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Love Blooms In The Workplace, So Be Prepared
Yikes! Here it is two days before Valentine’s Day and not a romance story in sight on ERE. Let me remedy that with some tales from the gurus, starting, appropriately, with the good news from HRGuru...
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U.S. Jobs Growth Lead By Private Sector
The 9.7 percent U.S. unemployment rate was unchanged in March, but the economy added 162,000 jobs, the largest one-month increase in three years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its...
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Unemployment Claims Rise Again
The number of Americans filing for unemployment rose unexpectedly last week, dampening Wall Street’s ebullience over a five-day run-up in the Dow Jones. The U.S. Labor Department reported this morning...
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Recruiter Job Famine Coming to an End
Mike Nale is a victim of the recession. In less than three years he has gone from promising founder of a recruitment marketing agency in Oahu, to living in a pay-by-the-day room. Having long ago sold...
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Unemployment Claims Up, Market Down
The U.S. economy is sending mixed messages again. Today, the government reported that new jobless claims rose by 25,000 last week, the largest rise in three months, wiping out the gains made since...
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3 Questions to Ask About Candidate Experience
What is the importance of candidate experience to your recruiting process? How do you evaluate your candidate experience to understand its current impact, and how you will improve it? Gerry Crispin,...
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Full Body Photo Required; Resume Optional
For several days now, Gawker has been shining a light on hiring practices at American Apparel, a 10,000-worker garment manufacturer where “employee relations” is, apparently, a double entendre and...
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Jobs Report Shows Economy Struggling to Gain Footing
The U.S. economy added 83,000 private sector jobs in June, on the low end of what economists had been expecting, but evidence, nonetheless, that payrolls are continuing to grow. The news was tempered...
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New Game for Job Candidates Calls Facebook Home
Games, case-study quizzes, and simulations online aren’t new: the Army poured millions into a game, and the not-for-profit MITRE built one, too. But what is new is the venue for at least one game...
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Even Antarctica Has a Job Board, as Job Search Engines Expand Globally
Looking for a job as a chef in the Antarctic? Try looking here. Or if you’re a recruiter looking for an experienced vuvuzela sales person, then this South African job site is one place to start. Talk...
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