During a break in the action in one of my weekly racquetball games, a fellow racquetball player mentioned that the new guy on the court was the … Read more
Fewer Niche Boards Survive 2006
Fresh from its acquisition of U.S.-based Computerjobs.com, U.K.-based JobServe announced it will acquire JobShark, a nine-year-old Canadian firm with 10 … Read more
Monster Adds Job Wrapping, Consultant Services to HR Alliance Program
Monster has recently added six companies to its roster of HR Alliance Program members and expanded the program’s scope to include two new categories, … Read more
In the Real World, Online Resumes Are Hot, Human Contact Is Not
To compare how easy it is for applicants to apply for jobs through companies’ online job boards, one company decided to put a new online spin on … Read more
Dartmouth Study: New Executive-Level Retention Strategies ‘Critical’ for More Female CEOs
A comprehensive six-year study from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University, which analyzed 10,000 high-ranking executives at Fortune 1000 … Read more
Pay-for-Performance Trumps Bonuses, Survey Shows
A new survey from HR services company Hewitt Associates shows that 66% of companies will not award holiday bonuses this year, instead favoring … Read more
What’s Hot for 2007?
I am always looking for trends and emerging practices that are changing, or at least influencing, the way we source and recruit talent. The Internet is the … Read more
Monster: Profit Overstated by $271.9 Million
In its amended annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Monster Worldwide claims it overstated its profit from 1997 to 2005 by a total of … Read more
Manpower: Slight Softening in Q1 2007
A new Manpower employment survey suggests that employers expect weaker hiring activities in the Finance/Insurance/Real Estate sector in the first three … Read more
Congress Revives Hiring Tax Credits
Last week the 109th session of Congress paved the way to renew the Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work tax credits with a sweeping bill reviving many … Read more