J1 student visas offer an alternative for finding summer help.
NATIONAL REPORT--Every summer, 70 to 80 European students arrive in Doswell, Va., to work at the 248-room Best Western Kings Quarters hotel. Summer occupancy at the property swells because the hotel is located next to the Kings Dominion amusement park. But unlike resort hotels operating in the...

DoLE sets big job fair Nov. 10-11.
Employment opportunities in the Middle East, Americas, Europe, and Asia for Filipinos will be made available by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration during the DoLE First International Labor Mart in November 10 and 11 at the Philippine International Convention Center. ...

BUSINESS DATEBOOK.
Byline: The Register-Guard Calendar TUESDAY LeTip of Eugene - Weekly breakfast meeting of business leads exchange club. Time: 7:01 a.m. to 8:31 a.m. Place: Town Club, 975 Oak St., Eugene. Contact: Ron Smith at 681-4422. National Association of Purchasing Managers, Willamette...

Cases of illegal recruitment in Cordillera down - CIDG.
Byline: DEXTER SEEBy DEXTER BAGUIO CITY - The number of illegal recruitment cases in the Cordillera Region has significantly decreased in the past two months due to the relentless efforts of law-enforcement agencies to go after unscrupulous individuals who want to enrich themselves at the expense of...

Point man: a district's IT efforts all revolve around the CIO, whose role and responsibilities have been transformed by the digital age.
OB DYLAN ONCE SANG THAT THE TIMES WERE A-CHANGIN', but the shaggy crooner couldn't have had any idea how the line would one day resonate with the leaders of K-12 technology. Think back to the days of the first George Bush. Back then, few, if any, school...

Saudi doubles salaries of household workers.
Byline: RAYMUND F. ANTONIO The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has scored another major breakthrough in the deployment of household service workers abroad after the Saudi National Recruitment Committee (SANARCOM) agreed to increase the monthly salary of Filipino household service workers from $ 200 to $...

Labor's wage war.
INTRODUCTION Almost every growing sector in the bottom half of our economy--health care, child care, retail, building services, construction, and hospitality--is plagued by penurious employers who drag down working conditions for everyone. Common schemes emerge in jobs with sweatshop conditions: employers hide behind subcontractors, call their workers...

BPO firms step up hiring of foreign language-speaking staff.
Business process outsourcing providers have accelerated their recruitment of new personnel who are skilled in at least one major foreign language besides English. This prompted the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) to push for the "foreign language skills retooling" of secondary and vocational school graduates,...

Florence casino lures job seekers.
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - What may be the single biggest hiring binge in Florence's history kicked off Friday, as hundreds of job seekers flocked to the Three Rivers Casino's new employment and information center. The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and...

A profession in peril: the realities of the job make it difficult to attract new addiction counselors.
"Help wanted: Addiction counselor to provide counseling for the city's home-Jess; hours vary. Good writing skills and solid work ethic. Must be state-certified. $16 per hour." I recently answered this ad, introducing myself as a private, for-profit treatment provider with a state-certified program next door to the...