Free Classes Announced for Resume Writers and Career Coaches
Career Directors International (CDI) is offering free member teleclasses for self-employed resume writers and career coaches throughout 2012. CDI's Board of Advisors and Education Committee has decided to offer three free member teleclasses to help professionals grow and boost their productivity: Tactical Biz-Tech Buzz (TBTB), Next Practices (NP), and Honing Your Craft (HUC). Tactical Biz...
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The Global Leadership Forecast Reports Slow Leadership Progress In Innovation
According to the sixth edition of the Global Leadership Forecast, leaders are not as prepared as they'd like to be for future innovation. The reasons cited are lack of quality leadership practices and less emphasis on innovation by most companies. The latest Global Leadership Forecast conducted by Development Dimensions International (DDI) surveyed 1,897 HR professionals and at least 12,000...
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Limiting Supermarket Freedom of Expression
—Reflections on 1st-amendment claims and risks of employers, employees, clients and customers "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic."—Associate Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1919 In the private sector, depending upon the regional and global jurisdiction or business...
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EM-Power Services Suggests Companies Offer Long Term Care Insurance
As the population of people ages 65 and older rapidly increases over the next 30 years, more and more adult children will be taking care of their parents. In fact, in the last 15 years the percentage of employees acting as parent caregivers has tripled, with about 57 percent providing 16 or more hours of care on a weekly basis. At the same time, employees that have chronic health conditions will...
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How Jim Got a Job [Infographic]
Finding a new job and getting hired is a lot of fun, right? The hiring process is totally efficient. Rational. Fast. Fair. Friendly. Right? Let's check out how Jim got a job in just 10 easy steps. Well, not easy. And not for the job he wanted. But who can be picky these days? If you've ever tried to get a job or been on the other side of the desk, this may look oddly familiar. Let's see if we...
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Free Recruiting Software Company Receives $5M Investment
SmartRecruiters, a startup looking to disrupt the online recruiting software industry by offering totally free user access, has received a major investment. The Mayfield Fund has invested five million dollars in the company, which was announced today. With the ideology that "No Recruiter should ever have to pay for Applicant Tracking anymore," Jerome Ternynck, CEO and Founder of...
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Popular Niche Job Board for Sale
A well known niche geographic job board, AllCountyJobs, is for sale by its owner, Chris Russell. AllCountyJobs is a popular job board network in the Northeast, with particular strength in Fairfield county (the "Gold Coast" of Connecticut) with FairfieldCountyJobs.com. The "sell sheet" states the owner is moving on to develop ideas in mobile recruiting, but that the job board has consistently...
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What are You Waiting for? Set your 2012 Career Goals Already
It's a new year, and that means there's no better time to take a fresh look at your career and where you want to take it in the coming twelve months. It's easy to let the stress of the holidays and frantic pace of the holiday season overwhelm you and make you forget to think about this for several months. Maybe you aren't in the habit of setting annual career goals at all. That is a...
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Impact Achievement Group Hosts Workshops for Harrison Assessments
For recruiters, HR professionals, Industrial-Organizational psychologists, and management who want to use the Harrison Assessment Talent Solutions suite, Impact Achievement Group Inc. will be offering certification sessions for Assessment Level I and Level II. Professionals utilize the Harrison Assessment for various reasons including succession planning, selection, and team development. It is...
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Import and Export Prices Fall
Coming off of a month of modest import and export price gains, December 2011 import prices fell by 0.1 percent while export prices fell by half of a percent. The declines were largely a result of falling fuel prices. As reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December saw fuel prices drop by 0.5 percent, following a 3.7 percent increase during the previous month. Petroleum prices fell by...
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Social Recruiting Trends in 2012
This year will bring about radical changes in social recruiting. New application capabilities promise to engage audiences on a large scale, make social recruiting easy and efficient, and close the gap between the recruiting power of smaller and larger companies, resulting in richer and more personalized communication between recruiters with prospective candidates. 1. Referral Hiring Goes...
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Lectora Awarded for E-Learning Software
Trainingindustry.com recently awarded Lectora as a 2012 Top Authoring Tools Company for its innovative e-learning software. The award offers Lectora a spot with the top ten training software and service providers. Peter Bray, Chief Marketing Officer at Trivantis Corporation, states, "Adding to the extensive list of awards granted to Lectora by industry leaders and renowned organizations,...
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HRmarketer Partners with TotalPicture Radio to Expand HR Audience
HRmarketer and TotalPicture Radio have partnered to expand its news syndication network. Due to the syndication partnership, TotalPicture Radio will now air all of HRmarketer's press announcements on its high traffic website. The latest statistics from TotalPicture Radio show that at least 6,000 HR professionals land on their website daily. Peter Clayton, producer and host of TotalPicture...
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IMAC Online Training Academy Offers Newly Accredited HR Courses
HR professionals that would like to receive credit towards their Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) designation can do so after completing online courses from International Management Assistance Corporation (IMAC). In business for over 25 years, IMAC has been providing security, risk management, and business continuity services to companies all across the U.S. The HR Certification...
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Dept of Labor Helps Former Offenders
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has made available $20.6 million in grants to help former criminal offenders become reacclimated to society and the workplace. Funds will be distributed to non-profit organizations that are either located within or maintain staffs consisting of employees who live in high-crime, high-poverty areas. The federal grants will be used to address the needs of eligible...
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Counties Around the Country Report Employment Gains
For the 12 month period between June 2010 and June 2011, 215 of the 322 largest counties reported increases in employment. The largest increase was seen in Ottawa, Michigan which posted a 4.7 percent rise in employment. The national rate of employment growth during this same period was 0.9 percent. In Ottawa, most new jobs occurred within the manufacturing sector which added over 2,500 new jobs....
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2012 Recruitment: What's Behind the Buzzwords
No prizes for guessing what month it is when your Tweetdeck stream is overflowing with links to blogs reviewing the year that was, and previewing the year that will be. The HR and Recruitment communities have been in a flurry trying to hone in on the single biggest trend, for both sides of the Times Square Ball Drop. There's been no shortage of buzz words: social, video, infographics, mobile,...
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Millennials: Innovation Necessary for Retention, Growth, and Social Impact
The emerging generation of Millennial business leaders is out to encourage innovation at their employers, though only 26 percent feel that their current employers encourage innovative practices, says a new survey by Deloitte. In addition, the survey found that 78 percent of future business leaders find innovation essential for business growth. Of the group of 5,000 international Millennials...
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Who Benefits from Facebook's $100B IPO?
Yesterday, Mashable published a piece on Facebook's potentially massive IPO. The numbers are absolutely astounding: if Facebook's IPO goes as expected, it will raise six times as much money as Google's. But even more incredibly, this will value the company at $100 billion. For some comparison, let's look at a corporate giant like Pfizer. It's currently valued at around $168 billion, which...
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Career Pages That Pop!
The Must Haves of Today's Career Pages Your corporate career page is the first and sometimes only opportunity to make a lasting impression on a prospective employee. Career pages that work inform, convert, and make an impression. Your career page answers the following questions: Does this employer value their employee's contributions and ideas? Does this employer embrace diversity...
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New Labor Stats Reported
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, as of November 30, 2011, there were 3.2 million job openings nationwide with a 3.2 percent hiring rate and a 3 percent separations rate, all of which remained largely unchanged from October's statistics. The nonfarm sector has experienced an increasing job openings rate since the economic recession officially ended in June 2009. Despite the...
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Massachusetts Receives Grant for Recent Job Losses
Twelve companies within a variety of industries located in Massachusetts and Connecticut are set to receive over $850,000 in National Emergency Grant money from the U.S. Department of Labor. The assistance proposal was announced in response to a rash of layoffs and job closings in eleven companies in Massachusetts and one company in Connecticut. The money will work to initially continue...
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Monthly Inspire Resource Gives Tips For Leadership Development In The Workplace
RealTime Performance, a company dedicated to providing online training products to leaders of businesses, has made available a free monthly tip sheet that provides professionals with key insights to develop leadership in the workplace. The content comes from their online leadership development tool, Inspire, and this month's installment focuses on "Helping Leaders Coach Talent in the...
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Survey Results: Job Applicants Want Feedback
More than 2,000 respondents to a recent survey concerning whether or not a company responds to a job applicant's application reveals that applicants want feedback. StartWire, an Internet job search organizer, conducted the survey and has reported that employers who do not respond to job applicants risk damaging their company's reputation and employment brand. 77 percent of respondents...
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HR Strategies Relaunches Website
HR Strategies is known for providing customizable HR solutions to help companies decrease labor cost and remain complaint with government regulations. As part of a recent re-branding strategy, HR Strategies has developed a new website that has more visual appeal regarding the way the company is organized and the HR solutions it provides. The new website allows clients to see how HR Strategies...
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New Book from an Executive Coach
For professionals who want to be able to get through the obstacles that come while in pursuit of success, Ruth Mott has released an insightful book to help. "I Love You—Now Get Over Yourself: 7 Secrets for Professional Success from The Jewish Mother Executive Coach," is a book that offers valuable and applicable solutions to common problems that professionals have to contend with while working...
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2012 Positive Change Summit Features Sessions On Self-Confidence and Creative Living
The 2012 New Year Summit is scheduled for Saturday, February 11th from 8:30-12:30 in San Francisco for those who want to be challenged and motivated to aim for change and success in their lives. Coaching professionals Manuala Pauer, Manuel Villacorta, and Paul N. Larsen will be key speakers. Pauer, a certified professional coach, will begin the summit with the topic "Boost Your Confidence...
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Talented Alliance of Part-Time Professionals (TAPP) Offers Membership Discount
For those companies who hire part-time employees, the Talented Alliance of Part-time Professionals (TAPP) is now offering a special membership offer to access resources to continue to help individuals and employers get the most out of part-time employment. TAPP is a company dedicated to providing online resources, such as assessment tools, webinars, and discussion and job boards to individuals...
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DB Pargman Releases New HR Resource on Harassment
Known for its specialized Executive Sensitivity and Diversity Training, DB Pargman Consulting LLC has recently released a publication that will help HR professionals learn what to do in case a holiday social event prompts a future sexual harassment complaint. The video publication, "5 Tips to Get Your Company Over the Post-Holiday Hangover and Get Your People Back to Work", offers 5...
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Assessments Provider Select International Grows
Select International, a large provider of assessment systems, has added six more employees and four Consulting Team Leads in the Technology, Marketing, Accounting and Consulting departments due to significant growth. Leading the way in helping companies with employee selection and hiring systems, Select International provides various assessments including pre-employment, healthcare hiring, and...
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How to Remake your LinkedIn Profile for Job Search
Finding a job during these difficult times can be hard for almost every type of professional, so you want to give yourself every advantage possible. The social networking age has changed the way that we get jobs and make career connections. One of the best ways to attract potential employers is by having a strong LinkedIn profile that is easy to find by employers. According to recent research,...
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Laying Off? How to Help Your Employees Find New Jobs
Despite a "somewhat improving" economy, layoffs and mass employee dismissals are still expected to happen throughout 2012 as companies continue to get lean as well as automate and outsource non-core business processes. This leaves millions of Americans in the position of having to look for a new job. There are several reasons why an employer should help their laid off employees in their...
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Small Business Registration for the New Year
Determining whether or not a business is distinguished as "small" by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is important for owners wishing to register and bid for government contracts as a small business. Once a small business becomes registered as a government contractor, it is vital that the business precisely conform to the established standards of the SBA. The definition of a...
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Unemployment Rate Falls to 3 Year Low
December 2011, and the year as a whole, was a period of broad growth in the American labor market. With the national non-farm payroll adding about 200,000 jobs, the unemployment rate dipped to 8.5 percent; its lowest position in almost three years. The drop in unemployment was aided by the steady decline in mass layoffs, with 14 of the 19 major industries showing decreases in layoff figures from...
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Employment Trends Up
The national unemployment rate, on a recent downward trend, continued to fall during December 2011. With the addition of 200,000 employed persons, the current rate of unemployment tumbled to 8.5 percent, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; a 0.6 percent decrease since August. All of gained employment took place in the transportation and warehousing, retail trade, manufacturing,...
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Refreshing Diversity Initiatives for 2012
As we ring in the New Year, it's time to start thinking about how to attract a qualified and diverse workforce in 2012. HR and Recruiting Professionals know that in today's global workplace and environment, being able to communicate to people of different races, cultures, economic classes, and backgrounds is critical to ongoing innovation and marketplace acceptance. Talent acquisition can...
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New Year's Jokes for Recruiters
Political correctness, cross-cultural barriers to getting the point of a culture-bound joke and recession-induced angst have endangered the custom of joke telling. Once a staple of friendly conversation, as contributions to socializing, jokes have become as rare as dog-meat recipes, despite their time-tested effectiveness in lightening and brightening the mood. So, to address this deficit,...
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MSHA Reports on Work Related Deaths
The United States Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released a preliminary report indicating the work-related deaths of 37 miners in 2011. Of the deaths, 21 occurred at coal mines and 16 occurred at metal/non-metal mines. This statistic is nearly half of those reported in 2010 (71 reported deaths). This is the second-lowest reported number of deaths since...
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Unemployment Dips in Major Metro Areas
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that of the 372 metropolitan areas measured, 351 have measurably lower unemployment rates than November 2010. Of the remaining 21 areas, 16 saw increased unemployment rates, and five held steady. Eight metro areas have reported unemployment rates above 15 percent. On the other side of the scale, 25 metro areas have reported rates of less than...
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Mastery Technologies Expands Training
Preventing workplace injuries is the primary goal of Mastery Technologies and by using online media to educate, the company has saved many lives and prevented thousands of workplace injuries. The company utilizes a large interactive multimedia training library to educate about safety issues and is recently celebrating its two millionth online play. Along with Mastery's commercial products,...
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Allied Time USA Joins As Distributor Of uAttend's Time Management Solutions
uAttend is a company dedicated to delivering efficient employee time management systems for over ten years now and has recently revealed that Allied Time USA will be a certified online reseller of uAttend solutions. According to Chad Buckmaster, CEO of uAttend, "Allied Time USA is a valuable addition to our resale and distribution network. The combination of their online retail expertise in...
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Littler Brings To Light Eight Issues For Global Employers in 2012
International companies will face eight major global employment challenges in 2012 according to Littler Mendelson, P.C. Littler is one of America's biggest employment and labor law firms representing management with over 850 attorneys and 55 offices. It handles international employment laws and labor relations issues and is known for litigating very influential employment law cases and labor...
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7 Tips to Getting Your Candidates the Salary They Want
As an agency recruiter or headhunter, you have two clients to sell to and "close". You've worked hard to get the client, get the candidate, go through the interview process, and now your client comes in with a job offer that you know is going to be too low. So now what? An inexperienced recruiter often falls into the trap of just passing through the offer without first negotiating...
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Bad-Boy Bosses and Boyfriends: The Secret of Their Charm
Most employees forced to deal with a horrible boss will quit if they can afford to or can find a better option. But what about those who, despite the acute horrors and chronic abuse suffered at the hands of a tyrannical, bullying, hostile or otherwise bad boss choose to remain, even though they have the other resources needed to leave? By "bad" I don't mean disorganized, incompetent...
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CivilianJobs.com To Host 36 Military Job Fairs In 2012
CivilianJobs.com is devoted to connecting military men and women with civilian careers, offering military job fairs, staffing services, and a job board to assist with job seeking. In 2012 CivilianJobs.com will host 36 job fairs across the country in different states to help integrate those with military experience into the civilian workforce. The job fairs will host military-friendly employers...
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Update to Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
Initial unemployment insurance claims during the week ending December 24 rose to 381,000; rising by about 15,000 claims over the previous week's 366,000 claims. The four week average was 375,000 which is a slight decrease over the revises average from the prior week (380, 750 claims). The insured unemployment rate for the week ending December 17 was 2.9 percent, up 0.1 percent over the previous...
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration Updates Crowd Management Measures
OSHA has begun a campaign to encourage retailers to initiate crowd management protocols to protect workers during periods of heavy customer traffic such as Black Friday and other major sales events. It has created a fact sheet informing retail employers of recommended actions that can be taken to control chaotic crowds. The initiative is in support of the OSHA Act of 1970, which places employee...
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Free Guide for Recruiters about Mobile Recruitment
Mike Taylor from Web Based Recruitment asserts that Recruiters ought to utilize mobile recruitment as a strategy for hiring in 2012. As smartphone usage increases and people become more accustomed to shopping and banking via mobile devices, the desire to be able to search and apply for jobs in the same fashion will increase. According to Taylor, many Recruiters are not utilizing mobile...
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