Looking for a job and feeling like no one is hiring? Good news from our nation’s capital is just around the corner. According to a report released late last week, the federal government is poised to hire 273,000 new workers by the end of 2012. This 41% hiring bump is being necessitated by a combination of factors, including retiring baby boomers, an increased demand in areas such as homeland security, and an influx of Stimulus Bill funds. The agency expecting the largest increase is the Department of Veteran Affairs, which is expected to bring on an additional 48,000 workers over the...

It’s Wednesday, which means it is Hot Jobs Day! As you probably know by now, on Wednesdays, I feature three of the hottest job leads from our free Job Center. The Job Monkey Job Center is the web’s #1 free resource for job seekers in search of an adventure — and a paycheck. This week, I am spotlighting jobs in the Federal Government. If living in and around the beltway equals adventure in your book, then you are in luck! Many agencies are staffing up, thanks to an influx of “stimulus” dollars. You can learn more about working for the “feds” from Jo...

Business Week ran a fascinating article a few weeks ago about how to find a job during America’s economic recovery. As I’ve long been harping on here at the JobMonkey, the earliest growth will be in one of four fields: health care, education, government employment, and green business. In fact, these four fields have been some of the most stable over the past 8 months of the recession, posting positive growth numbers over a number of months despite record-high layoffs in nearly every other field. Here are some of the highlights from BWeek’s article on landing one of these &#...

The JobMonkey team has been at it again, adding in tons of new content about all kinds of cool jobs. If you are interested in working for the Federal Government, we have recently expanded that section to include information about: Health and Human Services jobs IRS jobs Federal Career Internship Programs Drug Enforcement jobs Environmental Protection Agency jobs And don’t forget, if you are currently searching for a federal government job, you can search through hundreds of openings in Washington D.C. and around the country at the JobMonkey Federal Job Finder. We also recently expanded o...

Happy Wednesday! It’s Hot Jobs day, but I first apologize for missing last Wednesday’s installment. I have a good excuse, though — I was having a baby! She’s a perfect little angel and sleeping quietly next to me right now while I search out this week’s hottest jobs! That’s also the reason the posting has been a little sparser than normal, but hopefully I’ll be back into my normal posting routine soon. Anyway, back to business: Hot Jobs. As you know, each Wednesday, I post three hot new job openings from our job database at the JobMonkey Job Center....

Welcome to our weekly Hot Jobs post. If you aren’t familiar with this Wednesday tradition at the JobMonkey blog, here’s the deal: Once a week, I feature three of the hottest new job listings from the JobMonkey Job Center. If you are looking for a job, the Job Center is a great place to start. We have thousands of job opportunities posted from around the country — and the world. Our list is updated every day, so check back frequently. The best news? It’s a totally free service for job seekers! This week, I’m focusing on jobs with the federal government. The Job ...

Are you a number cruncher? An accountant, attorney or auditor with finely tuned oversight skills and a keen ability to, well, crunch numbers? If so, the federal government has a $350 billion budget to hire you. Not just yet, but several thousands of you, actually. According to MSNBC, the first jobs being handed out from the Stimulus Bill are not going to be for teachers, nurses, fire fighters or bridge builders. They are going to regulators who will oversee how the rest of the money in the nearly $1 trillion bill is being spent. With the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress under ...

Newsweek online has a great piece this week about ten recession-proof careers.  Here’s a look at four of the job fields that are still hiring (Halleluyah!) and links to corresponding sections about these career options from JobMonkey. 1) Security Jobs with the Defense Department and America’s Homeland Security are on the rise. According to a 2007 report, there will be more 80,000 new jobs in these fields in the next two years. If you include local crime fighting in these figures, I’m guessing the numbers will be even higher — much higher — since the recently pa...

Jobs in Europe & Work at Home Jobs JobMonkey launched two new content sections last week, which I wanted to draw your attention to: 1) The new section on Work at Home Jobs has a ton of information about a variety of home-based employment opportunities, from selling on eBay and data entry jobs to multi-level marketing and freelance writing gigs.  There is also a great little article on home business scams, which you should definitely check out before you commit yourself and your resources to any company.  Remember: If they want you to give them money before they give you a job, then i...

So, last week, I said kind of tongue-and-cheek that there were a plethora of new government jobs opening up in Washington, so if you were interested to get your resume into President Elect Obama’s new Chief of Staff.  Well, funnily enough, what did I see this morning on MSNBC?  A detailed story about the thousands of jobs available in the new Obama Administration… and how to land one of them.  The story’s top tips?  Networking and volunteering. Hmmm, we’ve covered job search networking pretty extensively here, so maybe tomorrow’s tips post should look at how ...