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Home Depot Will Hire 10,000 More Workers

ddn021311bizlookwho_869165aHome Depot is aiming to build up its staff, hiring 10,000 more workers than last year for its spring season as the housing market heats up. Continue reading

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Paid Internships Available with the Young Adult Internship Program (YAIP) In Harlem

To be considered for the next cycle, applications must be submitted by January 31, 2012. Continue reading

Jobs: Director of Sales/Catering Position w/ B. Smith’s

Hello Concierge Community…

A position at our B. Smith’s – NYC location has become available for Director of Sales and Catering.

If you know of anybody that is interested please have them email their resume to me directly to acaswell@bsmith.com (please do not call). Continue reading

Senior Associate Consultant

Bentz Whaley Flessner, Washington, DC

http://www.bwf.com, Bentz Whaley Flessner (BWF) is an international consulting firm dedicated to helping educational institutions, health care providers, community service organizations, and global organizations build strong institutional advancement programs that meet immediate and long-term objectives. Having established an international market for its services, Continue reading

HW Jobs: NBC Universal, VP Diversity and External Relations

New York, NBC Universal–Vice President, Diversity and External Relations (New York City) Continue reading

Jobs: 5W Public Relations

5W Public Relations is named to the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies and is one of the 25 largest Public Relations firms in the U.S. Founded in 2003, and named the nation’s fastest growing PR agency three years in a row, we are an aggressive full-service communications firm with core competencies in all aspects of public relations. From media relations to corporate communications, technology marketing, consumer goods, Health Care, Crisis PR, social media and special events. Continue reading

Jobs at 5W PR

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Senior Vice President/Vice President, Corporate Communications

Responsibilities:
Lead the Corporate Practice group; Lead the team that develops PR and communication programs for some of the world’s leading corporate brands. Take a leadership role in new business proposal development and presentations; research new business leads. Develop and execute successful PR campaigns. Maintain relationships with Sr. level client contacts. Manage media relations strategies, strategic pitching processes and media inquiry responses. Manage and delegate responsibilities of daily workflow of accounts while driving consistent PR & media results. Direct and supervise work responsibilities of staff.

Qualifications:
B.S/B.A in Public Relations or related field
At least 10 years of PR agency experience
Demonstrated track record of developing and executing successful PR campaigns
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills
Strong leadership and motivation skills
Proven client relations and supervisory skills

Please e-mail resumes to
careers@5wpr.com

The Recession’s Racial Divide

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What do you get when you combine the worst economic downturn since the Depression with the first black president? A surge of white racial resentment, loosely disguised as a populist revolt. An article on the Fox News Web site has put forth the theory that health reform is a stealth version of reparations for slavery: whites will foot the bill and, by some undisclosed mechanism, blacks will get all the care. President Obama, in such fantasies, is a dictator and, in one image circulated among the anti-tax, anti-health reform “tea parties,” he is depicted as a befeathered African witch doctor with little tusks coming out of his nostrils. When you’re going down, as the white middle class has been doing for several years now, it’s all too easy to imagine that it’s because someone else is climbing up over your back.

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Finding Work in Harlem’s Economy

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Tips for finding Work

By  Judy Davis


jobsearchnewspaperAre you one of the man Harlemites who has recently been laid off and you just don’t know quite what to do? You, like many thought your job was safe and now you are back out there in job search mode seeking your next opportunity. Even with the economy being what it is, there are ways to succeed and remain productive. Here are some tips that can assist you in continuing to develop your skills in the current market: Continue reading

The Green Collar Economy

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Check this great video out by Harlem resident Van Jones. Our challenge is implementation. Creating those jobs now for the 50% unemployment for men of color and 40% unemployment for women of color in Harlem (it’s 70% unemployment for men of color in Compton, Ca.,):

Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy, highlights specific ways to create jobs for Americans while also making moves to help green the planet.

Van Jones thinks “green collar” jobs could clean the United State’s energy-dependent economy.

His path to a healthy green economy includes his work on the Green Jobs Act of 2007, which authorized $125 million to train people for green-collar jobs. – The Commonwealth Club of California. Continue reading