Category: For Job Seekers

Student Job Fair at Bethany College Tomorrow

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on March 25th, 2009 | 0 Comments

Quick update – Karri Mulhern will be up in Brooke County at Bethany College’s student job fair tomorrow, Thursday, March 26th from 11AM – 2PM to discuss work opportunities in the Ohio Valley.  She continues to meet with businesses about their workforce needs regularly, including several meetings today, so she’s probably a better source of [...]

Ohio Valley Job Fair coming to Wheeling, WV March 31

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on March 23rd, 2009 | 0 Comments

Last year the Regional Economic Development Partnership – or RED as we like to call them – put on two separate job fairs at Wheeling Island, drawing thousands of job seekers.  In conjunction with the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce, the first job fair is set for 2009.

Great Acquisition for TakeMeHomeOhioValley.com: Karri Mulhern

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on September 19th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Very pleased to make a quick announcement.  Karri Mulhern, who has been involved with our TakeMeHomeOhioValley.com careers Web site since the beginning, has been named Workforce Manager for the Regional Economic Development Partnership (RED). 

First Modern US Coal to Liquid (CTL) Plant Announced for Benwood, WV

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on July 28th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Some pretty exciting news from our partner on the Ohio Valley careers Web site.  The Regional Economic Development Partnership (RED) today announced some pretty big news.
The nation’s first coal-to-liquid (CTL) plant will be constructed here in the Ohio Valley in Marshall County at Benwood, WV.  It’s a joint effort between CONSOL Energy and Synthesis Energy [...]

Job Updates on your Cell Phone: Take Me Home Meets Twitter

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on July 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments

We’ve been fiddling around with a new jobs feed for twitter and (think) we finally have it working.  Now you can follow new job updates and more on twitter.  “What’s Twitter you ask?”

Take Off Your Hat – How to Dress for a Job Fair or Interview

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on July 12th, 2008 | 0 Comments

I’ve been debating about whether or not to write this post, but I think it’s important to get the information out there since so many people are hurting their chances of finding employment and maybe have never heard this before.  Dress up!
At the risk of embarrassing some – not all, but some – people I [...]

Census Figures Released: The Good and Bad News Report

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on July 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Papers across the country were busy publishing the latest census figures yesterday for their local cities and towns.  Virtually everywhere in our local area including Wheeling, WV; Pittsburgh, PA; Weirton, WV; Steubenville, OH; St. Clairsville, OH and Martins Ferry, OH.  The only one to pick up population?  Scion, OH…from 761 to 763.
Frankly the results, while [...]

Is this Site Just for Young Folks?

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on July 8th, 2008 | 0 Comments

I manned a booth for a little while today at the Job Fair at Wheeling Island and will be stopping by a bit later to continue to expose our new Ohio Valley careers Web site to local job seekers.  As I said before, the site is not just for people outside our area, but current [...]

Job Fair Tomorrow

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on July 7th, 2008 | 0 Comments

TakeMeHomeOhioValley is excited to have a booth at the job fair the Regional Economic Development Partnership is co-coordinating Tuesday.  This is a great resource for employers and job seekers alike.  Although it’s too late for any new employers to sign up, for this one, the demand has been so strong for both of the first [...]

But I Already Live Here – is this Careers Site for Me?

Written by Justin Seibert from http://www.directom.com/internet-marketing-blog on June 30th, 2008 | 0 Comments

I ran into a friend last week who said she heard my interview with Steve Novotney on WKKX.  She said there was a lot of buzz in her workplace and folks had several questions for her (I’m assuming she said she knew me).  I plan to address all of these questions here on the blog [...]