Global Staffing Management
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Suburban Flight: Google Moving 3,000 Motorola Mobility Jobs Into Chicago
The 3,000 jobs figure could grow, as Motorola Mobility expects to consolidate other offices into the new downtown space and add more if it is successful in releasing new products in the fast-changing market for cellphones and other wireless devices.
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Staffing Firms Kelly, Temp Holdings Announce Joint Venture
The joint venture will be based in Hong Kong, and the agreement calls for Temp Holdings' Tempstaff Hong Kong operation to change its name to TS Kelly Workforce Solutions effective in October.
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Randstad to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Suit
The settlement also requires the international staffing firm to modify its anti-discrimination policy and amend its nationwide employment law compliance training
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Job Hunters Grow in Numbers: 62% of U.S. Workers Seek New Job
Globally, 66 percent of workers plan to seek new jobs in the next two years, according to the Kelly survey.
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Robert Crouch to Lead Adecco's North America Operations
The former CFO of Adecco acquisition MPS played a key role, turning it into a company with revenue of $2.2 billion in 2008. Prior to MPS, Crouch began his career at Arthur Andersen.
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Hiring Plans Forecast to Reach 2008 Levels
Hiring plans of U.S. employers for the second quarter are the highest since 2008, according to the new employment outlook survey released today by ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), one of the world's largest staffing firms.
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Staffing Firms Still Find H-1B Difficulties
For staffing firms, there has been difficulty bringing in workers on H-1B visas after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service released the 'Neufeld Memo' in 2010. The memo listed 'third-party placement/job shop' as an example of a firm that does not qualify as an H-1B visa employer.
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Relocation Benefits Are on the Move
New trends in relocation are growing out of economic necessity as companies find new ways to move their talent while protecting both the employee and the company from the volatility of the real estate market.
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Kraft to Cut 1,600 Jobs in U.S., Canada
The Northfield, Illinois-based company will reorganize its domestic sales team, consolidate its U.S. management centers and trim the corporate and business units.
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Archer Daniels Midland Announces Plan to Cut 1,000 Jobs
The cutbacks represent 3 percent of the company's total workforce, according to a release issued Jan. 11.
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Recruit Co. Lands Staffing Firm for $410 Million
It marks the latest large-scale acquisition for Tokyo-based Recruit, and will result in Advantage Resourcing divesting most of its non-Japanese operations.
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Caterpillar Sees Climb in Flex, Full-Time Workers
Full-time, traditional employment at Caterpillar rose 18.7 percent to 121,513 workers at the end of the third quarter.
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Special Report on Contingent Staffing: Flexibility Reigning
As the U.S. unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent, the contingent staffing market is booming with a half-million jobs added over a 12-month period.
