Aug 17, 2011

New Linkedin App! Completely Upgraded, Very Elegant… Last night Linkedin released a major upgrade to their iPhone and Android applications. Actually I wouldn’t call it an upgrade as these applications have been completely redone to be used exclusively while your mobile. Linkedin designers have decided to code their entire application line in HTML 5...

Aug 12, 2011

We’ve Removed BranchOut from Our Facebook Page. Here’s Why… The original game plan on facebook was to use the BranchOut App as a tool for Job Seekers to locate information about the positions Staff Icons was looking to fill right from our facebook page. On July 12th we officially signed up for a Branch-Out account for the Staff Icons Facebook...

Aug 8, 2011

So it’s been a while since you interviewed for a job… a few things have changed. For one, the jobless rate is at a record 26 year high –9.5%…and that is just the number of people that that Government is counting in their stats. The other thing is that in most sectors, it is a buyer’s (employer’s) market. There are some skilled people that...

Aug 6, 2011

Today’s employment report shows that private sector payrolls increased by 154,000 in July and the unemployment rate ticked down to 9.1 percent.  The economy has added 2.4 million private sector jobs over the past 17 months, despite a slowdown in economic growth from substantial headwinds in the first half of the year. While the better than expected report is...