Human resources professionals must understand an increasingly large body of laws – federal, state and local. Some also must understand the law in various … Read more
IBM Is Launching A Much-Awaited ‘Watson’ Recruiting Tool
For many months IBM has gone to recruiting-industry conferences to say that the famous Watson will be at some point used for talent-acquisition, but that … Read more
Is Your Company Friendly to Breastfeeding Workers?
Have you heard the term “brelfie”? It’s a twist on the word selfie’ and it’s a new trend in which everyone from celebrities to non-famous folks take … Read more
Monster Officials Accused of Rushing Sale to Cover Dismal Financial Report
Monster’s largest shareholder has called on other stockholders not to support the company’s sale to Randstad and said it is seeking to replace … Read more
CareerBuilder Put in Play By Its Broadcast Owner
When Monster announced a few weeks ago that it was being bought by Randstad, the only surprises were the buyer and the price, $429 million. But this … Read more
August Hiring Slows to 151,000 Jobs; SHRM Predicts Slow September
The dog days of August were upon employers last month, slowing their new non-farm hiring to a modest 151,000. At 4.9 percent, unemployment was unchanged … Read more
Modest August Hiring Adds 151,000 New Jobs
The dog days of August were upon employers last month, slowing their new nonfarm hiring to a modest 151,000. At 4.9%, unemployment was unchanged from July. … Read more
Can You Enforce the Confidentiality of Employee Settlements?
A reader emailed me yesterday. “Hey Eric, Clients are wondering about value of settlement NDAs after ex-Fox News HWE victims go public despite contracts. … Read more
Randstad To Acquire Monster for $429 Million
Yes, each time you’ve turned around this year, there has been more big news in the recruiting field. If you didn’t get whiplash from the news we broke in … Read more
Wages Rise In July As Employers Add 255,000 More Workers
Whatever caused May’s payrolls to grow hardly at all now looks like a bad blip after the Labor Department’s report this morning showing hiring … Read more