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Social Media Passwords Protected From Prying Employers In Six States
07/01/2013 Comments Off on Social Media Passwords Protected From Prying Employers In Six States
It is now illegal in six U.S. states for employers to ask job applicants for the passwords to their social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter. California and Illinois recently joined four other states barring employers from demanding that employees divulge their social-media passwords. Passed during 2012, California’s and Illinois’ laws became effective January 1, 2013. […]
Continue reading …Young And Older Workers, Two Sides Of The Same Coin
12/10/2012 Comments Off on Young And Older Workers, Two Sides Of The Same Coin
ILO News– Developed economies are facing two interconnected challenges: youth unemployment is growing and people are living longer. At first glance, the answer might seem very simple: lower the retirement age so that young people replace older workers while the latter move into a well-deserved rest. But that would be missing a very important point. […]
Continue reading …Robert Half 2013 Salary Guides Highlight Salary Trends, Jobs In Demand
11/10/2012 Comments Off on Robert Half 2013 Salary Guides Highlight Salary Trends, Jobs In Demand
If you land a new technology-related job in 2012 in the United States, you can expect a salary boost of 5.3%, according to the 2013 Salary Guides from the staffing firm Robert Half International. U.S. starting salaries for technology positions in 2013 will have the largest increases among all fields — an average of 5.3%, according […]
Continue reading …Infographic: What Does It Take To Recruit A New Employee?
10/10/2012 Comments Off on Infographic: What Does It Take To Recruit A New Employee?
What Does It Take To Recruit A New Employee? This infographic is really selling the merits of interviewing job candidates by video. However, it does give an interesting and informative view of the employees recruiting process and and its costs. To repare the inforgraphic the HR Tech Blog partnered with Video Interviewing Provider Wowzer. They surveyed hundreds […]
Continue reading …SHRM Report: HR Professionals Expect A Little Hiring, Less Firing In October 2012
06/10/2012 Comments Off on SHRM Report: HR Professionals Expect A Little Hiring, Less Firing In October 2012
Another glimmer of positive news on the jobs front came this week from the Society for Human Resource Management’s monthly survey of HR professionals’ hiring plans. About three in 10 manufacturing and service-sector companies plan to hire in October 2012 according to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The SHRM LINE […]
Continue reading …Employers Project 13% Increase in New College Grad Hiring
05/10/2012 Comments Off on Employers Project 13% Increase in New College Grad Hiring
Hiring will be up for new college graduates, according to a new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE’s Job Outlook 2013 survey shows that employers anticipate hiring 13% more college graduates from the class of 2013 than were hired from the class of 2012. “While employers are seeking graduates from […]
Continue reading …Signs Point To No Or Slow Growth In Global Job Markets In 2013
04/10/2012 Comments Off on Signs Point To No Or Slow Growth In Global Job Markets In 2013
A global economic storm is raging, putting a dark cloud over job growth. Several recent reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and other observers of the global and U.S. job markets and economy are likely to struggle to grow, at least during early 2013. Like the economy as whole, employment in the United […]
Continue reading …Air Canada Announces Details Of Job-Creating Expansion
02/10/2012 Comments Off on Air Canada Announces Details Of Job-Creating Expansion
On Tuesday, 2 October 2012, Air Canada took the wraps off plans to create combine it Air Canada Vacations division with a new low-cost airline. Air Canada recently announced it would be hiring at least 900 new employees to staff the new venture. Canada’s largest airline says it will have the as-yet unnamed low-cost carrier […]
Continue reading …Disability Employment Awareness Month 2012: The Value of Work
02/10/2012 Comments Off on Disability Employment Awareness Month 2012: The Value of Work
By KATHY MARTINEZ— What can YOU do? It’s such an interesting question because it’s wide open to interpretation. But I’ve found that most people, especially adults, tend to answer in the context of employment or occupation. And each time they do, it reaffirms my basic belief in the intrinsic value of work. Put simply, work […]
Continue reading …Job Search Engine Indeed.com Bought By Japan’s Recruit Co.
27/09/2012 Comments Off on Job Search Engine Indeed.com Bought By Japan’s Recruit Co.
Recruit Co. Ltd., a firm that once brought Japan’s government to its knees in a 1988 scandal, has purchased popular job search engine Indeed.com. Both Indeed and Recruit Co. are privately held companies. No dollar or yen value was given for the purchase. However, published reports speculate Recruit Co. may have paid as much as […]
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