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Overqualified? 5 Ways To Get The Job
22/09/2012 Comments Off on Overqualified? 5 Ways To Get The Job
From Vickie Elmer’s Glassdoor blog– Sometime yet this year, you or someone you know is likely to be told they are overqualified for a job. The speaker may be a recruiter or a friend, a decision-maker or a drainer of hopefulness. And when they say or hint at the overqualified label, they may mean something […]
Continue reading …EBSA Launches 401(k) Retirement Savings Fee Disclosure Website
19/09/2012 Comments Off on EBSA Launches 401(k) Retirement Savings Fee Disclosure Website
Your 401(k) has retirement savings plan been costing you money. How much? Until now it was difficult, if not impossible to tell for sure. Now, for the first time, you can find out exactly how much you are paying for 401(k) plan. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced a new […]
Continue reading …Conducting A Staff Survey – Six Ways Reduce Risks And Increase Rewards
29/08/2012 Comments Off on Conducting A Staff Survey – Six Ways Reduce Risks And Increase Rewards
By MARGARET HEFFERNAN — “Despite the economy, morale is really high,” a CEO recently told me. I said: “That’s great. How can you tell?” The CEO replied: “People just seem buoyant, smiling. There’s a lot of energy around the place.” On the face of it, nothing is wrong with this conversation. Morale is high, people […]
Continue reading …Health Care Reform After The Supreme Court Ruling – A Consumer’s Guide
27/08/2012 Comments Off on Health Care Reform After The Supreme Court Ruling – A Consumer’s Guide
By Mary Agnes Carey, KHN Staff Writer– The Supreme Court Thursday, 28 June 2012, upheld the 2010 federal health care reform law, dismissing the challenge by states to the law’s requirement that individuals get insurance. The justices, however, did give states the right to opt out of a critical provision requiring them to expand Medicaid […]
Continue reading …Infographic – How Happy Employees Can Fuel Success
16/05/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – How Happy Employees Can Fuel Success
Infographic – How Happy Employees Can Fuel Success In a down economy, not very many employers think, or continue to think, about keeping their employees happy. And in tight economic times happy doesn’t always need to include pay increases. As the inforgraphic below explains, studies show that happy and engaged workers and members of organizations […]
Continue reading …Infographic – The Pitfalls Of Freelancing
09/05/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – The Pitfalls Of Freelancing
The Pitfalls Of Freelancing Thinking of taking up the freelance life? Read this first. Click image to view full size
Continue reading …Infographic – Work Is Killing You, This Fun Chart Tells You How
25/04/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – Work Is Killing You, This Fun Chart Tells You How
Work Is Killing You, This Fun Chart Tells You How Work is killing you. You know it is. And now this handy chart tell you exactly how it is killing you. Click image to view full size. And you better hurry too…
Continue reading …Passion For Work vs Obsession–Are You Working Your Way To Burnout?
23/04/2012 Comments Off on Passion For Work vs Obsession–Are You Working Your Way To Burnout?
By SCOTT BARRY KAUFMAN– Every business wants workers who passionately love their work. And for good reason: workers who are inspired are more productive, and passion can provide the energy necessary to fuel engagement, amidst obstacles and setbacks. But while passion seems clearly desirable, recent psychological research suggests that not all forms are adaptive. In […]
Continue reading …Infographic – How To Train Your Employees To Use Social Media
04/04/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – How To Train Your Employees To Use Social Media
Every organization needs a good social media plan to succeed. You could hire an outside firm and pay big bucks. Or you might take a look at the homegrown talent. Your best social media team may be your current workforce. Here’s a helpful infographic to help guide your way to training your employees to handle your […]
Continue reading …Infographic – How To Craft The Perfect Resume For The Digital Age
21/03/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – How To Craft The Perfect Resume For The Digital Age
How To Craft The Perfect Resume For The Digital Age Writing, formatting and sending a resume to its intended recipient is a tricky proposition these days. Often the format of your resume and your choice of words determine whether your resume will make it through your perspective employer’s “talent management: software. So what to do? […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill