Companies go to the talent
Unemployment for unskilled workers is high but the market for engineers, coders, analysts is tight, so tight that finding them is, in itself, a skill….
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Survey shows ‘soft skills’ make a good employee
When a hiring manager evaluates a potential employee, they are looking for the right expertise, but also ‘soft skills,’ according to a Career Builder…
Wearables become standard
Employers are increasingly advocating wearable fitness devices for employees, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The devices have been shown…
Work Notes: Young workers plan split
According to the annual Deloitte Global Millennial Survey, two-thirds of young workers are planning to leave their positions by 2020. The survey found…
Celebrating our nation’s 240th anniversary: Happy Birthday, and God Bless America
As we consider the dramatic words of the Declaration of Independence, we wonder whether the writers knew the long-range impact of their words. Did they…
Job hires and quits reach a nine-year high
The number of new hires and the total number of workers quitting recently reached to nine-year highs, reflecting a more dynamic labor market. Job openings…
Workforce participation rate slowly improves
Work Notes The workforce participation rate is slowly improving The portion of the U.S. population working or looking for work, known as the labor for…
Microlearning feature five-minute courses
‘Microlearning’ features five-minute courses How do you train people who gulp down information in 10-second bites then move on? Thanks to smartphones,…
Spending work hours browsing Facebook, shopping or watching cat videos?
Cyberloafing costs U.S. businesses as much as $85 billion a year, according to studies by the University of Nevada. Employee interviews by Kansas State…
Work notes: How to talk to a job searcher
When you see someone who is “between jobs” at a get together, open the conversation with a general question like, “So, how are things going” Or “What are…