Desert Jobs Blog

Author:	Murrel Crump	Created:	6/18/2007 10:24 AM
Desert Jobs Blog

Have you Googled yourself lately?

By Murrel Crump on 8/27/2007 6:43 PM

What would happen if a prospective employer looked you up online, and even tracked your name into a social networking site?

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Online "Phishing" for Monsters and Other Scams

By Murrel Crump on 8/24/2007 5:33 PM

The news is out now about Monster.com being hacked. Monster has mailed a letter advising a large number of their users that their personal information may have ended up in the hands of phishers. This information may then be used in scams that look like contacts from legitimate sources, your bank or credit card company for example.

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The Three Signs of a Miserable Job

By Murrel Crump on 8/23/2007 5:53 PM

New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni takes on his most universal and human topic to date: the misery of work.

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Give Employee Credit When Taking Adverse Action

By Murrel Crump on 8/20/2007 6:44 PM

Wonder why you didn’t get that job when they were so excited about you in the interview?

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In memory of Elvis…

By Murrel Crump on 8/16/2007 5:01 PM

It was 30 years ago today, that the King died. A whole generation has grown up since then, yet Elvis Presley is still one of the highest annual grossing celebrity personas ever, dead or alive.

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Run away with your kid to college this fall!

By Murrel Crump on 8/15/2007 4:42 PM

This is not as far fetched as it sounds, if you have a favorite offspring (sometimes it is hard to choose) who is looking to go or transfer to a California State University, or University of California school they can actually attend either one right here in the Coachella Valley at the Palm Desert campuses of CSU San Bernardino, or UC Riverside. So run away with you kid to college, and walk in to a great job with Riverside County in the Desert.

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Attitude on Altitude

By Murrel Crump on 8/14/2007 5:42 PM

Let’s face it; the temperatures do go up during the summer in the Desert, particularly in the month of August. Enjoyable outdoor time is limited to early mornings, unless you have what’s in my wallet. (No, it isn’t Capital One… silly.)

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Looking outside the local labor pool…

By Murrel Crump on 8/8/2007 6:05 PM

Even though we have a permanent population of +400,000 people in the Coachella Valley, the County government and private employers have to look outside the area for up to 80% of there higher level technical and managerial employees. That percentage will change over time as our regional college campuses gear up and produce an ever expanding pool of local candidates, but for now it is true.

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Job titles I wouldn’t want to have if I frequented singles bars

By Murrel Crump on 8/7/2007 5:54 PM

Were I ever to go to a singles bar (not that I do… or want to… or could, being age challenged as I am) there are just certain jobs I would not want to have, or admit to having.

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Rusty Springs… the right bounce or a bad rap?

By Murrel Crump on 8/6/2007 5:05 PM

I think the Desert resort communities get a bad rap sometimes in media by virtue of projecting a stereo typical image of a silver haired individual or couple enjoying the golden years of their life. Sure, people come here to retire (I hope to do the same someday) and there are age restricted housing developments like Sun City and the Four Seasons, but the average age of the labor force is somewhere around 38 years old.

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