Former Seattle TV anchor runs for KingCo executive – Seattle Times
Former Seattle TV anchor Susan Hutchison is running for King County executive. In her announcement Wednesday Hutchison says the county needs new leadership that “does not believe

Staff to strike over East Midlands Trains job cuts – Reuters – Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) – Members of Britain’s largest rail union voted to go on strike in protest at planned job cuts at East Midlands Trains, a subsidiary of Stagecoach, the

Diversity sought in economic-stimulus construction jobs – Sacramento Bee
WASHINGTON — A group of 50 advocacy organizations has asked President Barack Obama to issue an executive order that encourages the hiring and training of minorities, women and low

RBS to Cut up to 9,000 Jobs – Bank Info Security
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Plc, the biggest bank controlled by the U.K. Treasury, may eliminate an additional 9,000 jobs worldwide as it seeks to repay a government bailout. The

Kumar goes to White House – Toronto Star
Actor Kal Penn’s departure from the hit TV series House , where he played Dr. Harold Kutner, seems even more shocking in light of his next gig: exchanging acting for a job in U.S

Mussoline New RadioMilwaukee Executive Director – Radio and Records
Milwaukee Public School’s triple A/progressive urban hybrid WYMS (88Nine RadioMilwaukee) has named Mary Louise Mussoline as its new executive director. Prior to her new job, she

Job Seekers Invest In Plastic Surgery To Compete – Post Chronicle
When the going gets tough, some of the tough get going to the plastic surgeon’s office. The recession clearly took a cut out of plastic surgery in 2008 with U.S. cosmetic surgeries

Demand for IT jobs stinks in UK – The Register
There’s significantly less demand for IT staff in the UK compared to last year according to a job report published today, although the tech sector has still fared better than most

Broader Unemployment Hits 15.6% – Globe and Mail
Sanjay Singh from Waterloo, Canada writes the usual repetitive P-CRAP nonsense. P-CRAP was elected, as a minority, January ’06. What have they really accomplished since that time

Police ethics adviser quits over sponsors – Globe and Mail
The technical adviser to the ethics committee of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has resigned over corporate sponsorship – including that of Taser International – of