• KOP Hospitality Hiring Fair Helps Local Restaurants, Hotels Find Employees Amid Labor Shortage

    KOP Hospitality Hiring Fair Helps Local Restaurants, Hotels Find Employees Amid Labor Shortage

    Hiring challenges are continuing to plague the hospitality industry amid a labor shortage, forcing many to pull out all the stops in an effort to attract new employees as customer demand ramps up once again, writes Laura Smythe for the Philadelphia Business Journal. As part of these efforts, 31 King of Prussia restaurants and hotels…

  • MONTCO Careers – Christian Heating & Air Conditioning

    MONTCO Careers – Christian Heating & Air Conditioning

    Christian Heating & Air Conditioning started in the spring of 1989 and has been a leader in the HVAC industry for more than 32 years. Throughout that time, Christian Heating & Air Conditioning has not only served thousands of clients throughout Northeast Philadelphia and Bucks and Montgomery counties, but has served as a pillar in…

  • The Philadelphia Inquirer – in Partnership with Monster.com, Other Popular Platforms – Offering Deep Discounts on Job Ads

    The Philadelphia Inquirer – in Partnership with Monster.com, Other Popular Platforms – Offering Deep Discounts on Job Ads

    The Philadelphia Inquirer, in partnership with Monster.com and a number of other popular platforms, is now offering special rates to employers who are looking to hire. Advertise the following: Find the perfect candidates with The Inquirer’s engaging recruitment solutions and connect with them more efficiently than ever before. Any purchase will receive a 30-day SearchMonster…

  • Open Tourism and Hospitality Positions in Montgomery County

    Open Tourism and Hospitality Positions in Montgomery County

    Tourism and hospitality are a big business in Montgomery County. The tourism industry in Montco supports more than 25,000 jobs. That’s more than 4% of all jobs in Montgomery County supported by tourism. Visitors to Montgomery County spend more than $1.65 billion. There are many open jobs in Montgomery County, Pa. Companies are looking for qualified individuals to fill these roles. Browse…

  • Career Corner: What Are the Job Prospects for Nurses in Pennsylvania?

    Career Corner: What Are the Job Prospects for Nurses in Pennsylvania?

    By Chris Isaac They say there will always be work in the medical field, and with the demand for medical care thanks to COVID, you would believe that must be particularly true for this last year. But does the data support that the nursing field is doing well in 2021? With this week being National…

  • Here or There? Employees, Employers Disagree on Remote Work, Says Radnor Recruiter

    Here or There? Employees, Employers Disagree on Remote Work, Says Radnor Recruiter

    A Radnor executive search firm says employers and employees have very different views on remote work in a post-pandemic world, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. About 80% of executive-level employees want to work remotely or in a hybrid model. But 70 % of corporate human resources professionals think employees should only be doing…

  • How to Request LinkedIn Help Plus Other Useful Resources

    How to Request LinkedIn Help Plus Other Useful Resources

    What do you do if you have a problem on LinkedIn? Where do you turn if you have been hacked? Is there a human to help? Is there customer service? Problems are bound to occur on a platform of over 756 million users. If you are on Twitter, you can direct message @LinkedInHelp You can…

  • MONTCO Careers – Citadel Credit Union

    MONTCO Careers – Citadel Credit Union

    Headquartered in Exton, with more than $3 billion in assets, Citadel Credit Union is one of Greater Philadelphia’s largest locally owned financial institutions, proudly serving residents of Chester, Bucks, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. Citadel offers rewarding and valuable financial products to its customers, while giving them a personalized, convenient, and simple banking experience.…

  • MONTCO Careers – Malvern Bank, National Association

    MONTCO Careers – Malvern Bank, National Association

    Based in Paoli, Malvern Bank, National Association is a community bank dedicated to fulfilling the financial needs of the people and businesses throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and the surrounding areas. Malvern Bank, National Association offers a complete range of products and services through its network of convenient Financial Centers. The bank prides itself on working…

  • PA 2021 Unemployment Claims Drop by Nearly 90 Percent from 2020; One of Best Recoveries Nationally

    PA 2021 Unemployment Claims Drop by Nearly 90 Percent from 2020; One of Best Recoveries Nationally

    The job market is on the mend throughout the country. The U.S. makes significant progress in the fight against COVID-19. Unemployed Pennsylvanians are getting back to work at a rate better than 90 percent of the rest of the nation, according to a new report by WalletHub.  WalletHub identified which states’ workforces are experiencing the quickest recovery from COVID-19. It analyzed…

  • Career Corner: From the WSJ, Tips on Navigating, Staying Productive in the Post-Pandemic Workplace

    Career Corner: From the WSJ, Tips on Navigating, Staying Productive in the Post-Pandemic Workplace

    A lot of people have had their typical workday upended courtesy of the pandemic, and have had to develop new habits for the job. Whether that’s due to working remotely or just struggling to adapt to the new in-person rules, the fact is many people are feeling out of sorts in the workplace. As recently…

  • Is Your LinkedIn ‘About’ Section  Skimmable, Scannable for Everyday Attention Spans?

    Is Your LinkedIn ‘About’ Section Skimmable, Scannable for Everyday Attention Spans?

    The About Section on LinkedIn can have up to 2600 characters. Are you formatting it so it is skimmable and scannable for human attention spans? When I visit LinkedIn profiles and see nothing but paragraphs, I typically do not read the paragraphs unless I have a particular purpose. My eyes glaze over. Since joining Clubhouse…

  • Never Mind About the Accent. How Come Mare of Easttown Doesn’t Drink Yuengling? (But at Least She Drinks Wawa Coffee!)

    Never Mind About the Accent. How Come Mare of Easttown Doesn’t Drink Yuengling? (But at Least She Drinks Wawa Coffee!)

    Mare of Easttown has arrived on HBO in all its local glory, but locals are asking: Why no Yuengling lager? The crime drama with Kate Winslet includes the Delco accent, features local scenery, and was created by Brad Ingelsby, an Archbishop Carroll grad with some roots in Delco, writes Dayna Evans for philly.eater.com. Ingelsby has…

  • Career Corner: Free Grants You Should Be Looking into for Help Paying Off Your Student Loans

    Career Corner: Free Grants You Should Be Looking into for Help Paying Off Your Student Loans

    By Chris Isaac Getting a good education is essential to many career paths, so graduation should be a happy time that marks new opportunities. Unfortunately, the reality is that it can also mark the beginning of being in debt thanks to student loans. In a recent Forbes article, Kat Tretina and Rachel Witkowski share grants…

  • LinkedIn & Volunteering: Celebrating National Volunteer Month

    LinkedIn & Volunteering: Celebrating National Volunteer Month

    April is National Volunteer Month. Did you know that there is an intersection between volunteering and your career that you can display on LinkedIn? This week, I decided to interview a subject matter expert on the topic of volunteering. Meridian Swift started her first volunteer manager job in 1995 “because she was nice.” A decade…

  • MONTCO Careers – Malvern Bank, National Association

    MONTCO Careers – Malvern Bank, National Association

    Based in Paoli, Malvern Bank, National Association is a community bank dedicated to fulfilling the financial needs of the people and businesses throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and the surrounding areas. Malvern Bank, National Association offers a complete range of products and services through its network of convenient Financial Centers. The bank prides itself…

  • PA’s Online Unemployment Compensation System — Often Fraught with Frustration — Is Getting a Reboot

    PA’s Online Unemployment Compensation System — Often Fraught with Frustration — Is Getting a Reboot

    As if being out of work isn’t bad enough, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s online system for filing/managing claims is often difficult to navigate, unsteady in its performance and outmoded in its layout. That’s all about to change on June 8, with the launch of a new unemployment compensation system, writes Tom Lehman for WGAL News 8.  The improved system will replace…

  • Career Corner: From Forbes, Probing Career Questions to Ask Yourself if You Feel Like Your Career Has Lost Momentum

    Career Corner: From Forbes, Probing Career Questions to Ask Yourself if You Feel Like Your Career Has Lost Momentum

    Everyone aspires to have a workplace they love and a position they find meaningful. However, the reality is you often need to pause at a few steppingstone positions to reach that point. But what happens when those stops at those steppingstones wind up becoming more long-term than what you had envisioned? If you’re feeling stuck…