Gavlick Personnel Services in Kingston closed abruptly Thursday. The business was no longer profitable because of the high cost of unemployment and workers’ compensation insurance, Norm Gavlick, the president of the staffing firm, said Friday. [Citizen’s Voice]
Comments on new proposed form I-9. [TALX]
Reviewing hiring demand of educators for National Teacher’s Day. [Wanted Analytics]
Small declines in executive recruitment in Q1 2012, according to AESC. [MarketWatch]
Randstad: U.S. workers feel secure in jobs, optimistic towards future prospects. [MarketWatch]
New Jersey employment law: involuntary resignation akin to termination for purposes of unemployment insurance. [JDSupra]
Medical Solutions is hosting a scholarship competition awarding three $1000 scholarships to students pursuing a degree in Nursing. The competition begins the first day of Nurses Week, May 6, 2012 and will conclude on June 4, 2012. [PRWeb]
Marshall Alan Associates have been placing increasing numbers of hospitality executives. [PRWeb]
Employment law issues in the workplace: EEOC developments. [JDSupra]
Focus Pointe Global (FPG) has developed a proprietary web-assisted recruiting software program that’s changing the face of the focus group industry. “The Internet has changed the way people interact with each other,” said FPG’s President, Laura Livers. “Gone are the days when the screening process was handled by large staffs of phone workers who labor through long questionnaires one by one. Now computerized screeners with built-in logic can screen hundreds if not thousands of potential respondents in a fraction of the time required by a phone interview.” [MarketWatch]
Making right hire pays dividends down line. [Vegas Inc]
Federal prosecutors say a former worker for California’s employment agency has pleaded guilty to accepting more than $40,000 bribes in return for wrongly issuing more than $500,000 in unemployment checks. [The Republic]
Employers are showing more flexibility with their workers, a new report reveals, with more firms offering time during the day to attend to family and personal matters and flex time. The news comes out of the 2012 National Study of Employers by the workforce think tank Families and Work Institute, released jointly April 30 with the Society for Human Resource Management. [The Sacramento Bee]
Jill Green and Christine Bell, formerly of LBMC Staffing, launched BGT Recruiting and Consulting. [Knoxville Business News]
ASA is hosting a Free to Member Webinar. Sell Profitably to a Price-Conscious Buyer: Thursday, May 10, 3–4 p.m. Eastern time. [ASA]
