Sat.Mar 03, 2012 - Fri.Mar 09, 2012

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Undercover Warehouse Temp Tells Her Story

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I have worked at a few warehouses in my life. I still have a couple scars on my forearms from one of them — caused by repeated burning. Working there sucked bad. Undercover warehouse worker/journalist Mac McClelland recently took a job at a major online retailer shipping warehouse and lived to tell the tale. She calls herself a Warehouse Wage Slave.

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Serial Monogamy – The Future of Job Relationships at SXSW

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Today, I will speak at SXSW on the future of work. As I put together this presentation, I thought, this information is so important to business worldwide. Without a workforce, there is no company. Employment … Continued.

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Staffing News Of The Day, March 7, 2012

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Posing as job-seeker, man abducts staffer. A woman working at The Reserves Network staffing agency told officers a man came in asking what jobs were available Monday. After giving him an application, he came back with a knife and demanded her car keys, cell phone and money, according to a police report. Using the knife, the man forced the woman to her car and told her to drive him to an ATM.

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Staffing News Of The Day, March 6, 2012

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British recruitment company Michael Page said its market had stabilised after a turbulent 2011, as growth in regions like Asia and Latin America helped to offset a stagnant financial services sector weighed down by the euro zone crisis. “In the first two months of 2012, with the exception of financial services, we have seen no significant further slowing, and in a number of geographies activity levels have remained strong,” the company said.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Serial Monogamy – The Future of Job Relationships at SXSW

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Today, I will speak at SXSW on the future of work. As I put together this presentation, I thought, this information is so important to business worldwide. Without a workforce, there is no company. Employment is something on which we all rely. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship between employer and employee. Over the years, the dynamics of this relationship has evolved.

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British Employment Entrepreneur Named World’s Youngest “Young Global Leader”

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Twenty-six-year-old entrepreneur Rajeeb Dey says we are in the midst of a youth employment crisis. So he decided to do something about it in the form of enternships.com , a website that connects students and graduates to internships in startups and small companies. For his efforts, the London-based Dey has been named among the Young Global Leaders for 2012 by the World Economic Forum, and is in fact the youngest YGL in the world.

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Staffing News Of The Day, March 8, 2012

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Low-cost ways to show employees they’re highly valued. [Fast Company]. United States: Can You Refuse To Hire A Felon? [mondaq]. Active recruitment in Korea as Asia remains cautious – Robert Walters. [MarketWatch]. Swedish CFOs budgeting for weaker krona this year. [Fox Business]. Monster deal talk showing 80% premium. [Bloomberg Businessweek].

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President Obama Orders Arrest of Rush Limbaugh, Mary Matalin

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(The Eggplant aka Not-The-Onion). ISSUE 35•45 | 02.24.12 | News in Brief. Glorious Federal Healthcare Threatened!!! FBI agents today executed 37 search warrants in the United States as part of their ongoing investigation of criminal elements attempting to limit the growth of the federal government. Initial targets of the government’s campaign, terrorist leaders Rush Limbaugh and Mary Matalin, are known to express disdain for taxpayers funded artificial contraception and are considered dangerous.

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Staffing News Of The Day, March 9, 2012

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Employment Situation Summary released today. [Bureau of Labor Statistics]. Cloud computing could create 15m global jobs. [Randstad]. Hiring for HR professionals begins to grow again. [Wanted Analytics]. New Mexico recent unemployment legislation. [TALX]. Well-paying career-track jobs go unfilled in insurance industry: new survey reveals secrets of recruiting & retaining reluctant college grads.

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Staffing News Of The Day March 5, 2012

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Spherion Canada rebrands making Randstad Canada the Country’s largest staffing firm. [Canada Newswire]. EEOC updates agency publications on rights of veterans with disabilities. [Bloomberg BNA]. US service firms grow at fastest pace in a year. [Brisbane Times]. Top 10 trends in background checks for 2012 : EEOC scrutiny of criminal background checks heads list.

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Unemployed Need Not Apply!

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Out of work for more than a year? You just might be lazy. Or perhaps you prefer to be home. At any rate you may have lost too much to be useful to me anyway, so I’m not going to hire you. Is this the way you feel about the ranks of the unemployed at your staffing agency or HR department? When you are hiring someone, do you stipulate a candidate must be currently employed?