Restoring Forests can create 10 Million jobs

The United Nations is advising governments to invest in green jobs working with “sustainable forest management” to address the growing problem of unemployment worldwide. Food and Agriculture organization, one of the UN agency, say in a recent report that at least 10 million green jobs could be created. Sustainable forestry aims to prevent depletion of forests by managing them and making sure their use does not interfere with natural benefits or the local environment. One of the major concerns arising from deforestation is the global effect it produces on climatic change. Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometers of forest, an area larger than Greece.

Microsoft unveils new online employment resource

Microsoft Corp on Sunday announced the creation of a website, Elevate America, aimed at improving access to job training tools. ElevateAmerica gives access to free and low cost resources that help job seekers get the skills,training and certifications. Microsoft tapped Washington state as the first state to provide Elevate America to its residents.

@ a glance : Ten Best Green Jobs for the Next Decade

Massive investments in clean energy promise to keep farmers, urban planners, and green-tech entrepreneurs in business for the next decade. This guide to sustainability focused career paths will help solar-charge your work life. Full Story : Fastcompany.com……….

Yahoo! HotJobs Announces the HotJobs 100

A survey by Yahoo revealed that one-third of survey respondents believe that landing a dream job in the current economy is just not possible. Survey respondents (42 percent) assert that one of the biggest obstacles to finding a job in the current economy is that there are no openings at companies they are interested in or for positions respondents want. In the midst of all the pessimism Yahoo! HotJobs announces the launch of the HotJobs 100, a resource for job seekers who want to know exactly where to find the jobs. The HotJobs 100 is a list of the top 100 companies across all industries that are currently hiring. Yahoo! HotJobs is also releasing lists of the industries and geographical regions where hiring is the hottest. HotJobs 100 list is updated quarterly.

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IBM Prepares Students for Jobs of the Future.

“T-shaped” skill, which is what businesses are looking in their new hires. Deep business skills and technical understanding is what meant by this “T-shaped” skills. IBM is teaming up with Michigan Technological University to help students develop these skills. IBM has donated WebSphere software for this initiative with the agreement that any assets created through these programs will be made available to other universities around the world at no charge. Over the past five years, IBM has been working with more than 150 universities around the world to grow the adoption of Services Science, Management and Engineering (SSME).

First 10 Worst Science Jobs

1. Hazmat diver
2. Oceanographer
3. Elephant vasectomist
4. Garbologist
5. Coursework carcass preparer
6. Microsoft security grunt
7. Gravity research subject
8. Olympic drug tester
9. Forensic entomologist
10. Whale-feces researcher