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“UCS job search help 3:00pm - 4:00pm Thursday, August 26” plus 3 more

UCS job search help 3:00pm - 4:00pm Thursday, August 26

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:04 PM PDT

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RIP, Yahoo Search: Why I'm Not Shedding a Tear

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:06 AM PDT

It's official: Yahoo's search results in the U.S. and Canada are now fully powered by Microsoft's Bing. The announcement came on Tuesday, a little more than a year after the two tech powerhouses agreed to combine search forces in order to compete with Google. And while many are lamenting the passing of Yahoo Search, one of the Internet's true originals, I'm not among them. Here are three reasons why I think Yahoo Search had to go.

Yahoo: The Great-Granddaddy of Web Search

Yahoo was launched way back in 1994 as a human-powered search site. Forget spiders and search algorithms: Yahoo, in its first iteration, was basically a list of hand-picked Web links, organized into categories. You had to drill down through the categories in order to find the information you were looking for -- and you often found it complete with a written description of the site you were about to visit.

The process was slow and while it was thorough -- for a time -- it quickly became apparent that trying to keep track of the explosion of Web sites was a job for which no mere mortal was equipped. A computer, or better yet, an army of computers, was needed instead.

Yahoo tried to adapt, inking deals with Inktomi, Overture, and even Google, but the once-mighty site lost ground as more and more Web users went gaga for Google. In the years since, Yahoo has been unable to shed its old-fashioned image. People fondly recall Yahoo's days as a dominant search provider, but they do so while typing search queries into Google.

Yahoo and Bing Together: Better Equipped to Battle Google

Even if you combine their market share, Yahoo and Bing cannot truly rival Google's dominance of the search market.

Google controls an estimated 66 percent of the search market, while Yahoo and Bing combined serve up approximately 28 percent of Web searches, according to numbers quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

Still, working together gives Yahoo and Microsoft a stronger platform to rival Google -- and Google does need a rival. Microsoft, especially, should know a thing or two about how your products (ahem, Windows Vista, ahem) can suffer when you don't have a rival spurring you on to bigger and better things.

Yahoo and Bing: Separate, but Equal

Several commenters on Yahoo's Search blog have wondered why they should bother searching at Yahoo now that the site is delivering the same results as Bing. Why not, they ask, just head to Bing.com instead? I know one reason: the interface. Searching at Yahoo remains a markedly different experience than visiting Bing.com if only for the interface alone.

I can browse through Yahoo's home page, reading news stories that interest me, before typing my search query in the search bar. (Click on the images for a full-screen view.)

And when I get my search results, I can take advantage of Yahoo's streamlined results page, and I can also enjoy my favorite Yahoo feature: the ability to filter out sources of content using the handy tabs that automatically appear on the left side of my search results.

I also understand that some people prefer Bing's direct-to-search approach. Those users can head over to Bing.com and get almost the same search results without navigating through Yahoo's portal first.

What do you think? Is the Yahoo-Bing deal a good thing for the search market? Or is this a sign of the Internet apocalypse? Sound off in the comments.

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AARP fair aims to help older job seekers

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:07 PM PDT

Hundreds of local job seekers aged 50 and over were attending a job fair this morning at the Southfield Civic Center sponsored by AARP and the Employment Guide, a job search service.

Among them: Raven Cannon, 53, of Southfield, who lost his job as a chemistry teacher when his charter school in Inkster closed in June. Asked why he attended the job fair today, he replied, "I think it's best to expose myself to as many positions as possible, broaden your horizons rather than keep things narrow, so to increase your chances of new employment."

People attending can sit in on AARP workshops on job searches after 50, and chat with representatives of organizations looking for workers. Among those: The State of Michigan and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The state has hundreds of current openings, from nurses to clinical psychologists. There is even an opening for a Catholic chaplain at a state veterans center in Grand Rapids.

Jacqueline Morrison, AARP's interim state director, said that nobody is immune from being out of work as a senior.

"But for the grace of God, I'd be on the other side of the table," she said. "It's a tough row to hoe after 50."

Contact JOHN GALLAGHER: 313-222-5173 or gallagher@freepress.com

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Bernards Township discussion to focus on library as next chapter in job search

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:39 AM PDT

BERNARDS TWP. – Ruth Lufkin, supervising reference librarian at the Bernards Township Library, will discuss using the library as a job search tool from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, in the library's Program Room.

During "The Library: Your Job Search Research Center," Lufkin will introduce useful library resources and showcase tools that make career exploration and transition easier as well as materials of special interest to job seekers.

She will also describe ways to search for information on particular industries, pinpoint potential employers and find nuggets of company data.

Online resources that are available remotely to every library card holder in the state, as well as those specifically available at Bernards Township Library, will be highlighted.

 Members of the Career Forum, Career Networking Group (CNG) and other support groups are especially invited to attend this free meeting.

The Career Forum meets from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mount Airy Road in Basking Ridge. The CNG meets on the first and third Thursday evenings of each month at the library, 32 S. Maple Ave. in Basking Ridge.

Both of these local support groups offer programs of interest to those looking for work or contemplating transition and opportunities to network with other members of the group.

Pre-registration for Lufkin's presentation is suggested but not required; those who register in advance using the Program Calendar at www.BernardsLibrary.org will receive an email reminder before the event.

For more information, call the library at (908) 204.3031, ext. 4, or email rlufkin@bernards.org.

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