Interested in working to help clean up damage from the Oklahoma tornado? Here’s information on how to find recovery and restoration jobs. The job search engines are a good way to find tornado clean up job listings, and companies are hiring workers for a variety of recovery and restoration jobs. There are already many listings for workers to help with the disaster recovery efforts. As of this morning, I found the most listings on SimplyHired.com searching for tornado and disaster recovery with Oklahoma as the location. When you use the Advanced Search options, you’ll be able to search by type of position and narrow the results to include only relevant job listings in the location where you want to work. Here’s how to search for disaster recovery jobs on the job search eng Read more text

If you’re getting ready to relax and to enjoy Memorial Day weekend with family and friends, plan ahead and, in addition to getting ready for a holiday weekend party or other social event, consider how you might integrate job search networking into your upcoming events. You never know who you might meet who can help you with your job search. It’s not as hard as you might think – it’s just a matter of mentioning your job search at the appropriate time. On a related note, if you’re seeking retail or hospitality employment, keep in mind that many of those employers will be open for the holidays and accepting job applications. If you can work some time into your schedule, spend a bit of it on your job hunt. Related Articles: Memorial Day Holiday Pay | How to Use N Read more text

When I wrote about summer jobs as an option for those who are having difficulty finding a permanent job in their career field or industry, I got a terrific comment from someone who is, as she says, earning a paycheck, paying the rent, getting in shape, and making lemonade out of lemons. I’m a journalist but have just taken on a summer job as a gardener because the print media industry seems to have battened down the hatches in this economic storm. It’s not where I want to be but I should earn enough to pay the rent, and by the end of the summer I’ll be a lot more toned than if I’d sat behind a desk all day. Call it making lemonade out of making lemons. I’ve heard from other people, as well, who are using a layoff as a chance to do something different – Read more text