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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) kicked off their 61st Annual Conference this week amidst the 80-90 degree heat in New Orleans. The SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition is a chance for HR professionals, academics and businesses to gather and learn new strategies and techniques for improving the workplace. The conference this year focuses ... - Read full post
Last Friday the House approved White House-backed legislation that will help combat global warming and put the U.S. on a new course for cleaner energy. The legislation still faces an uphill battle, however, as many aspects of the bill are hotly debated. One of the key issues on the table is if this bill will ... - Read full post
In a down economy, many of us are thinking of ways to save on the everyday- eating more meals at home, giving up that daily Starbucks run (or at least limiting it to a few mornings a week) and decreasing our monthly cable bill. Reports state that both Comcast and Time Warner Cable are seeing ... - Read full post
Citigroup announced plans Wednesday to restructure their compensation by increasing base pay for employees whose salary would be affected by government bonus restrictions. The final plans are yet to be revealed, but sources note it would not affect overall compensation, but would shift the mix in compensation from bonus to salary to adhere to the ... - Read full post
Nokia and Intel formally announced a long-term partnership Tuesday morning and without skipping a beat, debate fired up among reporters and analysts about who had the most to gain from this alliance. For example, as InformationWeek points out this was a “big win for Intel,” and adds “Intel has gotten a big boost into a ... - Read full post
“Arrogance of Supply.” This is a phrase I coined back in the early 1990’s when I was leading a staffing team that received thousands of resumes a week, and my team was horrendous at responding and processing those resumes. I told my team that we had an “arrogance of supply” in how we treated our ... - Read full post
It’s been one interesting week for health care given Obama’s statements on health care reform. As Associated Press reported today, President Barack Obama seems to leave little room for doubt when he promises that his health care plan will let people keep the coverage they have. This is hopefully a good thing for the employees ... - Read full post
President Obama signed an order Wednesday afternoon that extends dependant care rights and other benefits to the partners of gay federal employees. That means the federal government has joined the increasing number of employers across the country who provide equal benefits to domestic partners (which are often unmarried opposite sex or same sex partnerships) of ... - Read full post
An article on MSNBC today referenced the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 2009 student survey, which projected a 21.6 percent decrease in new hires among college graduates. Of the roughly 1.6 million students who recently graduated from college, this means that a measly 19.7 percent secured jobs upon graduation in May.
CEOs from two high-profile companies have stepped down from their positions this week to make room for a new wave of leadership. It was announced Thursday that Palm CEO Ed Colligan would be replaced by Jon Rubinstein, a former Apple executive. And earlier this week, Proctor & Gamble CEO A.J. Lafley announced that he would ... - Read full post
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