress, Shimmering Resumes has offered to write her a resume absolutely free, for any job she chooses to seek.
“Leaping to the rescue of the world’s best-known heiress is not everyone’s gut response,” said Paul Freiberger, president of Shimmering Resumes, a professional resume-writing service. “I’ve heard a lot of less-than-generous comments.”
“This young lady just had over $2 billion snatched from her future. Show a little compassion,” Freiberger added. “It may not be so easy for her to create another perfume line or promote a movie, CD, or line of handbags. Can’t we all relate?”
Freiberger said he is not seeking Hilton’s endorsement for a line of resumes or CVs. Should she offer one, Freiberger has not decided what he would do.
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While resolving to lose a few pounds in 2008 is probably not a bad idea, you should also give some consideration to your career as well. “The employment picture in the New Year is shaping up to be quite volatile,” said WallStJobs.com founder, Robert Graber, “so making yourself more marketable, no matter how secure you think you are, is just prudent career insurance.”
Graber suggests putting some of these job focused self-improvement ideas on your New Year’s Resolution “to-do” list for 2008:
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More than two-thirds of respondents in The Adler Group’s 2008 Recruiting and Hiring Challenges Survey believe that hiring top talent is harder today than it has ever been. According to Lou Adler, author of the bestselling book Hire With Your Head (Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2007), they’re right.
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