Bay Area Recruiters Say Job Seekers Often Overlook Opportunities
Job seekers who restrict the hunt to a particular industry often overlook organizations that could use their skills, according to recruiters at several large companies.
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Job seekers who restrict the hunt to a particular industry often overlook organizations that could use their skills, according to recruiters at several large companies.
California's unemployment rate has dropped to 12 percent, but the number of payroll jobs in the state in March also fell from the previous month.
The economy added 216,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday.
Jobseeker Diana Hicks says when she showed up for what she thought was a receptionist position, she was told "in order to get into the company, we need to do a background check." And Hicks says she was asked to pay for it.
Unemployed union workers are demanding that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom sign a measure requiring the city to hire more local employees for construction jobs, and business groups in at least one neighboring county oppose the law.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the Kaplan Higher Education Corporation for allegedly discriminating against African American job seekers by screening their credit backgrounds.
The sour economy has slowed job growth in the health sector.
