Federal jobs open to all, from sea to sea to sea (Ottawa Citizen)

For the first time, all externally advertised jobs for Canada’s public service will be thrown open to anyone who wants to apply

Home Depot drops Olympics sponsorship (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

After 16 years as an Olympic sponsor, Home Depot is hanging up its rings. On Wednesday, the world's largest home improvement retailer informed 98 employees in its Olympic jobs program that it is ending its sponsorship of the Olympics and Paralympics. The innovative jobs program had allowed Olympic athletes to work part-time at the Home Depot while enjoying full-time pay and benefits, giving them ...

Post-Jobs Apple to profit from content and services, not just gadgets (TG Daily)

You were probably underwhelmed a little bit with yesterday's Macworld 2009 keynote, given by Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller. But truthfully, it wasn't the man's fault at all. Apple warned all of us well in advance that Jobs would not deliver the keynote. If anything, yesterday's keynote was a well-received wakeup call. It's a time for us to begin considering the post-Jobs Apple, and what ...

Apple's Jobs Does His Part to Lift Stock (TheStreet.com)

Amid the hubbub of CEO Steve Jobs' disclosure of a 'hormone imbalance,' a nagging question keeps floating to the surface: Why say something now?

Aging workers find help locating new jobs (The Springfield News-Leader)

When Ann Fahr, 59, was looking for a job this summer, she felt dated. "It's different than it was when we looked for jobs when we were younger. A lot of it is done online and a lot of seniors don't know how to do it online," Fahr says.