Jim Stratton: Is bad credit hurting your job search? (Orlando Sentinel)
I talked last week to an out-of-work motorcycle mechanic who told me something surprising. He said hed recently applied for a job with a local dealership but didnt get the gig. The reason? His less-than-stellar credit.

New Twitter group chat set for direct marketing job hopefuls (BtoB Magazine)
Owatonna, Minn.and#8212;Direct marketing recruiter Jerry Bernhart once again is planning a virtual information exchange focusing on direct-marketing employment opportunities and using the Twitter application TweetChat.

Half of new jobs owe existence to the state (Times Online)
NEARLY three-fifths of the growth in jobs under Labour during a decade in power was directly or indirectly created by the state, new research shows.

UPDATE: State budget cuts force job cuts within Aberdeen School District
ABERDEEN In its April meeting, the Aberdeen School Board voted not to renew 16 teacher and 16 teacher assistants contracts during executive session.

Questions raised over Tech Museum job of presidents wife (San Jose Mercury News)
Under a two-year contract, graphic designer Birgit Binner gets $400,000 and free office space from the nonprofit led by her husband, Peter Friess. The museum board says she was the best and cheapest candidate for a hard-to-fill job.