Last week, WorldatWork weighed in with their forecast for salary increases in 2013. They said they expected them to be 3 percent, again. WorldatWork is … Read more
Pennsylvania Becomes the Latest State to Require E-Verify
By Kim Kiel Thompson The Public Works Employment Verification Act, signed into law on July 5, 2012, requires all contractors and subcontractors on … Read more
More on the Fired Lifeguard: Is It Simply a Parable About Outsourcing?
That story last week about the young Florida lifeguard who was fired for going to save someone out of his area seemed to get a lot of people talking. One … Read more
Updating Facebook Privacy Settings: Why Employees May Need a Reminder
By Eric B. Meyer A website called WeKnowWhatYoureDoing.com, which describes itself as a “social networking privacy experiment,” has begun … Read more
Weekly Wrap: At Facebook, Job Board Is In, Tough Yoga Instructor Is Out
It’s been quite the week for Facebook. First, the word came out that they were jumping into the job board business — a prospect a lot of people … Read more
What is Facebook Thinking? Do We Really Need Another Job Board?
I’m looking at you, Facebook. When word leaked out this past week about Facebook launching some sort of jobs board, I hoped that it would be … Read more
Survey: CFOs Love Performance Reviews, But Workers Feel Differently
You can toss this into the debate over whether or not performance reviews are useful (and maybe even add it to the argument over whether HR should report … Read more
Most-Advertised Jobs: It’s Nurses (Of Course), But Truck Drivers, Too
Job ads don’t necessarily translate into jobs, but they do provide a look at where and for what employers are seeking candidates. In June, says Wanted … Read more
Survey: 63% of Workers Not Engaged, Struggling to Cope With Work
Here’s another survey that should get anyone interested in employee engagement talking. A new Global Workforce Study by global HR consultant Towers … Read more
Facebook Decides to Jump Into the Job Board Business
According to Dow Jones Newswires, Facebook will be launching their own jobs board as soon as August. The effort would be the social network’s first serious … Read more