Over 200 Jobless After Newspaper Scandal
For 168 years, Great Britain's best selling newspaper had captured the hearts and minds of its dedicated following. But as of yesterday, 7.5 million readers will have to find a different source for their daily fix. The last issue of "News of the World," ran Sunday. It was recently discovered that News of the World employees were engaging in a practice known as, "phone hacking" - or tapping...
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The Employee Benefits Survey Results Are In
Ever wonder which retirement plans employees are using the most? The graph below outlines the most popular investment choices by employees during the years 2003, 2005 and 2009. "Diversified investments was the most popular investment choice in 2009, with an 81 percent participation rate for employee contributions, followed by common stock funds at 63 percent," says the Bureau of Labor...
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June Employment Numbers Drop
Only 18,000 jobs were added last month - the weakest increase in nine months, The U.S. Labor Department reported. Analysts had expected much higher numbers. Wall street took a tumble today as a result of the poor forecast. The Dow, Nasdaq and SP all dropped more than 1 percent. In the meantime, the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. "Our nation's labor market experienced slower...
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Employer Branding
Recruiting Techniques: Employment Branding Recruiting and marketing have a lot in common because recruiters have to market an employer's positions to applicants and sell an employer to candidates. Part of a marketing-based recruiting strategy is employer branding, or positioning the employer as the best place for candidates to work. Marketing professionals talk a lot about branding, what a...
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Staffing Manager
What is a Staffing Manager? Staffing managers are the human resources professionals responsible for every aspect of a company's staffing needs, including recruiting, training, retaining and sometimes firing employees. Staffing managers must be recruiters when they find qualified applicants, but they must also be human resource managers because they handle hiring and employee retention. In...
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EmployeeScreenIQ and ERC Dataplus Team Up
ERC Dataplus and EmployeeScreenIQ just announced in a recent press release they will be working together to deliver a high-quality combination service that will tackle talent acquisition as well as background screening. "As we talk to clients across the country, their top priorities are efficiency and value," says Nick Fishman, co-founder and executive vice president of EmployeeScreenIQ....
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Employee Turnover
What Recruiters Need to Know About Employee Turnover Employee turnover is the term applied to the cycle of hiring and firing that happens within companies. A company is said to have high employee turnover rates or "employee churn" when their employee routinely leave or are fired, necessitating the hiring of more people to fill open positions. When some employees leave and new hires take their...
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3 Occupation Groups Hit Hardest by Mass Layoffs
Here's a quick look back at the past. A study of mass layoffs from 1999 to 2008 showed, "the largest number of jobs lost after a layoff were in occupations that involved clerical or nonanalytical labor—including occupational groups such as production (?119,373), office and administrative support (?72,532), and transportation and material moving (?40,043)," the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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eQuest and OptiJob Form Partnership
eQuest and OptiJob announced an exclusive partnership today, one which allows companies more visibility as they search for prospective candidates. The special service, called MIX - brings together a vast network of participating social media sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Viadeo and XING - as well as other unannounced or emerging social networks. "Both organizations are committed...
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Recruiter Software
Professional Function and Designation When looking for a new recruiting software system for your team of recruiters, the first step is to identify the core function that you wish to serve. Are you looking for a sales system for agency recruiters, a corporate applicant tracking system, or an end-to-end managed solution that encompasses everything from sourcing to onboarding and performance...
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HR Newsletter
Because Human Resources encompasses so many rapidly changing fields (employment law, technology, workforce trends, recruiting, benefits, etc...), it can be difficult to keep up with the profession. However, HR professionals that take an active interest in staying on top of the latest developments and trends can enjoy a very strong career path. HR newsletters and publications are abundant. In...
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Users Flock to Twitter Town Hall
President Obama live tweeted during the first ever "Twitter Town Hall," hosted by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. During the broadcast, users were asked to tweet the President their most pressing questions, limiting the range of discussion to focus on the economy and jobs. According to TwitSprout, more than 70,000 tweets were sent. Barack Obama gets bragging rights as, "the first president...
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