Prying Apart Privacy: Who Needs It?
In a world of ever-increasing surveillance and information penetration capabilities and demands, any insistence on your part that you have a professional or personal right to privacy of some kinds is increasingly falling on deaf, yet closely listening ears, or on watching eyes. For example, the city of Chongqing, China is installing more than 500,000 street cameras, at a cost of more than...
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USDA Backs More Rural Cooperatives
What keeps a project from getting off the ground? Sometimes, procrastination might be the culprit, but often there's a important missing piece of the puzzle. There's some research that must be conducted or technical assistance that must be secured. Other times what's missing is organizing community involvement and ownership of the project. For people looking to join together in their...
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Thoughtworks Makes Software Engineering Fun
The following statement appears on the website of Thoughtworks, Inc.: "The IT Industry has a terrible reputation, and it deserves it. Our commitment to changing the industry permeates every project we touch and far beyond that - we are working on ways technology can positively impact society and community for future generations." When does getting a good reputation feel like fun? ...
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KellyOCG Recognized as Leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Recognition has once again been bestowed upon Kelly Services, Inc. This time, the outsourcing and consulting division called KellyOCG received recognition from two industry research groups for its global Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) practice. NelsonHall's "Targeting Recruitment Process Outsourcing" report identifies KellyOCG as the top global recruitment process outsourcing...
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Social Networks for Recruiters: The End of an Era?
Since my father got me a 14.4 baud modem, I've always been hooked on the Internet. But since I'm not a programmer, I actually started my real career in recruiting, which I still love to this day. However, when social media started getting traction back in 2006-07, my old love for the web hit me like a high school flame. I started building social networks in every bit of my spare time. The...
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DOE Loan Progam Creates Jobs
The rush of green jobs that some experts have touted as the best hope for our economy are starting to trickle in, with a little help, in the form of loans and loan guarantees. from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE's Loan Programs Office administers various loan and loan guarantee programs to support the deployment of commercial technologies along with innovative technologies that ...
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Short Stack of Trouble Growing at Milwaukee IHOP
It is important for employees to know their rights, and what recourse is available to them, if they are sexually harassed in the work place. Many companies as part of an orientation process have their new employees read a policy manual that outlines how to bring a complaint against a coworker or manager, and provide training to managers on how to avoid even innocently being perceived as...
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Streetcars, For Our Economy and Our Planet
Outside of a few quaint enclaves, like San Francisco, the idea of street cars brings to mind sepia toned nostalgia. But the Department of Transportation is looking to that nostalgic past for ideas for the future. A well used steetcar system would go a long way to reducing traffic in metropolitan area, and in so doing significantly reduce a city's carbon foot print. Further, building these...
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U.S. Government Getting Out of the Car Business
On May 24th, Chrysler paid back the last of its loans to the U.S. Treasury, a full six years earlier than they had to. But the the government still held a stake in the company, owning 98,461 shares. On June 2 the Treasury Department announced that it reached an agreement to sell to Fiat Treasury's 6 percent fully diluted equity interest in Chrysler Group LLC and Treasury's interest in an...
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"A Wake Up Call" for Employers Who Discriminate
When we hear about discrimination in hiring practices, we usually think of discrimination against racial minorities, or people with disabilities, or discrimination based on sexual orientation. But so-called reverse discrimination, where white people are denied jobs simply based on their race is becoming more of an issue. A few years ago there was a much publicized case in which an exam that...
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NUNA (No Unemployed Need Apply)
Signed reading, "NINA", used to hang storefront windows in the 1860s, letting recent Irish immigrants know that "No Irish Need Apply", i.e. they would not be hired. Maybe employers should print up new signs that say "NUNA - No Unemployed Need Apply." Last year, reports started to appear in the news media of employers discriminating against the unemployed, saying they would not consider...
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What Emotional Intelligence Isn't
EQ / Image: Michael Moffa You're a smart recruiter, which means that you have the intellectual horsepower to get, organize, analyze and disseminate information; deal with clients and to screen and assign candidates. But nowadays it also means that you have the emotional smarts to gauge the emotional and temperamental fit of applicants and candidates, i.e., you have the emotional...
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