Careers
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Career Corner: Fierce Competition for Jobs Expected Among Young Adults as Pandemic Subsides
By Chris Isaac Everyone was impacted in their job by the pandemic to some extent, but young professionals early in their careers had it particularly bad. Many who were just starting out had the rug pulled out from beneath them and were left with career plans getting put on pause. Now as the pandemic comes…
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10 LinkedIn Dos and Don’ts to Shine, Not Annoy
Here are tips on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO on LinkedIn and why. Make sure you shine and don’t annoy with the answers to frequently asked questions. Some links have been added for more detailed explanations on the topic. These tips are in addition to the ten items listed in a previous…
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DELCO Careers – MoreVent Heating Cooling & Plumbing
MoreVent Heating Cooling & Plumbing is a family-owned business with a vision to be the best home services provider in the marketplace. Since 1998, the business has served thousands of clients throughout Delaware, Chester, and Montgomery counties and has been a pillar in the community, giving back to various local organizations. Supporting each teammate, MoreVent…
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Career Corner: What Are the Job Prospects for Nurses in Pennsylvania?
By Chris Isaac They say there will always be work in the medical field, and with the demand for medical care thanks to COVID, you would believe that must be particularly true for this last year. But does the data support that the nursing field is doing well in 2021? With this week being National…
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Remote Work or Not? Employees, Employers Disagree, Says Radnor Recruiter
A Radnor executive search firm says employers and employees have very different views on remote work in a post-pandemic world, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. About 80% of executive-level employees want to work remotely or in a hybrid model. But 70 % of corporate human resources professionals think employees should only be doing…
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How to Request LinkedIn Help Plus Other Useful Resources
What do you do if you have a problem on LinkedIn? Where do you turn if you have been hacked? Is there a human to help? Is there customer service? Problems are bound to occur on a platform of over 756 million users. If you are on Twitter, you can direct message @LinkedInHelp You can…
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Maizie Argondizza Went from Concert Manager to Vaccination Supervisor
Maizie Argondizza had been a 33-year-old manager booking concert tours for the Baltimore-based Sean K. Preston band. Then COVID stopped the music industry cold, writes Maria Panaritis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Today, Maize Argondizza is a quality control supervisor for seven vaccination outposts run in Delaware County. “Every time I say ‘yes,’ I get experiences…
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Ten LinkedIn Practices That Will Annoy Your Network
There are certain practices on LinkedIn that will annoy your network. Although I will list ten, there are more. Pay attention to what NOT to do! First, LinkedIn is NOT a dating app. It is a global professional business platform with over 756 million people. Some people set up fake profiles, so beware. Don’t send…
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DELCO Careers – Citadel Credit Union
Headquartered in Exton, with more than $3 billion in assets, Citadel Credit Union is one of Greater Philadelphia’s largest locally owned financial institutions, proudly serving residents of Chester, Bucks, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. Citadel offers rewarding and valuable financial products to its customers, while giving them a personalized, convenient, and simple banking experience.…
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PA 2021 Unemployment Claims Drop by Nearly 90 Percent from 2020; One of Best Recoveries Nationally
The job market is on the mend throughout the country as the U.S. makes significant progress in the fight against COVID-19. Unemployed Pennsylvanians are getting back to work at a rate better than 90 percent of the rest of the nation, according to a new report by WalletHub. WalletHub identified which states’ workforces are experiencing the quickest recovery from COVID-19.…
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DELCO Careers – Malvern Bank, National Association
Based in Paoli, Malvern Bank, National Association is a community bank dedicated to fulfilling the financial needs of the people and businesses throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and the surrounding areas. Malvern Bank offers a complete range of products and services through its network of convenient Financial Centers. The bank prides itself on working hard to…
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Career Corner: From the WSJ, Tips on Navigating, Staying Productive in the Post-Pandemic Workplace
A lot of people have had their typical workday upended courtesy of the pandemic, and have had to develop new habits for the job. Whether that’s due to working remotely or just struggling to adapt to the new in-person rules, the fact is many people are feeling out of sorts in the workplace. As recently…
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Is Your LinkedIn ‘About’ Section Skimmable, Scannable for Everyday Attention Spans?
The About Section on LinkedIn can have up to 2600 characters. Are you formatting it so it is skimmable and scannable for human attention spans? When I visit LinkedIn profiles and see nothing but paragraphs, I typically do not read the paragraphs unless I have a particular purpose. My eyes glaze over. Since joining Clubhouse…
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Career Corner: Free Grants You Should Be Looking into for Help Paying Off Your Student Loans
By Chris Isaac Getting a good education is essential to many career paths, so graduation should be a happy time that marks new opportunities. Unfortunately, the reality is that it can also mark the beginning of being in debt thanks to student loans. In a recent Forbes article, Kat Tretina and Rachel Witkowski share grants…
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LinkedIn & Volunteering: Celebrating National Volunteer Month
April is National Volunteer Month. Did you know that there is an intersection between volunteering and your career that you can display on LinkedIn? This week, I decided to interview a subject matter expert on the topic of volunteering. Meridian Swift started her first volunteer manager job in 1995 “because she was nice.” A decade…
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DELCO Careers – Malvern Bank, National Association
Based in Paoli, Malvern Bank, National Association is a community bank dedicated to fulfilling the financial needs of the people and businesses throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and the surrounding areas. Malvern Bank offers a complete range of products and services through its network of convenient Financial Centers. The bank prides itself on working…
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PA’s Online Unemployment Compensation System — Often Fraught with Frustration — Is Getting a Reboot
As if being out of work isn’t bad enough, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s online system for filing/managing claims is often difficult to navigate, unsteady in its performance and outmoded in its layout. That’s all about to change on June 8, with the launch of a new unemployment compensation system, writes Tom Lehman for WGAL News 8. The improved system will replace…
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Career Corner: From Forbes, Probing Career Questions to Ask Yourself if You Feel Like Your Career Has Lost Momentum
Everyone aspires to have a workplace they love and a position they find meaningful. However, the reality is you often need to pause at a few steppingstone positions to reach that point. But what happens when those stops at those steppingstones wind up becoming more long-term than what you had envisioned? If you’re feeling stuck…
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