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Apparently most chief financial officers think of themselves as fun-loving people who enjoy a good laugh at the office, a new survey finds. Jovial CFOs. Who knew? Nearly eight in 10, 79%, of CFOs interviewed said an employee’s sense of humor is important for fitting into the company’s corporate culture, according to a survey sponsored […]
Continue reading …Five Costly Recession-Related Employee Retention Mistakes
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Five Costly Recession-Related Employee Retention Mistakes
By Ross Blake — Even though it’s an “employer’s market” with millions of capable people looking for work due to the recession, many employers are making these five costly employee retention mistakes. Mistake #1: Assuming employees “won’t dare leave now due to the recession.” Many organizations have discontinued their employee retention programs, figuring they aren’t needed […]
Continue reading …Good News Techies: Hiring for IT Jobs Rising
28/11/2011 Comments Off on Good News Techies: Hiring for IT Jobs Rising
If you know tech, you’re looking good to employers. Analysts predict that IT hiring will continue to rise in 2012 – for the third straight year. And with a humming technology side of business, logic and hope both say that’s gotta make things run faster, smoother, better for all sectors. The numbers showing happy days […]
Continue reading …Screen Employees With Pre-Employment Background Checks
27/11/2011 Comments Off on Screen Employees With Pre-Employment Background Checks
By Jennifer Larson Pre-Employment Background Checks For Job Applicants These days it’s assumed that when you apply for a job, a pre-employment background check will take place before an employer will consider hiring any applicant. A pre-employment check looks back several years, mainly for any past and recent criminal activity. Almost every major corporation and […]
Continue reading …Job Seekers Over 50: Five Stereotypes You Must Overcome
18/11/2011 Comments Off on Job Seekers Over 50: Five Stereotypes You Must Overcome
Job search expert Mary Eileen Williams writing in the Huffington Post post another bit of good advice: Job-seekers over 50 encounter some special challenges. Although age gifts seasoned applicants with a wealth of experience, well-honed skill sets, a mature work ethic, and numerous additional pluses, there are a number of unflattering stereotypes younger employers may […]
Continue reading …Nishimoto Pays $400K to 71 Women In Discrimination Case
18/11/2011 Comments Off on Nishimoto Pays $400K to 71 Women In Discrimination Case
Federal contractor Nishimoto Trading Co. will pay $400,000 in back wages and interest to 71 women rejected for sales associate positions at the company’s Santa Fe Springs, Calif., facility to settle findings of hiring discrimination, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. “Those who do business with our government are […]
Continue reading …Need a Job? Find a Company Where You Want to Work and Pursue It
15/11/2011 Comments Off on Need a Job? Find a Company Where You Want to Work and Pursue It
The story of how Hanna Phan landed her “dream job” at SlideRocket, a San Francisco high-technology start-up is a glimpse at the future of job search and of technology putting a new spin on an old job-hunting technique. Finding a company you really want to work for an making it your goal to land a […]
Continue reading …Infographic: Top 5 Unconventional Ways to Land a Job in 2011
15/11/2011 Comments Off on Infographic: Top 5 Unconventional Ways to Land a Job in 2011
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How to Manage Your E-Reputation And Stay Employed
14/11/2011 Comments Off on How to Manage Your E-Reputation And Stay Employed
Anything you say and do on the Internet can and will be used against you. Managing your e-reputation is critical in an era when anyone with a will and an Internet connection can gather a vast amount of details about nearly anyone in no time at all. This is increasingly true when it comes to […]
Continue reading …Employment Trends Index Up 5% in October From Last Year
07/11/2011 Comments Off on Employment Trends Index Up 5% in October From Last Year
Glimmers of hope are appearing for job seekers as economic data are showing a positive trends. Business forecasting group, The Conference Board reports that its Employment Trends Index increased in October to 101.92, up from the revised figure of 101.20 in September. The October figure is up 5% from the same month a year ago. […]
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