Social Media Housekeeping Tips for 2012
New Year is almost upon us! For now, people are still rushing to get a fantastic deal on a backlit LED TV. But soon, gym memberships will be purchased, diaries started, and peace and compassion will settle down upon all of mankind. For a few short days, you will wear what you should wear, and not what you should not wear. You'll swear off cable TV and hit the treadmill instead. You'll pick...
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What If You Were Given a Pre-Employment Personality Test?
Would you: A. Refuse to take the test knowing that you probably wouldn't pass? B. Take the test with 100% confidence that you can "beat any personality test"? C. Ask your best friend to take it for you knowing she really has the personality the job requires? D. Take it and just see where the cards fall? Okay that wasn't really a question, but I think there are...
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Women and the Failure to Extend Unemployment Insurance
The remnants of the Great Recession, which continue to cast a financial shadow over the lives of millions of American families, still demand constant attention and steps continue to be taken at the federal level to offset the devastating effects increased unemployment has wrought over the past several years. For every job opening, there are currently four people seeking employment. More and more,...
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Consumer Price Index Summary – November 2011
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), a measurement of the change in price of consumer goods and services purchased by urbanites in a given time period, remained unchanged during November 2011. The all items index was up 3.4 percent for the prior 12-month period. The rate of increase slowed slightly from October 2011 which stood at 3.5 percent. Echoing index performance in...
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Real Earnings for November 2011
For the period from October to November 2011, real average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent; directly proportional to a 0.1 percent earnings decrease during the same period. The average work week length remained stagnant. This is down from the October 2010 peak from which average weekly earnings fell 1.7 percent. Compared November 2010, real earnings fell 1.5 percent. However, combined with a...
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What Business Insider Does Right
What's the secret to attracting top talent? Whether you are a startup or massive enterprise, certain key truths remain the same. A job at Business Insider for a recruiter made us take notice – they do a lot of things right that you might be able to learn from. They posted this open talent acquisition job on their internal company job board. At first glance, you can tell that this is...
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Indefinite Retention: the Case for Compulsory Lifetime Employment
 "Japan's success—and there is no precedent for it in history—very largely rested on organized immobility—the immobility of 'lifetime employment.'"—Peter Drucker, management theorist, author and visionary The prospect of lifetime employment has sunk in the darkening G-20 socio-economic horizon like a Rising Sun that, having risen to its full and glorious zenith, must...
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US DOL to Improve Job Opportunities for Handicapped Americans
The Department of Labor is set to enforce a new hiring mandate requiring that 7 percent of its workforce be composed of workers with disabilities, in addition to other criteria. The rule is intended to strengthen affirmative action imperatives from the early '70s (Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) aimed at offering equal employment opportunities from federal contractors. The...
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Educational Degree Attainment and Unemployment of US Asian Population
Data from the Current Population Survey, a monthly study undertaken by the United States Census Bureau, indicate that the nation's Asian population, aged 25 and older, had both a higher level of educational attainment and a lower level of unemployment than the combined rates of non-Asian groups. For the period from 2008 to 2010, the percentage of non-Asians holding a Bachelor's degree or...
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Diversified Releases Software Designed to Help Employees Save for Retirement
Diversified, a firm that specializes in retirement plans, has launched the next generation of its OnTrack report software. OnTrack report provides personalized savings guidance to help guide employees to a well-funded retirement. Patricia Advaney, senior vice president, participant solutions at Diversified had this to say about Ontrack: "Our enhanced OnTrack report offers a unique...
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Summa Health System Cuts Grievance Case Settlement Time with i-Sight Software
Summa Health System, one of the biggest unified healthcare delivery systems in Ohio, has cut its grievance settlement time from 31 days to 17 days by implementing i-Sight compliance investigation software from Customer Expressions Corporation (CEC). As regulated by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Summa is required to track and follow-up on grievances within 30 days with...
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Leverage the Power of Recruiters' LinkedIn Networks
LinkedIn, the professional networking giant for the new millennium, has rendered the once ubiquitous Rolodex obsolete. And the burgeoning professional site, now boasting about 135 million members in more than 200 countries, has become a disruptive force in the recruiting world. Corporate and agency recruiters alike, spend their days searching through thousands of member profiles, connecting and...
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