Are you offending your applicants with the questions you are asking? Or worse, are you violating law? A woman working with a Maryland employment agency for a legal position is concerned. Read her complaint here on Snopes. Read some of the comments, too. [Snopes]
Ohio fined $136M for failing to provide job opportunities to those receiving Welfare assistance according to the Columbus Dispatch. In fact, they have failed to meet the minimum benchmark of 42% for the past 3 years at 23% for 2010. State officials blame the recession and rising unemployment. No jobs Ohio? The Ohio Welfare system is a joke. For many, it’s a way of life. The state coddles and accepts fraudulent behavior by failing to take action or make change. Ohio staffing employment agencies: How is employment? What changes have you had to make to adjust to the recession? [Columbus Dispatch]
Finding a job after checking “the box” can be exceptionally difficult but ex-cons still need employment. Will you hear the call or will you cast these applicants aside for the government to “deal” with? What advice could you offer to an applicant that has a record but is actively seeking employment and committed to find gainful employment? [Gaston Gazette]
LinkedIn’s inflated shares about to bust? [Market Watch]
Looking for a job in the gaming industry? Nelson Interactive and Nelson Technology have opened a new office in Austin, Texas and they say business is expanding quickly. [North Bay Business Journal]
There are many common misconceptions about temporary work but the fact remains that temporary work can help during a job search and provide opportunities otherwise not readily available. [Delmarva Now!]
Rick Holden is a managing partner for the Maine Staffing Group, a blue-collar staffing agency that has six offices throughout Maine, including one in Lewiston. Demand for his temporary workers has been strong, he said, but the businesses he works with still don’t want to commit to permanent employees. ”Their need is not real long-term yet, and I’m not sure that even when it gets to be longer, that they’re necessarily going to hire people on a full-time basis as readily as before,” Holden said. [Sun Journal]
A combined ¥100 million in wages remains unpaid to some 1,000 dispatch workers by a temp agency in Tokyo that became cash-strapped following the March 11 disaster, sources said Saturday. [The Japan Times Online]
In the mood for some scaffold humor? [The Chive]
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yes it is a joke, i have been on welfare with my family now for almost 2 years. we have been doing the work hours to recieve the cash and food stamps, and we are stuck and cant get out. they work us so much u cant even go find a job, they leave you no time, them complain about it. then your only allowed to have it for 3 years now, and after them 3 years nothing will change and now you leave us just without anything at all homeless and broke. this all falls back to the federal gov, its all there fault. they have fucked this coutry and everyone in it. there ARE NO JOBS IN OHIO. i have been without a job almost 5 years. NO ONE WILL HIRE!!!! this state and this government need to get there shit in order. i will not suffer anymore for your mistakes. then i hear there going to outright cut the welfare system. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT YOU CANNOT AND WILL NOT! EVEN IF I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING MYSELF. YOU WILL GIVE US WHAT WE NEED. THERE WILL BE NO 3 YEAR LIMIT. YOU WILL SUPPORT US AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION I WILL SEE IT DONE
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