More corporate boards are keeping base salaries steady while adding other perks (i.e., bonus payments, stock options, restricted stock awards, long-term … Read more
Immigration Changes: Title III and Electronic Employment Verification
While multi-tiered and complex, there are certain staffing-related elements of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act that recruiters and staffing … Read more
Goodbye, Imperial CEO
Boardroom verbal brawls are one major factor for increased CEO turnover at the world’s largest companies, with power struggles getting worse. The … Read more
Chinese Turtles and Rednecks
Ray Zhang knows something about the Chinese talent hunt. The HR director for PepsiCo in China gets calls from headhunters himself almost every other … Read more
Sodexho Says Second Life Job Fair Caters Up Quality Candidates
When TMP Worldwide approached Sodexho about attending its first job fair in Second Life, the food-services giant saw it as a great opportunity but figured … Read more
SF Chronicle Cuts 25% of Editorial Jobs While Monster Expands Local Branding Strategy
The San Francisco Chronicle has announced it is laying off 25% of its newsroom staff by the end of the summer. About 100 positions are being eliminated at … Read more
TalentSpring Asks, ‘Is That Resume Hot or Not?’
A new service is filling the “voting void” that will leave many an American Idol fan in withdrawal once the current season ends. Instead of … Read more
Hospital Administrators Challenged
Hospital administrators are a busy bunch, and they’re the first to agree that our country is suffering from a severe shortage of healthcare staffing … Read more
Labor Department Adds Training Tips for Retail, Financial Services
The U.S. Department of Labor announced new tools to train workers for careers across the retail and financial services industries. Thursday’s … Read more
Where Have All the Mentors Gone?
Fewer companies are assigning mentors to new staff, a new Accountemps survey shows. In fields such as accounting and finance, for example, the survey shows … Read more