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A large investment by one of the nation’s top tech companies will support several technology jobs Tempe at the company’s local offices.

Intel Capital recently announced its plans to set up a $300 million Ultrabook Fund, which will be given out to companies over the next three to four years, with the ultimate goal of creating an innovative system for this growing type of technology.

Ultrabook systems will combine the performance and capabilities of older laptop technology with newer tablet features. The technology will offer a highly responsive and secure experience in a thin sleek design at an affordable price.

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A growing electronics company is increasing the number of technology sales jobs Phoenix (Click here) has to offer.

Decatur Electronics Inc. is planning to move the company’s main manufacturing facility from Decatur, Ill., to Phoenix, Ariz. during the next 90 days. Founded in 1955, Decatur is one of the oldest public safety product manufacturers in the nation.

The company will move into a 50,000-square-foot facility next to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The new facility will allow Decatur to improve supply, manufacturing, and distribution efficiency; prepare for future growth; and better deal with increasing international demand.

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Several new funding initiatives will create new Houston medical jobs and Austin healthcare jobs.

The Texas Emerging Technology Fund recently announced that it will award research superiority grants to two local universities and invest in four companies throughout the state. The funding will be used to develop and commercialize innovative technologies.

“Texas continues to be a leader in jobs, innovation and technological development, thanks in part to investments through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund that have helped attract top researchers to our universities and cutting-edge companies to the state,” Gov. Rick Perry said. “The technologies being developed by these investments have the potential to significantly impact a wide range of aspects in our lives, from the way we use energy to the way we treat and cure diseases.”

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If you’re interested in dentistry, but don’t necessarily want to work directly with patients, you may want to consider one of the many Dallas tech jobs (Click here) available for dental laboratory technicians.

Dental laboratory technicians work with dentists to fill prescriptions for crowns, bridges, dentures, and other dental prosthetics. The technicians will generally use a physical or digital model of a patient’s mouth to create the prosthetic needed. This dental assistant job description may be able to tell you more.

While many employers prefer to hire applicants who have a high school diploma or some formal training, there are technically no specific educational requirements needed to become a dental laboratory technician. Most employees will learn what they need to know through on-the-job training. Most employers also will conduct a criminal check (http://crimcheck.com/check/criminal.htm) before making a hire.

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Dallas healthcare jobs and education jobs accounted for the majority of employment growth the city has seen during the past year.

During August, the Dallas area’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.4 percent after remaining at 8.5 percent for two months in a row. That decrease keeps the area’s rate below the national average of 9.6 percent.

The Dallas-Plano-Irving area had a total non-farm employment of 2,021,900 workers during August, which is down from 2,023,900 workers during July and a 1.2 percent increase from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Thousands of young people are working in Baltimore County jobs this summer.

Baltimore’s YouthWorks summer jobs program is providing work opportunities for more than 5,400 young people. The youths, ages 14 to 24, are employed at more than 400 private sector and nonprofit organizations throughout the city.

The youths will work 30-hours per week through August 6. Work settings include summer camps, hospitals, universities, and law offices. There also are many green jobs and positions in the Youth Ambassador Program.

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There are many options for those seeking Austin tech jobs.

The Austin area has long been considered a major center for high-tech jobs and companies. This is in part because graduating students from the engineering and computer science programs at The University of Texas at Austin provide a steady source of employees to fuel the city’s technology and defense industries.

One positive for job seekers with a high-tech background - the Austin area offers lower housing costs than many other popular tech areas, such as Silicon Valley. However, Austin is more expensive than many other areas throughout Texas, according to Wikipedia.

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Recruiting software company Bullhorn recently announced that its services have been implemented by EPCglobal, one of the United Kingdom’s leading staffing solutions companies for the engineering and construction industries.

EPCglobal’s implementation of Bullhorn will allow the company to increase productivity among recruiters and sales managers by reducing the amount of time staff spends on client and candidate administrative work. The software also will make it faster and easier to access information on job orders, recruiting activity and placement status, according to an article by TransWorldNews.

“Global staffing firms such as EPCglobal recognize the competitive advantage of working with a true on demand, Software as a Service solution that makes complete access to all of their business information available anytime and from anywhere and additionally makes it easy to launch new offices around the globe without incurring expensive infrastructure costs,” Barry Hinckley, president and co-founder of Bullhorn, said in the article. “Bullhorn is pleased to partner with EPCglobal in its effort to continue expanding globally and growing strategically.”

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Blog: Joel on Software
Category: technology
Alexa ranking: 3,078
Google Pagerank: 7/10
RSS: Yes
Cost: $350 per posting
Time: 21 days
Born: Sept., 2006

Introduction
Joel Spolsky is the founder of Joelonsoftware.com. He’s also CEO of Fog Creek Software, the makers of FogBugz, but in a sense, that’s almost irrelevant here. All of the content on the site is strictly Joel’s and one gets the distinct impression that if he were to leave Fog Creek tomorrow, he’d continue publishing his rants…and hundreds of thousands of software developers would continue tuning in.

Pros
The job board lists a total of 87 positions broken into 6 categories. The vast majority (66) are for Programmer/Developers. The other categories are Test/QA (3); Management (6); System/ Network Administration (1); UI/Web Design (9); and Miscellaneous (2). An Internships/Coop category is in the works. Postings within each category are laid out in date order. The available positions are geographically diverse, including a handful of overseas postings. Advertisers range from small companies to the Fortune 500, including McGraw-Hill, Bank of America and Google.

One great feature of the site is a “no questions asked” satisfaction guarantee. Anyone can request a full refund within 90 days of posting a position.

Cons
At $350 a pop, Joel’s guarantee is probably something of a necessity. Also, while the postings are currently easy to navigate due to the relatively small number of listings, a more powerful search mechanism is already needed. The ability to search by keyword is an absolute necessity! Being able to search by company would also be nice. The one useful option of being able to search jobs within a zip code radius was momentarily helpful, but once I used it, I couldn’t navigate back to being able to see all the listings worldwide. A number of broken links were also detected in the job listings themselves (although that may not be Joel’s fault).

Summary
Joel’s been steadily building a loyal following for six years. He’s got the traffic. He’s got the credibility. If you want to reach his audience, it’s probably worth your while to pony up the $350. After all, your satisfaction is guaranteed. Let’s see Monster or Craig do that!

review by michael wilder

Blog: 37signals
Category: technology
Alexa ranking: 3,227
Google Pagerank: 8/10
RSS: Yes
Cost: $300 per posting
Time: 30 days
Born: April, 2006

Introduction
37signals is more of a software maker than a blog, but it is recognized as widely for its content as its products. For this reason, it makes the cut for Blogs with Jobs. It’s also recognized as one of, if not the first, blog to provide job content in support of its published content. All professional categories are included - although the selection is limited - but the site relies heavily on technology and designer jobs. Unlike its competition, 37signals job board provides a wide array of content from many geographies.

Pros
The site offers its own positives, but clearly this is a popular destination for technology professionals, claiming 1 million pageviews every month. Approximately 100 job postings are visible at any given time. According to the site:

Most job boards are a crap shoot. You post an ad and face an email deluge from unqualified applicants. If you like collecting resumes, that’s fine. If you actually want to hire someone, it sucks. That’s why we created the 37signals Job Board — the best way to find designers and programmers who get it.

The job search interface is clean, taking its cue from Craiglist’s listing and category format. Adding jobs is equally easy, also taking a page from Craigslist’s playbook, asking employers to only fill out seven data fields. Jobs are posted in real time.

With approximately 125 jobs currently posted, organized by category. The content is easy to skim through to get the information you need quickly. RSS feeds, broken down by categories is a nice touch. Emphasis in the listings are focused on geographic location, with company name and job title following.

Cons
The site’s look-and-feel is skewed heavily toward the company’s software solutions. With the exception of a “New” highlight in the main navigation the job board and its jobs don’t get a ton of exposure. Users might pass over the job board quite easily if the highlight was to be removed. There is also no promotion of the job board in the company’s buzz section. There is no search box, which would make finding the right location, job specifics, company, etc. much quicker for many users.

As with many blogs with jobs, most employers won’t be fazed by the $300-per-job pricetag. However, for smaller companies, Craigslist’s pricetag (free to $75) will be easier to swallow and may deliver similar results, particularly in areas where Craigslist is strong like San Francisco and New York.

Job content is currently being spidered by vertical job search engines such as Simply Hired. For a job board promoting the fact of “less hay” with its listings, it’s interesting that they’d allow aggregators to publish their content. It does, however, look like 37signals Job Board is restricting its job content from being spidered by general search engines like Google.

Summary
What 37signals Job Board lacks in bells and whistles, it apparently makes up for in targeted, highly sought-after traffic. As one of their clients put it:

We posted on Dice, Craigslist, hell we even bought AdWords for keywords like MySQL. One of our engineers suggested we post on the 37signals Job Board. We didn’t get tons of resumes, but the one we did get was a keeper. He’s starting in a week, thanks for the help!

If you’re looking to hire programmers and designers from around the U.S., 37signals looks like a site worth dipping your feet into, but we’d recommend getting results before diving in, especially at the $300-per-posting price point.