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TLNT Transform Displays Spirit of HR Transformation
29/02/2012 Comments Off on TLNT Transform Displays Spirit of HR Transformation
By PAUL SMITH via the Welcome to the Occupation — During Ron Thomas’s opening statements at TLNT Transform, he remarked that by virtue of attending this conference (in person or via online), we had become transformers. Because it was an HR conference, there was a further call for all of HR to transform. Though, this is easier than done. […]
Continue reading …TheLadders Executive Climbs Another Rung
28/02/2012 Comments Off on TheLadders Executive Climbs Another Rung
Alexandre Douzet is adding chief operating officer to his current title of president of TheLadders. Douzet co-founded the company with CEO, Marc Cenedella, in 2003. TheLadders began as a job search site people making six figure salaries. In September 2011 it expanded its services to include under-$100K positions. “With over a decade in the job-matching […]
Continue reading …Analysis – Business Education, MBA Programs Helped Trash The Economy
20/02/2012 Comments Off on Analysis – Business Education, MBA Programs Helped Trash The Economy
By MARGARET HEFFERNAN– Business schools educate armies of bankers, investors and corporate finance executives. How come they don’t feel responsible for the financial havoc that has ensued? After the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, and then again, following 2008’s financial crisis, there was a brief flurry of soul-searching among business schools. Then poof — gone. […]
Continue reading …Oracle Expands In HR Technology Buying Taleo
10/02/2012 Comments Off on Oracle Expands In HR Technology Buying Taleo
By ROBERT SCALLY– Computer software giant Oracle is purchasing HR technology firm Taleo Corp., in a deal valued at about $1.9 billion. Taleo shareholders will receive $46 a share, Redwood City, California-based Oracle, the second-largest software company, announced in a statement on 9 February 2012. The Taleo acquisition is expected to close mid-2012, according to Oracle. […]
Continue reading …HHS Unveils Requirements For Consumer Health Insurance Labels
10/02/2012 Comments Off on HHS Unveils Requirements For Consumer Health Insurance Labels
By SUSAN JAFFE, KHN– This story details of the final regulations for the new health insurance summaries that the federal health law requires plans to give to consumers to help them make informed coverage choices. “For too many Americans today, choosing a health plan means reading through a human resources book usually the size of a small phone book and […]
Continue reading …See The Big Picture–Five Overlooked Rules Of Management
07/02/2012 Comments Off on See The Big Picture–Five Overlooked Rules Of Management
By PENELOPE TRUNK– All managers have one, shared goal: Get a promotion. But many times, the job of a manger is so multifaceted and detail-laden that the manager loses site of that big picture. Here are five jobs of a manager that are often lost in the muddle of managing smaller, day-to-day issues. 1. Manage […]
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From Welcome to the Occupation: I have covered many HR/business-related topics and occasionally I wonder why I still do it. But then I read an article about another HR screw-up that could have been prevented. Or I talk to someone who tells me another story about a friend or relative that’s getting screwed over by […]
Continue reading …Humor At Work 5 Tips For Managing With Mirth
02/02/2012 Comments Off on Humor At Work 5 Tips For Managing With Mirth
A workplace that is fun is often a productive workplace. Here are 5 tips for using appropriate humor in the workplace. “Sometimes, a little levity goes a long way toward building rapport among colleagues and diffusing workplace tension,” says Max Messmer, chairman of the staffing firm Accountemps, and author of Managing Your Career For Dummies. […]
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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 …Employee Engagement Measured In 12 Questions
30/01/2012 Comments Off on Employee Engagement Measured In 12 Questions
In the early 1990s the Gallup Organization, which conducts the often-quoted Gallup Polls, developed set of questions designed to identify and measure the elements of employee engagement that most closely affected the bottom line–things like increased sales, high productivity and creating customer loyalty. What emerged from Gallup’s decades of research, which eventually involved millions of […]
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