Infosys shares rise after U.S. visa lawsuit dismissed. [Reuters]
Randstad Canada says today’s leading employers must learn how to harness social media, if they haven’t already – what it calls “social business” tools. [Calgary Herald]
Through the Technical Assistance Program of the Forum on Economic and Labor Development, 13 resident workers from the government and the private sector completed a short-term information technology training offered by Pinnacle Staffing LLC in partnership with Red Rock LLC and MRCDC. [Mariana Variety]
When your employee coughs, do YOU catch the cold? [Forbes]
Congratulations Strategic Staffing Solutions for being recognized as a company with high quality human resources initiatives earning a spot as one of “Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.” [Recruiting Trends]
Palermo’s wants employee vote to move forward. Union filed an amended charge alleging the temporary staffing agency that has helped Palermo’s hire new workers, BG Staffing, is also terminating and threatening striking employees. [BizTimes]
Skilled workers scarce despite unemployment. [Plastic News]
RSR Partners is relocating its corporate headquarters to the newly repositioned 600 Steamboat building in Greenwich. [citybizlist]
Companies expected to bring call center staffing back to U.S. [Aerotek]
E-commerce hiring not in the express lane. [Wanted Analytics]
Can Using Your “Like” button on Facebook Get You Fired? [Get Employed! – Chicago Now]
Melissa Cappas Masse has been promoted to partner and general manager, Human Resources Contracts division, at Winter, Wyman. [Boston]
Three leadership traits that never go out of style. [Harvard Business Review]
11 easy ways to make work fun. [INC]
UDig Named on 2012 List of Diverse Staffing Firms. [Virtual Strategy]
Kain Management Group, LLC, announced that the company has been named to the prestigious 2012 Inc. Magazine 5000 list, a ranking of the most entrepreneurial and fastest growing companies in America. [Virtual Strategy]
Atrium Staffing rises more than 1000 spots on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies. [Atrium Staff]
Utah to help returning vets get credit for work experience. [The Salt Lake Tribune]
Business loss tied to poor employee health, BYU professor’s study finds. [Desert News]
Your boss really is more productive than you (sorry). [The Atlantic]
Corner office to the Oval Office? Execs say, “No Way!” According to a new Korn/Ferry International survey, 65% of the 120 senior business executives polled say they believe a corporate CEO is as skilled as or better than a candidate with a traditional political background. But only a quarter of those executives said they’d be interested in heading to Washington, D.C. [The Wall Street Journal]
Gen-Y in the workplace: Tech firms and typical salaries. [ZDNet]
