Are you stuck in a low-paying job? Frustrated that you work so hard, but earn so little? If so, you need to ask yourself: Has the time come to make a career change? If so, what’s holding you back? Is it a lack of a college degree? While more Americans are earning their BA than […]
Two New Sections on the Monkey: Work at Museums and Fish Farm Work
In our never-ending quest to bring you the latest and greatest in job research, the JobMonkey launched two great new sections in January. First, there is the section on Museum Jobs, which is perfect for all you would-be curators out there. Of course, that’s not the only job at a museum. From archivist to zoologist, […]
President Obama Talks Job Creation, High Speed Railway in State of the Union Address
In President Obama’s first State of the Union address last night, he waxed on for 70-some minutes about the economy, the housing crisis, the health care reform (meltdown) and Iraq and Afghanistan. But amidst those important issues, his top priority for the coming year was clear: Job creation. Jobs must be our number one focus […]
Hot Jobs 68: Animal Related Employment
Welcome to the Wednesday hot jobs post! If you are new to the JobMonkey, this is where I tell you about three of the hottest leads for jobs over at our free JobMonkey Job Center. This week, I’m focusing on the fun careers working with animals. Are you a lover of man’s best friend? An […]
World’s Coolest Jobs: From Bed Tester to Beer Taster
Amidst the depressing news about slow-going Haitian relief efforts, MSNBC ran a fun little story over the weekend about the “
Hot Jobs 67: Work on Video and Computer Games
Welcome to our weekly hot jobs post, where I tell you about three of the hottest leads for jobs over at our free JobMonkey Job Center. This week, I’m focusing on the fun career track of video game programming. There are a dozen or more video game jobs up on the Job Center tonight, so if […]
Help Haiti Relief Efforts
As you no doubt know by now, shortly before sunset last night, the Caribbean nation of Haiti was hit by a massive earthquake. The epicenter of the 7.0 quake was just 10 miles from Port au Prince, the nation’s capitol and home to 2 million residents. Today and tonight, rescue workers, family members, neighbors and […]
Health Care Reform Means Millions of New Jobs
If you are wondering where your next job is going to come from, now might be a great time to look toward the field of health care. According to a new report by the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center, health care reform could lead to 2.5 million to 4 million new jobs over the […]