Department of Commerce Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative — Government Resources that Support Sustainable Manufacturing
American Chemical Society
ACS Webinars: Green Chemistry & Sustainability Series
Time/date: 2 to 3 p.m. ET July 29
Guest speaker: Morgan Barr, international economist
Would you like to learn about government programs and resources available to help your company become more environmentally sustainable, energy efficient and competitive?
Effective Interviewing
American Chemical Society
Time/date: 1 to 2 p.m. ET July 20
Guest speaker: Mary Moore, ACS career consultant since 2007 who was awarded the honor of ACS Fellow in 2009, is a principal technologist in the Chemistry Research Laboratory at Eastman Chemical Company.
Whether you are looking for your first job or seeking to advance or transition in your career, ACS career resources give you a competitive advantage in your job search.
Do you need a professionally written masterpiece for a resume?
Psychology Today
A quality resume can give you an advantage for getting on the shortlist of preferred candidates for a job. Let's look at resume writing hype and 10 quick tips for crafting a quality resume. Ten more quick tips follow for submitting a resume via e-mail or the Internet, where it will be scanned for key words by an employer. Then let's look at standard job application forms and how they compare to resumes.More
Susan Adams: Expert tips for using LinkedIn
Forbes
When I wrote a story about LinkedIn back in April, I was struggling to grasp how the site could be useful to me personally, a baby boomer with a full-time job. Now I get it. LinkedIn gives me not only a place to display my work and credentials to colleagues but also a kind of passive invitation to recruiters and potential employers who might want to seek my services. I also understand that I've so far only scratched the surface of what LinkedIn can do. People actively searching for jobs can make use of oceans of data that LinkedIn's 70 million users have created.More
Sanofi adding 300 workers in $65M Boston HQ expansion
The Boston Globe
One of the world's largest drug makers, Sanofi-Aventis SA, is planning a $65 million expansion in Cambridge that will create about 300 jobs, making it the latest foreign pharmaceutical giant to invest in Massachusetts. The Paris-based drug maker is in the process of leasing space in Cambridgeport, where it will establish a joint headquarters for a new cancer division.More
How to handle sticky interview situations
CareerBuilder.com via AOL
Think back to the 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant when Caitlin Upton, representing South Carolina, was asked why so many Americans were unable to locate the United States on a map. Her response was muddled, to put it kindly. Her incoherent response not only left the judges scratching their heads but also proved that answering a question on the spot can cause anyone to stumble.More
Joyce Richman: Assumptions lead to bad outcomes
News & Record
Employers and applicants get themselves in trouble when they make assumptions because they can lead to negative outcomes. A few examples come to mind. But assumptions cut both ways. Applicants draw conclusions about employers, too, based upon personal experience and observable behavior. Either way, assumptions and accusations lead to bad results.More