Bradley-Morris has announced they are recruiting for jobs in Rhode Island.

Bradley-Morris, Inc. (BMI), the largest military recruiting firm in the U.S., announced Q4 dates for their ConferenceHire® events today. The contingency hiring events are efficient recruiting solutions for employers interested in hiring military for careers in Management / Engineering, Technician / Supervision / Field Service and Sales / Business Development.

In a recent poll, SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management) identified “Translating military skills to civilian job experience” as the #1 challenge to hiring military*. BMI’s ConferenceHire events overcome this hurdle for employers by pre-selecting and matching military-experienced job seekers to civilian employers’ job openings.

The ConferenceHire events will take place on the following dates:

October

10/04 Atlanta, Georgia
10/25 Norfolk, Virginia

November

11/08 Atlanta, Georgia
11/08 Chicago, Illinois
11/15 Providence, Rhode Island
11/15 San Diego, California

December

12/06 Austin, Texas
12/13 Atlanta, Georgia
12/13 Norfolk, Virginia

“While it’s difficult to judge the strength of the economic recovery from mixed signals in the news, one definite positive sign is the high demand for hiring military,” said Sandra (Sandy) Morris, CEO. “Employers can’t afford to gamble with their recruiting investments, especially now, and hiring military to make a positive impact in engineering, sales, technician or operations roles is one of the surest bets a business can make.”

In addition to ConferenceHire events, Bradley-Morris, Inc. partners with employers in hiring military via these recruiting solutions:

TargetHire®, contingency recruitment accelerated by BMI’s patent-pending military-to-civilian matching technology.
PowerHire®, BMI’s volume hiring solution.
Government, Contract and Employment Services (GCES), dedicated resources focusing on government / defense hiring needs, contract employment and outsourced recruiting / employment services.

Fortune 1000 and emerging sector companies attending BMI ConferenceHire events interview military-experienced candidates for careers in leadership and management; project engineering; project management; sales and business development; IT management; government sector; production engineering / supervision; manufacturing engineering / management; operations and logistics engineering / supervision; electrical, mechanical and maintenance technicians; and field service technicians.

Employers and job seekers who wish to view the complete 2010 / 2011 ConferenceHire schedule and register for BMI’s services can go to Bradley-Morris.com or call 1-800-330-4950.

*Employing Military Personnel and Recruiting Veterans - Attitudes and Practices SHRM Poll (June 2010)

Bradley-Morris, Inc., the largest military recruiting firm in the U.S., matches the top engineering, management, sales, IT, technical, operations and diversity military-experienced job seekers with the leading jobs in the Fortune 1000 and emerging company sectors. Our client-focused approach yields superior return-on-investment and results in a 96% customer service satisfaction rating from the valued companies that partner with us. In addition, 90% of our military job seekers receive interest from these companies by taking advantage of our free ConferenceHire process. Serving the U.S., Europe and Asia, Bradley-Morris, a WBENC-certified diversity supplier, is headquartered in metro-Atlanta, Georgia, and can be found on the web at www.Bradley-Morris.com.

According to recent statistics from the BLS, Rhode Island jobs in just about every industry aren’t publishing steady gains.

Looked at by industry, 11 of 13 sectors showed a positive net employment outlook for the fourth quarter, compared with 10 of 13 sectors in the third quarter. But for the fourth quarter, all but one industry showed a decline in sentiment from the third quarter. Manpower’s industry data is not seasonally adjusted.

The two industries with a negative net employment outlook for the fourth quarter were construction, at negative 8%, and government, at negative 7%. The Manpower survey does not count Census hiring; the decline in government hiring is due instead to severe budget shortfalls, Prising said. “The government, state and federal, is still struggling with budget restrictions and deficits,” he said, “especially the states.”

For each industry sector, here are the figures for the net employment outlook for the fourth quarter, not seasonally adjusted, in order of most positive outlook first:

• Mining, 13% in the fourth quarter, down from 17% in the third quarter
• Wholesale and retail trade, 13%, down from 15%
• Professional and business services, 10%, down from 15%
• Leisure and hospitality, 9%, down from 20%
• Information, 7%, down from 10%
• Manufacturing, durable goods, 7%, down from 9%
• Manufacturing, nondurable goods, 6%, down from 12%
• Financial activities, 4%, down from 11%
• Education and health services, 4%, up from -2%
• Other services, 3%, down from 8%
• Transportation and utilities, 2%, down from 9%

Rhode Island jobs are not increasing, but rather have remained stagnant and flat.

According to a new report from Manpower, employers’ hiring plans for the upcoming fourth quarter stayed about flat from the previous quarter, but are up significantly from a year ago.

Manpower’s seasonally adjusted net employment outlook hovers in the low- to mid-20s. Before the record low of negative 2% for the third and fourth quarters of 2009, the survey’s previous low point was a net 1% hiring outlook for the third quarter of 1982. The survey started in 1962.

“The employment outlook has been positive for all four quarters but clearly it’s flattening out,” said Jonas Prising, president of Manpower in the Americas.

Employers’ hiring outlook “remains better than last year all the way through but it indicates that employers are taking a very cautious approach to hiring,” he said. “They still want to maintain and hold on to their current work force but are only anticipating cautious hiring.”

The Manpower survey measures the percentage of firms planning to hire minus those intending layoffs. Manpower doesn’t measure the number of jobs.

Separately, the U.S. economy lost 54,000 nonfarm jobs in August, though the private sector gained 67,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department.

Looked at by industry, 11 of 13 sectors showed a positive net employment outlook for the fourth quarter, compared with 10 of 13 sectors in the third quarter. But for the fourth quarter, all but one industry showed a decline in sentiment from the third quarter. Manpower’s industry data is not seasonally adjusted.

The two industries with a negative net employment outlook for the fourth quarter were construction, at negative 8%, and government, at negative 7%. The Manpower survey does not count Census hiring; the decline in government hiring is due instead to severe budget shortfalls, Prising said. “The government, state and federal, is still struggling with budget restrictions and deficits,” he said, “especially the states.”

For each industry sector, here are the figures for the net employment outlook for the fourth quarter, not seasonally adjusted, in order of most positive outlook first:

• Mining, 13% in the fourth quarter, down from 17% in the third quarter
• Wholesale and retail trade, 13%, down from 15%
• Professional and business services, 10%, down from 15%
• Leisure and hospitality, 9%, down from 20%
• Information, 7%, down from 10%
• Manufacturing, durable goods, 7%, down from 9%
• Manufacturing, nondurable goods, 6%, down from 12%
• Financial activities, 4%, down from 11%
• Education and health services, 4%, up from -2%
• Other services, 3%, down from 8%
• Transportation and utilities, 2%, down from 9%

Employers are holding fast to their budgets and are not adding many new jobs in Rhode Island, according to a new survey from Manpower.

A seasonally adjusted net 5% of firms said they intend to hire in the fourth quarter, about flat from the 6% who said they planned to hire in the third quarter, but up from a record low of negative 2% a year ago, according to the Milwaukee-based firm’s survey of more than 18,000 U.S. employers.

Still, in a robust economy, Manpower’s seasonally adjusted net employment outlook hovers in the low- to mid-20s. Before the record low of negative 2% for the third and fourth quarters of 2009, the survey’s previous low point was a net 1% hiring outlook for the third quarter of 1982. The survey started in 1962.

“The employment outlook has been positive for all four quarters but clearly it’s flattening out,” said Jonas Prising, president of Manpower in the Americas.

Employers’ hiring outlook “remains better than last year all the way through but it indicates that employers are taking a very cautious approach to hiring,” he said. “They still want to maintain and hold on to their current work force but are only anticipating cautious hiring.”

The Manpower survey measures the percentage of firms planning to hire minus those intending layoffs. Manpower doesn’t measure the number of jobs.

Separately, the U.S. economy lost 54,000 nonfarm jobs in August, though the private sector gained 67,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department.

Looked at by industry, 11 of 13 sectors showed a positive net employment outlook for the fourth quarter, compared with 10 of 13 sectors in the third quarter. But for the fourth quarter, all but one industry showed a decline in sentiment from the third quarter. Manpower’s industry data is not seasonally adjusted.

The two industries with a negative net employment outlook for the fourth quarter were construction, at negative 8%, and government, at negative 7%. The Manpower survey does not count Census hiring; the decline in government hiring is due instead to severe budget shortfalls, Prising said. “The government, state and federal, is still struggling with budget restrictions and deficits,” he said, “especially the states.”

The Rhode Island unemployment rate dipped for the fifth straight month to 11.9%, according to the R.I. Department of Labor.

It dropped a tenth of a percentage point. The fifth consecutive monthly decline came as the private sector added 1,500 jobs in July, an improvement that was partially offset by the loss of 900 government jobs last month, the DLT said.

The state’s non-farm payrolls rose to 451,800 in July.

Rhode Island’s largest job gains in June came in the accommodation and food service sector, which picked up 900 jobs as seasonal hiring continued into July, the DLT said.

Manufacturing jobs increased by 600 last month because of fewer seasonal layoffs than normal, according to the DLT. Retail trade also added 600 positions due in part of the reopening of businesses hit by the March floods, labor officials said.

Gains were also reported in arts, entertainment and recreation, and “other services,” which each grew by 400 jobs. Health care and social assistance, and educational services each added 100 positions, while transportation and utilities, information and natural resources, and mining sectors remained unchanged.

At the same time, however, the number of unemployed residents – those classified as available for work and actively seeking employment – sank for the sixth consecutive month, declining by 1,000 to 68,300.

Last month, Rhode Island’s jobless rate was the fourth-highest in nation. Between December and FEbruary, the rate had reached 12.7%. Since then, it has dropped for five straight months in a row.

The United States unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.5%. Rhode Island’s neighbor Massachusetts’ unemployment rate also remained unchanged and held steady at 9%, lower than the national average.

Good news for unemployed writers everywhere: AOL’s Patch is hiring in many states, including for journalist jobs in Rhode Island.

AOL Inc. announced today the launch of Patch’s 100th site, Morristown Patch (http://morristown.patch.com). AOL also announced that Patch plans to rapidly expand to more than 500 U.S. neighborhoods in 20 states by the end of 2010. Additionally, with over 500 journalists still to be hired, Patch expects to be the largest hirer of full-time journalists in the U.S. this year.

“Today’s launch of our 100th site is a significant milestone for us. We began with just three Patch communities in February 2009, and have since made incredible progress toward fulfilling our core mission of providing comprehensive information and trusted, professional news coverage to towns and communities,” said Warren Webster, President, Patch Media. “We believe Patch is a revolutionary and efficient approach to producing relevant, quality local journalism at scale, and we couldn’t be more excited about expanding into hundreds of new communities across America this year.”

Every Patch site is run by one professional local editor who, along with freelancers, provides quality original news and information to its community. As part of its expansion, Patch continues to hire experienced professional journalists to fill important new roles in the organization.

In addition to being a destination for original content produced by professional journalists, Patch is a platform for community members to comment on stories, share their opinions, post photos and announcements, and add events to the community calendar.

Patch sites are already up and running in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Virginia. The 2010 expansion includes plans to extend Patch’s reach into more than a dozen new states including Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin.

Recent Patch hires

Patch has completed its hiring of senior editorial field management with four regionally based Editorial Directors. They report to Brian Farnham, Patch’s Editor-in-Chief.

– Marcia Parker (San Ramon, California), Editorial Director of the West Coast Region, joins Patch from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as Assistant Dean for six years. She is the founding Editor-in-Chief, of Tri Valley Magazine, former Director of Programming at AOL Small Business, and has worked at Crain’s New York Business, United Press International and the Center for Investigative Reporting.

Leading Women has created a multi-rater assessment for all individuals applying for jobs in Rhode Island.

Formerly offered only to participants in Leading Women leadership training programs, the Leading Women Leadership Assessment is described by a Fortune 500 chief executive officer as “the most comprehensive assessment available.”

“Leadership is a set of skills that, like all skills, can be developed,” said Susan Colantuono, founder and chief executive officer of Leading Women. ”With this crucial assessment, leaders can pinpoint and enhance strengths while identifying and overcoming weaknesses.”  

The Leading Women Leadership Assessment is the only evaluation that provides feedback balanced among three primary leadership responsibilities: leading for outcomes, engaging and aligning others, and personal excellence. Feedback from the assessment ensures that leaders are viewed as possessing the full complement of “corner office” skills – or learn areas for improvement.

The assessment features sixty-three items in nine categories of leadership competence and performance. Based on decades of research, it covers areas where women are repeatedly rated as underperforming men. Suitable for both men and women, the Leading Women assessment is the first to provide the data women need to position themselves for the executive suite.

The assessment includes:

    •     a printable, portable report
    •     a copy of No Ceiling, No Walls for action planning
    •     a 1-hour coaching session to debrief the results and develop an action plan
    •     a 1-hour follow-up on progress.

For Leading Women Gold Members, the assessment is $495. For non-members, the cost is $635. Team and group pricing is available.

38 Studios, Curt Schillings’ online game company, has announced they are moving from Maynard, Massachusetts, a move that will create new video game developer jobs in Rhode Island.

 The studio has agreed to sign a $75 million loan guarantee for the move.

 Rhode Island is attempting to make itself an attractive area for video game developers to set up shop, and this move demonstrates their initiative.

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. approved the loan.

Schilling told the Boston Globe: “I’ve invested a significant amount of my life’s earnings in 38 Studios and I will protect the loan guarantee that’s been given by the state with the same passion and interest that I’m protecting my own investment in this company. Our paths are very much aligned.”

But 38 Studios has yet to even release a game, and some opponents of the loan say that tax payers will be left with the bill if the company is not a success.

Politicians have said the amount is an extraordinary amount of money without any guarantees. Rhode Island’s governor thinks it was a risk worth taking.

 According to Gamasutra, if successful, the company could attract 450 jobs to Rhode Island by the end of 2012, the studio said. 38 Studios also said it would pay a penalty if it comes up short.

The company’s first game will be the recently-revealed single-player console and PC RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, due in fall 2011. The game was already in development when 38 Studios acquired Maryland-based developer Big Huge Games in May 2009.

According to their website, 38 Studios is an entertainment and IP creation company in development on a broad range of products, including online and console video games, toys, novels, comics, film, TV, and other forms of digital media.

Founded by Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling in late 2006, 38 Studios has assembled a team of world-class creative talent to bring to life an epic new intellectual property to redefine conventional multi-player gaming as it exists today, and nothing less. Furthering that goal in May 2009, 38 Studios acquired Big Huge Games and its body of extremely talented people and award-winning products and IP, ensuring the growth, market position, financial stability, and long-term success of 38 Studios.

38 Studios’ first original products will feature the artistic vision of world-renowned comic book and toy creator Todd McFarlane (www.spawn.com) and best-selling fantasy author R. A. Salvatore (www.rasalvatore.com). To bring this epic world to life, 38 Studios employs skilled and dedicated artists, programmers, designers, writers, and others drawn from the world’s most successful companies, all of whom join 38 Studios with the common goal of creating a most unique company by combining the ages-old art of the story with 21st century interactive entertainment.
 

Author and corporate financial management expert Domenic Sgambellone is offering some sound office about creating jobs in Rhode Island.

Unemployment, illegal immigration, budget deficits, and economic trends continue to dominate the daily news with a variety of opinions. One such informative and frank voice is Sgambellone (pronounced skam-bell-own-ee), a corporate financial management expert by trade, and the author of a bold but practical new book titled *”The America of My Dreams: A Political Manifesto.

Besides the recognition that he received for his pioneer style contributions to the business community, Domenic is now a hit after his recent national radio and TV media tour for his common sense, yet insightful approach to solving problems plaguing the Unites States of America.

In “The America of My Dreams: A Political Manifesto,” Domenic explains the necessity for change in US policies for major issues such as immigration, election reform, US Congress term reform, and social security reform.

As a man who was instrumental to the corporate giant, Ferrero, when the company first opened its doors in the USA, Domenic is highly experienced in corporate business.

It was Domenic who established the concept of “self-insurance” to the construction business in Rhode Island forever changing the way the industry operated in the state.

Domenic was once again on the cutting edge when he introduced a fifty page safety manual to the construction business in Rhode Island setting new standards for the industry.

“I immigrated to the United Sates in 1963,” stated Domenic. “I saw the US as the land of opportunity and I worked hard during the daytime for many years while attending college at night.”

“It was, in fact, the land of opportunity for me. I was able to obtain an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall University and go on to a successful career in finance and corporate management ever since.”

“I love the USA and it has been very good to me, but I have seen many things deteriorate over the last couple of decades. That’s why I am now exercising my right and duty to speak out about making some positive changes in American policies.”

A new study shows that Rhode Island jobs were added during the month of May.

Online advertised vacancies inched up by 19,600 in June to 4,154,000 following a small decline in May, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine™ (HWOL) Data Series released today.  The gap between the number of unemployed and advertised vacancies (supply/demand rate) stood at 3.62 unemployed for every advertised vacancy in May (the last available unemployment data) but is down from 4.73 in October 2009.  

“In the last two months, labor demand has been little changed following a strong start for Spring hiring in April,” said June Shelp, vice president at The Conference Board. “Thus far, job demand has been uneven across geographies and occupations, and weakness in the housing market is one factor. While all states have experienced some positive upturn in labor demand, states that were heavily impacted by the housing market downturn, in general, are rebounding more slowly. Also, occupations that are most closely associated with real estate—construction, architecture and engineering, and legal—have been slower to advertise for additional workers while the labor demand in other occupations such as sales, entertainment, food preparation, and healthcare and personal care have already risen to pre-recession levels.”

REGIONAL AND STATE HIGHLIGHTS

• June job demand strong in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in the Northeast and North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia in the South

In the Northeast region, online advertised vacancies in June were up 50,600, showing strength in several of the large states. Among the large States that have shown gains in recent months, New York was up 23,800 in June to its highest level since March 2008.  Pennsylvania gained for the fourth straight month, up 15,000 in June, and reached its highest level since October 2008.  New Jersey increased by 11,700 and reached its highest level since March 2008.  Massachusetts decreased by a slim 2,000.  Among the smaller States, June job demand in New Hampshire was up by 1,700, Rhode Island gained 700, Vermont rose 600, and Connecticut dropped 3,300 while Maine was down 1,200.

In June, labor demand in the West dropped by 51,600, reflecting in large part a decline of 46,800 in California, the most populous State in the region.  Arizona and Colorado experienced drops of 5,200 and 2,900 respectively. Washington State gained 2,100.  Among the smaller States, Oregon gained 1,100, New Mexico increased by 800, and Nevada inched up 700 while Alaska dropped 1,600 and Hawaii fell 1,300.

The Midwest declined this month by 21,300.  Illinois experienced the largest drop in the region (9,800).  Missouri was down 6,600, Minnesota fell 6,200, and Michigan declined by 2,200.  Wisconsin and Ohio continued to gain momentum and rose 8,400 and 5,500, respectively.  Among the States with smaller populations, Indiana decreased 1,800 while North Dakota was up 1,700.

The South rose in June by 49,200, reflecting significant gains by some States and lessening declines in the others.  Texas led the way with a gain of 25,800 (most in the country), North Carolina rose 12,200 in June to 110,900, and Virginia rose 10,400 to 178,500.  Among the most populous States with declines in June, Georgia and Maryland decreased 2,800 and 4,300, respectively, while Florida remained unchanged. Among the less populous states in the South, advertised vacancies in Oklahoma increased by 1,900 in June while Louisiana decreased by 800 and Kentucky decreased by 200.

The Supply/Demand rate for the U.S. in May (the latest month for which unemployment numbers are available) was at 3.62, indicating that there just under 4 unemployed workers for every online advertised vacancy.  Nationally there are just over 10 million more unemployed workers than advertised vacancies.  States with some of the lowest rates include North Dakota (1.24), South Dakota (1.51), Alaska (1.53), and Nebraska (1.57), where the Supply/Demand rates reflected the fact that there was just over one unemployed for every online advertised vacancy. Among the States, the highest Supply/Demand rates are in Mississippi (7.63) and Michigan (7.22), where there are over 7 unemployed people for every advertised vacancy.  Although still among the highest in the Nation, Michigan’s S/D rate has improved significantly from the 10.2 in July 2009 when there were just over 10 unemployed for every online advertised vacancy.  Other states where there are over 5 unemployed for every advertised vacancy are Kentucky (5.38), Indiana (5.22), and Florida (5.08).

It should be noted that the Supply/Demand rate only provides a measure of relative tightness of the individual state labor markets and does not suggest that the occupations of the unemployed directly align with the occupations of the advertised vacancies.