A $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor will be used to hire temporary workers to help local governments in the areas hit hardest by the storms, Governor Bentley’s office announced Thursday. The workers will help with clearing debris and the rebuilding process. [WSFA 12 News]
In a recent survey completed by Kelly Services, the most popular social networking sites for finding work are Facebook (33 percent) and LinkedIn (32 percent). Ten percent said they use blogs and 3 percent use Twitter. Facebook is favored by Generation Y job seekers, while LinkedIn is favored by job seekers from Generation X and the baby boom generation. For more on this survey go here. [Technorati]
Staffing firm to hire 300 for Volkswagen. In addition to the temporary staff, Volkswagen plans to hire between 2,000 to 2,500 workers. [Times Free Press]
Applicants are continuing to pay a training fee for positions they’ll never get and then additional fees for the documentation of the training. Mr James Kipp of Kipps Executive Placements, the oldest employment agency in Zimbabwe, says that charging applicants is highly unethical. Are there certain instances here in the states when charging a fee is not only ethical but necessary as well? [All Africa]
Luiz Paneto of Cleveland has been sentenced to five years of community control and has been ordered to pay restitution and investigative costs totaling more than $43,000 in connection with workers’ comp fraud after being reported anonymously. A video of the man was the key element in proving the case. WATCH/DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO HERE. Has your company ever uncovered workers’ comp fraud by a former employee? [19 Action News]
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show employment in the service sector expanded in March, gaining 78,000 jobs in professional and business services. Over 40 percent of that gain — more than 29,000 jobs — came from temporary help services. Interestingly, we are also seeing a growing number of former full-time employees choosing temporary staffing work. For some, it better suits their lifestyle. Are you getting many candidates that are still employed looking to transition into another position through temporary staffing services? [News OK]
Pittsburgh-based The Resumator, a company that offers Web-based social recruiting and applicant tracking tools, has secured $700,000 in funding led by Rincon Venture Partners, with Paige Craig, ff Venture Capital and Christopher Muchenchhoff participating. [Tech Crunch]
Maurice Harary, 23, turned the news of Osama bin Laden’s death into a $120,000 windfall by selling t-shirts online. It took two days. That’s almost as much as Alex Rodriguez makes in a day. [Daily Mail UK]
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It may be unethical, but it is legal to charge applicants a fee upon working with a temp agency. However, the Labor Bureau requires that any fees are to be returned on demand if the agency is unable to find work for the applicant.
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