Recruitment
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New Employees: 'We Were Jobbed About This Job'
Companies aren't giving candidates a realistic picture of jobs, leading to 'buyer's remorse,' report says.
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RPO Group Names New Board Members
Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association announced Jan. 24 its board of directors for 2013-14. RPOA is a nonprofit organization that offers peer-support and thought-leadership for the RPO industry.
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Ford to Add 2,200 U.S. Salaried Workers This Year
The hiring surge is the largest increase in salaried workers in more than a decade, the company said in a written statement.
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Giving Voice to Recruits
Software by HarQen Inc. enables automated phone screening of applicants, but the technology takes getting used to.
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Find Great Rank-and-File Workers
Recruiting strategically can give employers an edge and reduce costly turnover.
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Moneyball for Recruiting Financial Advisers? It Exists
Like sabermetrics in baseball, PriceMetrix Inc.'s data offer insight into future production of possible signings for financial advisers. But what's the OBP?
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It’s Mobile HR Software, but It’s Not an App
Many tech vendors offer their services via websites that have been optimized to work on smartphones as an alternative to providing a true mobile app.
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Beyond.com Buys Job Board, Career Fair Operator
Beyond.com acquired Human Capital Solutions LLC, which does business as JobCircle.com, a job board that serves the mid-Atlantic area and has more than 1.3 million registered members.
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Civil Rights Commission to Hold Hearing on Impact of Criminal Background Checks on Minorities
Three panels are scheduled at the 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. hearing, which is open to the public. They will feature speakers from government officials and scholars; business and advocacy groups and trade associations.
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Survey: 29% of Employers Find Fake Job References
Twenty-nine percent of employers have caught fake references on candidate applications, according to a survey from CareerBuilder.
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How LinkedIn Plans to Solve the World's Skills Gap
Matching people and skills with available jobs
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Inaugural Virtual Career Fair for Veterans Gets a Salute from Employers
Chicago-based energy provider Exelon was among the 24 companies across the United States that participated in the October event. About 1,100 veterans visited Exelon during the job fair, 205 of whom were in states where Exelon has openings.
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Facebook Launches Social Jobs App
The app provides a central location where recruiters post open positions sorted by industry, location and skills. The app launched yesterday with more than 1.7 million employment opportunities provided by BranchOut, DirectEmployers, Work4Labs, Jobvite and Monster.com.
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It’s in the New Game: How Electronic Arts Revamped Recruiting, Itself
To shift from retail to online sales, the game-maker used LinkedIn, other tools to hire creatively as part of a global talent overhaul.
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LinkedIn Locks Up Major Recruiting Market Share
In four years, the 187 million member business network has amassed 13,700 corporate customers for its recruiting software and related services.
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LinkedIn Recruiter Software Offers New Features
New features let LinkedIn's corporate customers measure their effectiveness on the network, among other things.
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Social Referrals Could Be the Best Hire Money Can Buy
Recruiters across industries know that referrals generally deliver the best candidates, and now thanks to social media sites, they are cheaper and easier to find.
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Recruiting Software Goes Social
Over the past several months, software vendors across the industry have announced social-recruiting releases and acquisitions.
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Fast-Food Franchisee Settles ADA Charges Brought by EEOC
In the suit filed in April against Waco, Texas-based CTW L.L.C.
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Data Bank Focus: A Deficit of Good Jobs or a Deficit of Good Candidates?
The National Employment Law Project recently reported an imbalance in employment growth following the recent recession. Its detailed analysis of data from the U.S. Current Population Survey, produced by the U.S.
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Meet Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's Recruiter-in-Chief
The new CEO aims to turn the company around by fixing its people problems.
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Yahoo's Executive Shake-up: a Timeline
New CEO Marissa Mayer made key hires, mapped out talent plans before starting a brief maternity leave on Oct 1.
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Study: Generational Job Seekers Aren't Using All Their Tools
Recruiters take note: Baby boomers, Gen X and millennials are spending almost all their time job searching online instead of offline. Boomers turn to LinkedIn first, while Gen X and millennials are first using Google and Google Plus.
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Facebook the Preferred Social Media Choice for Job-Seekers
A new Jobvite survey found that 52 percent of job seekers used Facebook to help find a job in 2012, up from 48 percent in 2011.
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Screen Savior
In the quest for the perfect candidate, many companies rely too much on software to weed out applicants, experts say. It could be one reason qualified candidates are being overlooked for good jobs.
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Awarding Companies for Engaging Candidates
In 2011, the TalentBoard, a San Francisco not-for-profit founded by talent management experts, released its first set of Candidate Experience Awards, recognizing companies with model recruiting programs, and the board is in the process of selecting a second set of winners for 2012.
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Chicago Mayor Takes Tech Recruiting Trip to Illinois Campus
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking Chicago tech to Urbana-Champaign on Oct. 2, joined on the road trip by representatives from some 40 of the city's tech companies, including Boeing Co., BrightTag Inc., Cleversafe Inc., Google Inc., Groupon Inc. and GrubHub Inc.
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Automakers Try New Recruiting Strategies to Fill Engineering Vacancies
Threatened by a chronic shortage of engineers -- exacerbated by years of industry restructuring -- auto companies are having trouble filling job vacancies in Detroit now that the industry is coming back to health.
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Screening the Screeners
In the wake of HireRight Solutions' $2.6 million penalty, background screening services are under greater scrutiny.
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Japanese Company Buys Online Jobs Aggregator Indeed.com
The acquisition by Japan's Recruit Co. will fuel the jobs site industry leader's advertising and activity overseas, especially in Asia.
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Tech Firms Pony Up Pay for Top Gen Y Workers
A new survey reveals average salaries for millennials are topping $90,000 at some technology firms, although pay for the typical younger employees were far less, with average salaries at $39,700.
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What Gen X and Y Employees Want
A new MetLife survey shows younger employees don't mind paying for a wide array of benefits.
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Medical Employers Are Enticing Workers With Cash to Repay Student Loans
Online job boards carry numerous ads from medical facilities offering student loan repayment programs to recruits in various health care positions.
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Staggered Introduction of North Carolina E-Verify Compliance Dates Begins in October
Under legislation approved by North Carolina's General Assembly last year and signed into law by Governor Beverly E. Perdue in June 2011, employers with between 100 and 500 employees have until Jan.
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Corporations Adopt the Hackathon
Small businesses are using hackathons as cost-effective tools to tackle problems, recruit talent and unleash innovation. The hackathon presents a quicker, scrappier way to tackle large-scale problems with whatever resources they have on hand.
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Multiskilled Web Designers Flying High on Recruiters' Radar
With the national unemployment rate for Web designers at just 3 percent, demand for their skills in animation, graphics, social media, apps design and video is at an all-time high, says one staffing firm executive.
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Recruiting Poster: CDW Wants Soldiers
Technology giant says military vets bring 'unwavering commitment' to getting job done
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Do Perfect Hires Exist? Half Say Yes, Survey Reveals
Forty-nine percent of hiring managers believe the perfect hire is out there according to a survey conducted by Aerotek Inc.
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Survey: Workforce Strategy Not a Priority
About 78 percent of employers lack a workforce strategy to garner hard-to-find talent, according to the survey conducted by the ManpowerGroup's Strategic Workforce Consulting business.
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Why Manufacturing Can't Keep Up
Factory jobs demand more math and science skills than most Americans possess. Meanwhile, young people have turned their backs on manufacturing.
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Made in the USA
The collaboration between Permac Industries and Dunwoody College of Technology is an example of a new brand of college-industry partnerships that might eventually help the U.S. grow as a manufacturing power while creating jobs.
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Skilled Workers Scarce Despite Unemployment
Staffing company ManpowerGroup of Milwaukee said in a 2011 survey that 52 percent of employers were having problems filling critical positions. That number was up 14 percent from the previous year.
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Small Bank Spies Hiring Opportunity
New hires have been attracted to the bank because it doesn't have layer upon layer of management, so its bankers have a closer working relationship with clients than they would at a larger bank.
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Staffing Firms Announce Strategic Partnerships
The alliance is aimed at driving recruitment process outsourcing and managed service provider solutions, as well as retained executive search and talent advisory services.
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For GM, a Different Kind of Worker
Until now, in recent decades, General Motors has peopled its new factories mostly from banks of laid-off workers and employee transfers from other locations. GM is now forecasting enough manufacturing expansion to require large-scale employee recruitment.
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Staffing Firm Allegis Enters Alliance in Brazil
The deal is aimed at driving recruitment process outsourcing and managed service provider solutions, as well as retained executive search and talent advisory services in Brazil.
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Auto Industry Execs: We're Hiring
In the past year, IAC Group North America, the big interior supplier, has hired about 350 employees at its Belvidere, Illinois, plant to supply interiors for the Dodge Dart and Jeep Patriot and Compass made at Chrysler Group's plant there.
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SHRM Survey: Fewer Employers Conducting Credit, Criminal Checks of Job Applicants
The survey also found that an applicant's negative credit information is not a barrier to hiring, with 80 percent of the respondents saying they hired an individual with a poor credit report.
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'Cool' Factor a Key to Manufacturing's People Pipeline
A recent study finds that while 86 percent of adults agree manufacturing is important for the country, only one-third would encourage their children to pursue manufacturing careers.
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Small Firms Seeking Big-Company HR Needs Turn to Professional Employer Organizations
Throughout New York City, fledgling and existing small companies are turning to PEOs—and not just to free themselves of the headaches and overhead of handling HR issues so they can concentrate on growing and managing their operations.
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Companies Find Fruitful Results When Hiring Autistic Workers
It's not a charity program, one executive cautions. And supervisor buy-in is crucial. But workers with autism can provide a dedicated, focused workforce in the right setting.
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Making the Business Case for Hiring Autistic Workers
One advocate did a year's worth of homework before presenting the economic benefits to the board of her company.
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Special Report on RPO: An Improving Economy, In-House Recruiting Cuts Are Driving Demand
'Companies want flexibility. RPO provides that flexibility and not the fixed cost of a permanent recruiting department,' says Rajesh Ranjan, a vice president at Everest Group, a consultancy.
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RPO Goes Global
'It's very difficult to find the talent needed, so companies need to look globally for people,' says Kate Donovan, managing director of ManpowerGroup Solutions.
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Search for the Perfect Job Candidate an Imperfect Strategy
In many cases, 'good enough' is just fine; an over-reliance on software programs for job applicants also can weed out highly qualified hopefuls because the qualifications are unrealistic or simply not needed for the positions.
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Health Care Job Growth Slows in June
For the 12 months ended in June, health care has added 324,500 jobs to a workforce of 14.4 million, amounting to a 2.3 percent annual growth rate.
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Wall St. Jobs Grow, Defying Forecasts
Surprising resilience, as employment rolls rise 2 percent in 12 months. Hot area: compliance.
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Tech Firms Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit
Agreements made between companies that restrict competition between their employees may violate antitrust laws.
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Study: 24 Percent in U.S. Prefer Social Media for Job Search
Twelve percent of U.S. employees approved of personal use of social media at work, but 51 percent say social media has a negative impact on workplace productivity.
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Employers Could Unlike Outcome of Facebook Password Requests
No court has specifically addressed the legality of a social media background check. 'Privacy is very much a floating concept,' one expert says.
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LinkedIn Tops Social Sites for Recruiting: Report
Seventy-seven percent of job openings are shared on LinkedIn, followed by Twitter at 54 percent. Facebook came in third with 25 percent.
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Veterans Unprepared for Career Transition, Report States
Just 29 percent of veterans were confident about finding work that suited them, notes a May index released by Monster, down from 44 percent in November.
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Manufacturing Firms Scour Schools, Military for Future Workforce
Enticing newcomers into the field often means teaming up with community colleges to offer training programs while some manufacturers are turning to military veterans to fill the void.
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Alternative Recruiting Strategies Employed by Companies Vying for Top Tech Talent
One company has taken its guerrilla recruitment beyond mere social media with its popular Code Foo challenge—a 'no résumés allowed' recruitment program aimed at finding extraordinary coding talent regardless of educational background, college degree or experience.
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Code Foo Challenge Punches a Hole Through Résumés
The six-week program hires coders based on skill, passion and eagerness to learn rather than résumé and experience.
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Monster Posts Sale Signs as Numbers Continue to Tumble
Assault from niche boards and social sites are gobbling up bigger bites of the once-mighty job board industry.
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Going Prospect Hunting for Auto Technicians at Local Vocational Schools
Auto Dealer Joel Higley advertised for a service technician 10 years ago. He didn't get one application. The stinging memory of that experience prompted Higley to get involved in a nearby vocational technology school to recruit a homegrown work force.
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Auto Dealer Finds Recruiting Success by Offering Workers 'Bounty' to Bring in Talent
For dealer Frank Allocca, finding service technicians is not a problem.
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CareerBuilder Buys Top Language Jobs
Top Language Jobs, which is based in London, operates in more than 25 countries, including across Europe and in the U.S.
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Great Expectations: Survey Finds New Grads Have High Hopes on First Job
Despite spending most of their college years at the depths of the Great Recession, new graduates have high expectations of their earning power. About 40 percent said they expect a starting salary of $50,000 to $75,000 for their first job out of college.
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Survey: 37% Use Social Media to Check Candidates
Thirty-four percent of hiring managers and human resources professionals said they found information on social media that caused them not to hire a candidate.
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Median Salary for Grads Climbs 4.5 Percent
Graduates earning math and science degree received a median salary of $40,939, up 2.5 percent from the previous year. Computer sciences grads' starting salaries rose to $56,383, up 2.4 percent.
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Manpower Survey: Filling Key Roles More Difficult This Year
Some 27 percent of firms reported they 'often' find it hard to fill key positions, compared to 23 percent a year ago.
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Recruiting and Recruiting Technology Ticks Upward
Through the use of recruiting software, organizations help speed the process along.
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Military Veterans Finding a Niche Among Auto Dealers
Not only can dealers get one-time tax credits ranging from $2,400 to $9,600 for hiring veterans, but recruiters and dealers say many veterans have attributes that make them strong job candidates.
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Manufacturers Go Back to School to Find New Hires
Many companies are struggling to combat the severe shortage of skilled manufacturing employees and fierce competition for those available for hire. Some firms have taken matters into their own hands, linking up with community colleges to develop fresh talent.
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Colorado Auto Dealers' Recruiting Plight Reflects National Trend
Across the country, dealers face a similar challenge, especially in attracting young people who embrace technology. Dealers want experienced or educated people who want a career in the auto industry.
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Automated Reference Checking: Better Intel in a Fraction of the Time
Armed with this software, not only can companies obtain better feedback from references, but also they can obtain more of it per candidate.
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A Look in at LinkedIn's Recommendations Features
Unlike reference checking tools such as Pre-Hire 360, there's nothing anonymous about the LinkedIn recommendation process.
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U.S. City Now Deemed World's 'Most Competitive'
New York is the leading city in the world for global competitiveness, edging out London and Singapore, according to a new report.
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New York City Tops U.S. List for Tech Job Postings
The March listing marks 13 consecutive months of New York City posting the largest volume of tech jobs. Still, other cities are growing their listings at a faster clip.
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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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And Action: GetHired.com Cues Video
The startup hopes its video-centric job board and applicant tracking software platform will gain a large following, but skeptics question how much demand there is for newcomers in an already crowded field.
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New Recruits in Recruiting
GetHired.com is one of several startups offering Web-based software incorporating video, social networks and other innovations in the recruiting or job search process to better match job seekers with prospective employers. Here are some of the others:
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New York City Ordered to Pay $128M to Minority Firefighter Applicants
The lawsuit originally was filed in 2007. In July 2009, Judge Garaufis ruled that the New York City Fire Department's reliance on two written exams constituted employment discrimination against minorities in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Cloud Computing Generates New York City Jobs
A new report shows that the shift to the cloud will add more than 60,000 jobs in New York this year.
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Northwestern, Chicago Law Schools Tops for New Grads Landing Jobs at Big Firms
The National Law Journal said that in 2011, fewer graduates went to the nation's largest firms than the previous year.
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Lagging Economy Aside, Interviewees Say the Darndest Things
Job board giant CareerBuilder listed some of the most unusual interview experiences based on an online survey of more than 3,000 employers.
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Labor Department Guide Helps Women Find Green Jobs
The guide focuses on helping workers learn about a range of in-demand and emerging jobs, as well as job training opportunities and career development tools, the agency said.
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FTC Warns Mobile App Marketers Providing Background Checks
The Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to marketers that the agency says may be providing criminal background information to employers through the marketers' background screening applications—an activity the FTC says may violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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Chrysler to Add 1,600 Jobs to Belvidere Plant: Report
The announcement should be made Thursday when Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn visit the plant.
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Exec Recruiters Doing Recruiting of Their Own
A big majority of New York's largest executive recruiting firms added to or maintained staff size. Hot fields include health care and technology—and even certain financial services.
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CarMax Plans to Hire Nearly 1,000 in U.S.
The Richmond, Virginia, used-car retailer said Jan. 23 that it is recruiting for positions in sales and service operations, including detailers and technicians, with additional positions in purchasing and the business office.
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The Foreboding Footnote to NYC's Job Growth
Lower-paying jobs make up most of the city's expected job growth for the next two years as health care and social services positions flourish.
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Why Sears is Going the Extra Mile to Recruit Veterans
An interview with Christina Dibble, a program manager for military talent acquisition for Sears Holdings Corp.
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'Hire Our Heroes': How Chamber of Commerce is Tackling Veterans' High Unemployment Rate
An interview with Kevin Schmiegel, vice-president for veterans employment initiatives at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Sears, State Farm, Navistar and Others Show How to Bring Veterans on Board
Keeping positions open while employees are on military duty presents a challenge for the managers and peers left behind—a difficulty large corporations often find easier to absorb than smaller employers.
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SAP Hires Controversial Executive Julie Roehm
Former Chrysler marketing executive Julie Roehm is the new senior vice president of marketing at business-software company SAP.
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Worker's Marijuana Use Cause of Explosion; Comp Benefits Denied
Three of the court's nine judges dissented to a portion of the opinion. Judge Raymond Abramson noted that Greg Prock had used a torch in the past to open barrels, and said the accident may not have been directly caused by Prock's past drug use.
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Pepsi Settles EEOC Charges of Racial Bias in Screenings for $3M
Under Pepsi's former policy, job applicants who had been arrested pending prosecution were not hired for a permanent job even if they had never been convicted of any offense.
