The entry-level ads are for what I call commodity jobs, where there is a large pool of potential respondents and employers need many people to perform the same function.
With the sluggish economy and a hiring downturn on Wall Street, where the number of securities and commodities jobs had declined by 30 percent to just under 170,000 since the peak in 2000, students say the courses, which include interview preparation, are a practical necessity.
One Atlanta recruiter reported that within hours of posting a commodity manager job, 400 applicants had applied.
Exports, commodities, and jobs lured from other places can only take you so far.
And at a time when smart, college-educated African-American men like him are considered a commodity in certain job markets, his choice to forgo the professional and dot-com circuit puzzles some of his peers.
"Our commodity market and job market are relatively flexible, and our foreign-related economic sectors' ability to make flexible adjustment is more prominent," said Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, in an interview Thursday with the Chinese financial newspaper Financial News.
Coal will fuel the bulk of China's increased energy use.In this section Overview Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index Job vacancies Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Markets Primary energy Reprints.
Recruitment continued to fall in Germany in October, but it rose substantially in Britain.In this section Overview Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index Job vacancies Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Markets Primary energy Reprints.
For many employers, the bottom line will be whether an employee meets their company's needs, but the experience, dedication, confidence, work ethic and maturity of older workers will become valuable commodities in the job market.
