by The Editors | Jan 12, 2012 | Field Service Spotlight
For the newly unemployed, life can sometimes feel like a train wreck. In which case, the best advice we can give is to straighten things out a bit, get back on track, and keep chuggin’ along. And in this week’s installment of the SmartVan’s regular...
by The Editors | Dec 27, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
We’ve hit the jackpot in this week’s installment of the SmartVan Jobs of the Week, literally. OK, not literally. But this is probably about as close as we’re likely to get to triple-7s in a job listing. It turns out a gaming company in Ohio is hiring...
by The Editors | Dec 22, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
Finally a bit of good news out of the construction industry. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder confidence came out this week, sitting at 21, which is the index’s highest point since May of 2010. It was the third straight...
by The Editors | Dec 9, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
Employment numbers are slowly — repeat: slowly — beginning to tick back up, but with the national unemployment rate still close to 9 percent, the issue of looking for work remains front and center for many. With that in mind, we’re introducing a new weekly...
by Corey Lewis | Dec 8, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
As the recession plods on with very few signs of recovery, construction industry groups have actively started pressing President Obama and Congress to pass bills that will stimulate job growth in the construction industry. The letter, sent jointly from 45 groups to...
by Corey Lewis | Nov 1, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
The economic outlook in Europe is no better than the bleak picture here, and with the possible collapse of the Greek government, and the Euro, it might actually turn a whole lot worse. Even though Great Britain isn’t in the Euro-zone, and is avoiding the drama...
by Steve Berman | Jul 26, 2011 | Field Service Spotlight
Despite national unemployment still hovering near 10 percent, there are pockets of labor shortages where thousands of new positions go unfilled. One of the biggest: the field service and HVAC sectors, according to Mike Moore, Director of Training and one of the...
by Derek Korte | Feb 3, 2011 | Customer Experience, Field Service Spotlight
Corporate profits are back, the financial markets are on the upswing, yet job growth continues to lag behind. There are, however, an array of hiring hotspots in the economy that might surprise job seekers. Among the hottest with great long-term prospects? HVAC...