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Daily Job Lead: Amerigroup Seeks Doctor Manager
If you’re an M.D. with a head for business, health insurer Amerigroup wants to talk to you. Amerigroup is looking to hire an associate medical director for its Edison, N.J., office. The associate medical director is an experienced medical practitioner who will help ensure that the health plan operates smoothly and provides the best care…
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Daily Job Lead: Seattle Hospital Seeks Nursing Aide
If making sick people more comfortable and helping to manage their care is your calling, then you may want to head west. Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle is looking to hire a patient-care technician/CNA. The right person will be able to work 12-hour shifts, three days a week, in its nephrology, urology or neurology…
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Daily Job Lead: Demand Media Seeks Business Writers
Think you can write about business concepts in an easy-to-understand way? Would you love to work from home? Then becoming a business writer for Demand Media Studios may be the job for you. Demand Media is hiring for its eHow Money site. As one of its writers, you’ll cover personal finance, investments and entrepreneurial ventures,…
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VIDEO: Why Are Blacks Heading South Again?
Candace Wilkins of the historically black St. Albans section of Queens, N.Y., is headed for what she hopes will be greener pastures โ down South. Like many African Americans, Wilkins’ family got its start in the North during the Great Migration of the first half of the 20th century, when droves of Southern blacks moved…
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Daily Job Lead: New York Investment Firm Seeks Bookkeeper
Skilled at keeping the books balanced? Global Finance, an investment firm based in Valley Stream, N.Y., on Long Island, is looking to hire someone for its accounts payable/bookkeeping unit. But don’t bother applying unless you’re a whiz with Quickbook, Peachtree, Excel and MS Word. The 20-year-old company specializes in private-equity investments in southeastern Europe. Find…
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White Babies Now a Minority in US
The future is now: Nonwhite babies now outnumber white babies in the U.S., according to the latest census data. Black, Hispanic, Asian and multiracial babies accounted for more than half of all children under age 2 in the U.S., the Associated Press reports via msn.com. Whites, by contrast, make up the bulk of older Americans,…
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T.D. Jakes on Eddie Long: Just Pray
Bishop T.D. Jakes is staying neutral in the sex scandal surrounding his fellow mega-church pastor Bishop Eddie Long โ at least publicly. In an interview with the Christian Post, Jakes, who leads the Potter’s House in Dallas, said that all Christians should do is “pray” regarding the now settled sexual-misconduct suits against Long, pastor of…
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Missy Elliott Shares Struggle With Graves' Disease
They’re unlikely to share the same tastes in music, but Missy Elliott and former first lady Barbara Bush do have something in common: They’re battling the same thyroid condition.In 2008, the rapper-producer was diagnosed with Graves’ disease โ a disorder which affects the thyroid โ and she admits the symptoms came on so fast, she…
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Daily Job Lead: Firm Seeks Canadian French Speaker for Call Rep
If you’re reading this from your home in Canada and are fluent in French, then this $38,000-a-year gig may be for you. The Toronto-based electronics firm CIC Group is looking to hire bilingual call-center representatives. However, you must live in Canada, and you must be fluent in French and English. If you think you fit…
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Daily Job Lead: Marketing Exec Sought by New York-Based Pangea3
You set ’em up so your colleagues can knock ’em down! Pangea3, a New York-based legal services firm that’s part of the Thomson Reuters family of companies, seeks a lead generation manager. Among other tasks, you’ll identify potential customers for the sales team to target, as well as develop lucrative marketing campaigns and oversee product…