Social media in the workplace: Legal questions raised over business social media creations. [Inside Tucson Business]
Unemployment costs are killing small businesses. [The Baltimore Sun]
A triple-A debt rating or not, a lack of quality job creation threatens the long-term viability of the Canadian economy. [The Mark News]
High school girl wins scholarship. Coastal Connections is pleased to announce the winner of our 10 Year Anniversary Logo Scholarship is Briana Broxton of Bluffton High School. [Coastal Connections]
Stinky co-workers office pet peeve. [The Orange County Register]
BrightStar Care moves up the ranks of entrepreneur’s franchise 500 List of Fastest-Growing Franchises. [Profitable]
Telltale signs of a difficult co-worker. [The Washington Post]
U.S. college grads getting older, shift workplace trends. Older Ohioans are better educated than previous generations. [Marion Star]
Body language in the workplace: Dos and don’ts. [The Washington Post]
Staffing: Hiring an “A” player may be a mistake. [Denver Business Journal]
Workplace high on lawmakers’ agenda. [Seacoast Online]
In case you missed it on Friday, here is a link to Inavero’s 2012 Best of Staffing Talent list. Congratulations! [Best of Staffing]
Inavero to host Free best practices in measuring client satisfaction webinar. [Inavero]
Some job prospects can still call the shots. Overall IT job market is relatively healthy, and some sectors are red-hot. [Charlotte Observer]
Minority-owned businesses survive. Roots of black entrepreneurship run deep in Richmond area. [Richmond Times Dispatch]
A Burlington woman faces numerous charges after allegedly passing more than $10,000 in counterfeit payroll checks. According to court documents, between Dec. 9, 2011 and Jan. 23, Larry’sha Lawrence, 20, whose address was last reported as 2400 Flint Hills Drive, cashed payroll checks from Team Staffing Inc. in Muscatine. Lawrence was not employed by the company. [Muscatine Journal]
Addison Search, a leading provider of professional staffing services, announced the acquisition of Addison Group, an Oklahoma-based firm that connects information technology, financial, administrative and engineering professionals with talent-driven organizations. Despite the similarity in names, the companies had no prior connection. [MarketWatch]
If you believe blindly in statistics — few in a position of leadership in Rome and Floyd County fall into that category — the unemployment rate for Floyd County at the end of 2011 was 10.4 percent. Layton Roberts, owner of Etowah Employment in Rome, thinks the number in the Rome area might be closer to 7 or 8 percent. Roberts is not one of those who shares the theory that the unemployment rate is higher than the official numbers because so many people have gotten so discouraged that they’ve dropped out of the labor force. He feels the number may be lower because such a large number of people simply don’t want to work. “We have offered people jobs, I’m talking $9.50, $10, $11 an hour-type jobs,” Roberts said. “A lot of people are saying I just don’t want it to interfere with my unemployment.” That’s a mentality that Roberts fear has become far too commonplace in today’s culture. [Rome News Tribune]
