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The Connecticut jobs are there, but the workers are not.

A recent survey, completed by the Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, shows business owners in the state are concerned about a shortage of available workers, according to an article by The Register Citizen.

“(The survey) shows widespread concern about the state of the Connecticut and national economies, and the cost of doing business in Connecticut, but widespread optimism about the growth potential of respondents’ individual businesses,” the article notes. “The quality of life in Northwest Connecticut was seen as a key factor in making it a good place to operate a business.”

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Online recruiting tools, specifically applicant tracking systems, have become very popular as of late as they often reduce a company’s cost and time spent when hiring employees.

Applicant tracking systems are software developed to help companies recruit employees more efficiently, according to an article by eZine Articles. ATS can often be used to post job openings on corporate Web sites, job boards, create screen resumes and e-mail interview requests. About 50 percent of mid-sized companies and nearly all large companies use some form of ATS.

“The explosion in recent years of online job boards, company career sites, and email has opened up a surplus of new, cost-effective channels for recruiters to reach talented professionals,” the article notes. “The successful recruiter will take advantage of the electronic organization tools available today to maximize their recruiting efficiencies. This can mean quickly reducing thousands of resumes down to the top 10 qualified resumes that best match the criteria.”

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Anyone looking for a Connecticut healthcare job may want to consider a position as a nursing aide.

There are currently 23,670 nursing aides in the State of Connecticut, according to an article by the Connecticut Department of Labor. That number is projected to reach 26,560 by 2014. An average of 540 job openings per year is expected.

As of July 2008, Connecticut’s healthcare and social assistance industry employed 239,100 workers, an increase of 2.5 percent from last year.

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Many Ohio school workers will be returning to school this year without undergoing background checks.

The state has been inundated with a high number of background checks this year, and decided fingerprints for school workers won’t have to be submitted until Sept. 5, following the start of school in many districts.

The backup in checks is expected to mean a longer waiting period before the Ohio Department of Education can examine all the results, according to an article by The Columbus Dispatch. The Department plans to focus on checking new hires before it checks longtime workers.

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