http://articles.alabamajobs.com Just another Local Careers - Local. Regional. National. weblog Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:50:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Students preparing for EMT jobs (Click here) at one local college fared much better than their state and national counterparts. Graduates from Calhoun Community College's emergency medical technician and paramedic program recently exceeded state and national averages on certification exams and are now ranked among the best in the county. The National ... http://articles.alabamajobs.com/emt-jobs/ The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has helped to create new research jobs in Birmingham. About $49 million in federal stimulus funds slated for research have helped create about 53 full-time jobs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school expects to create hundreds of research jobs by the beginning ... http://articles.alabamajobs.com/jobs-in-birmingham/ Regardless of the current state of the national and local economy, there are plenty of places to look for jobs in Birmingham AL. During September, the Birmingham-Hoover area saw its unemployment rate stay even at 10.2 percent, which is slightly higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. The area ... http://articles.alabamajobs.com/jobs-in-birmingham-al/ More Birmingham jobs were lost last month as Alabama's unemployment rate continued to climb. Statewide, Alabama saw its unemployment rate increase from 10.3 percent to 10.7 percent during September, which is higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. The state hasn't seen its unemployment rate decrease since September 2007, ... http://articles.alabamajobs.com/birmingham-jobs-decline/