By Eric B. Meyer How many claims were filed? And how much money did the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recover for individuals? According to … Read more
2012 H-1B Visa Cap Running Out and Likely to Be Hit Before End of 2011
By Kim Kiel Thompson Does your company rely on H-1B workers to fill critical positions? Do you anticipate hiring foreign nationals in the upcoming months? … Read more
Study: Employers Are Slow To Completely Invest in Mobile Recruiting
If you haven’t invested in mobile recruiting yet, time is running out. Only 7 percent of corporate career sites are optimized for mobile devices, … Read more
Job Titles Gone Wild: Why It’s Silly to Call Yourself “Director of Fun”
“Director of Fun.” That was the title I was looking at on a resume for a marketing director position. As I read through the applicant’s … Read more
Need to Improve Your Job Skills? If So, You’re Probably on Your Own
Need more proof that Corporate America isn’t investing much in training workers these days? According to a new study just released by global … Read more
Survey Finds That Facebook is the Top Social Site For Job Hunters
Facebook is emerging as the leading social network when it comes to job hunting. By a margin approaching 2-to-1, job seekers credit Facebook with helping … Read more
When The Whistle Blows, Do You Know What You Need to Do?
With the potential for whistle-blowing employees to reap hundreds of thousands, even millions, in bounties for reporting securities violations, companies … Read more
Coping With a Social Media Policy in a Unionized Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Do you have a unionized workforce? If you have a social-media policy, it should not expressly restrict employees’ rights to discuss … Read more
When I Learned Firsthand Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs
“You guard your hopes and you pocket your dreams. You’d trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene.” –Billy Squier, “In the Dark” I was wet behind the ears. … Read more
Where Do Young Workers Want to Work? No Surprise – It Starts With a G
This hardly comes as a big shock, but guess where the younger generation wants to work? If you said Google, Apple and Facebook, you win the prize. The Wall … Read more