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Long hours & unhealthy work-life balance are likely in IT, but 81 percent would do it again, given the chance [Network World] After gaining 18.000 jobs last month, NYC sees the highest private sector employment on record [Commercial Observer] President and VP of Career Search One [...]
Five medical centers in California brace for a two-day union strike [Wall Street Journal] Monster employer survey finds demand for engineering jobs is higher in 2013 [Fort Mill Times] Rising CEO confidence indicated by a variety of surveys and indexes, suggesting a boost in executive recruiting [Bloomberg] [...]
Federal ruling says Walmart can be sued for being negligent in hiring contractors that employ other people at their distribution centers [Hispanic Business] Yahoo to purchase popular blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in an effort to regain young users [Daily Bulletin] Silicon Valley tech companies [...]
Produce company pays nearly $500,000 in back wages after requiring workers to arrive early without compensation [The Daily Journal] Earnings gap between “high-profit” and “typical” IT staffing companies reaches historic levels [Staffing Industry Analysts] At nearly four years, the average tenure of a CMO is [...]
Software developers are most in-demand tech job, based on online job ads [Wanted Analytics] Number of U.S. jobless claims spikes to six-week high [Market Watch] Staffing price index increases in April, displaying the biggest jump since 2010 [Staffing Industry Analysts] Online staffing: an estimated $1 [...]
NC logistics firm owes $1.5 million in back pay/damages after firing three temp workers over sexual harassment complaints [Memphis Business Journal] Almost three quarters of freelancers who also have “regular” jobs want to quit and work for themselves [Staffing Industry Analysts] Abercrombie CEO’s ill-advised interview [...]
Think Beyond the Label releases survey which reveals telecommuting as the second highest ranked workplace benefit [PR Buzz] Half of Americans active online visited a U.S. education or career site in March [Nielsen] Are you leaving money on the table? More than six in 10 [...]
Moms who built their own billion-dollar fortunes – and how they made it work [Forbes] Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act would require employers to make the same accommodations for pregnancy as injury [ACLU] Recently passed in New York City, the Earned Sick Time Act grants many [...]
Number of temporary workers heads toward record in the U.S. this year as companies begin to value being more “nimble” [Bloomberg Businessweek] California lawmaker says companies who employ 500+ people (like Wal-Mart) should extend health care coverage to everyone on payroll, even if they’re part-time [...]
New claims for jobless benefits hit lowest level since January 2008 [Market Watch] Feds disclose prices hospitals charge for the most common inpatient procedures – and the range is stunning [Washington Post] Job-related deaths among immigrants increased 14 per cent over just two years [WBEZ] [...]
Hutco Inc. agrees to pay $1.9 million in back wages to employees denied overtime through sloppy record-keeping [Staffing Industry Analysts] OSHA imposes $24,000 fine upon finding 10 serious violations that led to a temp worker’s electrocution at a wastewater treatment site last year [Knox News] [...]
Amazon could owe workers more than $100 million in back wages/penalties for unpaid time spent in security lines [Security Info Watch] It’s National Nurses Week. Let’s talk the serious nurse shortage that will occur as our population ages [Poughkeepsie Journal] Man who embezzled more than [...]
U.S. temp service jobs rose by 30,800 in April [Staffing Industry Analysts] Midwest emerges as top destination for employee relocations in U.S., according to Atlas Van Lines Survey [The Wall Street Journal] Signs of Obamacare effect are starting to show as companies with fewer than [...]
Unemployment ticks down to 7.5% in April as the U.S. adds 165,000 jobs, beating Wall Street’s forecast [Market Watch] South Carolina House passes bill that criminalizes the implementation of Obamacare [Washington Times] Society for Human Resource Management finds approximately half of manufacturing and service-oriented companies [...]
The number of Americans seeking new unemployment benefits sank another 18,000 to the lowest level since January 2008, but experts say it might be seasonal [Market Watch] Over 10,000 Adecco employees in 50 countries took to the streets Tuesday to offer free career advice/workshops [Wall [...]
Americans don’t observe International Workers’ Day, but tens of thousands of workers will march today to demand better conditions, higher wages [MSNBC, Huffington Post] April job gains of 119,000 fail to impress [Forbes] More than a third of healthcare workers plan to look for a [...]
According to Pulse Survey, temp staffing revenue accelerated 11% in March, up from 7% in February [Staffing Industry Analysts] OSHA unveils a new code aimed at further protecting temp workers from hazards; begins working with the ASA to promote best practices [EHS Today] Man who [...]
“Unprecedented” New York initiative gives businesses tax incentives to employ teenagers at minimum wage, which is set to rise to $9 by 2016 [Syracuse] Top US Senator accuses big Indian IT companies TCS, Infosys, and Wipro of abusing the H-1B visa system and essentially outsourcing [...]
When federal officials and lawmakers drafted the Affordable Care Act legislation, the hope was that the law would enrich health care benefits. However, because they left the definition of employer-sponsored coverage somewhat vague, it is now apparently opening the door to some unexpected interpretations. The [...]
It’s not often that I get the opportunity to chat with one of the many talented developers here at TempWorks (they’re always so busy working on the next new and exciting tech project), but when I do I always come away thinking we just mentally [...]
(This post was originally published July 2, 2009.) Amazon is reinventing the book industry with its Kindle product and cannibalizing its own printed book market along the way. You should be thinking the same way about your recruitment company. As much as I’ve been a [...]
I don’t know if it’s because it’s officially blockbuster season and a barrage of superhero movies are lining up, or if I just had too much fun doing the Classic WWF Wrestler post, but today I want to debate which superhero would make the best [...]
What I’ve learned from the media about job-seeking Millennials is pretty unflattering. Apparently, we don’t have a clue how to interview (let alone how to dress for the occasion), and we exhibit all kinds of casual, oddball behavior in professional contexts. Yet paradoxically, the internet [...]
