Organizational Structure
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GM Plans to Hire 3,000 HP Employees for Insourcing
The employees being hired already work on GM's business at HP and are expected to be on GM's payroll within six months. An undisclosed number of HP employees currently assigned to GM are not affected, the companies said.
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Temp Jobs Fall by 4,900 in August
Temporary employment as a percent of total employment — the temporary help penetration rate — slipped to 1.89 percent in August from 1.90 percent in July.
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Staffing Firm Acquisitions Rise in First Half
Overall, there were 62 percent more acquisitions in the first half of 2012 than the first half of 2011.
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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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Behind the Management Shake-Up at Financial Firm LPL
Outsiders said such changes in management were to be expected in a company that has evolved over the past decade from a closely held, private firm to a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of $4 billion.
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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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Take This Job and Love It: Financial Planners, HR Leaders Rank as Top 5 Jobs
At an average midcareer salary of $104,000, financial planners out-earn the rest of the top 10 professions. Those in HR leadership positions average just over $99,000.
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Court: Warehouse Can't Fire Contract Workers
A California judge ruled the workers, who are suing the warehouse and staffing provider, would likely be able to prove the firing was retaliatory.
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Move to Flexible Workforce Is Permanent, Consultants Say
The online M Squared poll of independent consultants was conducted in December 2011 and included responses from 530 professional independent consultants.
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Morgan Stanley to Pare Workforce by 1,600
Reps are safe, but 'business won't entirely escape the belt-tightening.'
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Surveys Focus on Veterans' Employment
A CareerBuilder survey found that 20 percent of employers plan to actively recruit U.S. veterans over the next 12 months while a separate survey by Monster.com found that 69 percent of firms found that veterans perform their job functions 'much better' than non-veterans.
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Building a Sales Team Starts With the First Impression
Success is the bottom line, but before the first call, experts say look at a candidate's appearance and pay attention to your initial reaction. Once they're on the team, train, train and train some more.
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Six Sales Force Pitfalls
Experts agree that there are some common mistakes companies make when building a sales team. Below, we offer six tips to avoid sales force problems:
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Ford: Labor Agreement Will Keep Costs in Check
Ford Motor Co.’s new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers will allow it to keep its annual labor cost increases under 1 percent, company officials told the financial community this morning.
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Hudson Reorganizes, Names New Officers
The consulting firm also named Tracy Noon as chief people officer and Steve Zales as chief knowledge officer.
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Detroit 3 Are Expected to Add 36,000 Tier 2 Jobs by 2015
The U.S. automakers are authorized under their current contracts with the UAW to have up to 25 percent of their hourly workers in the lower-wage category.
