Why the best leaders want superstar employees to leave (Wall Street Journal)

When a stream of top performers moves on to better things, it usually hastens the flow of more top talent into the company, The Wall Street Journal reports. Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth professor of management and director of the Tuck Center for Leadership at Dartmouth College, spent the past...

Brisk hiring, rising wages keep economy trudging ahead (MarketWatch)

The US economy is in a slow but steady jog, MarketWatch reports. The yin-and-yang performance of key segments of the economy means US growth will probably clock in at around 2% or a bit less in 2016, despite a pickup in the third quarter. “At this point, the slowdown in job creation earlier in the...

Monster shareholder seeks to replace board, CEO

MediaNews Group Inc., the largest shareholder in Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW), announced it will file a statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission today, stating its intention to seek the removal and replacement of the existing seven Monster directors. It also aims to replace Monster...

Labor Department rule requires federal contractors to provide paid sick leave

The US Department of Labor announced a final rule Thursday requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees who work on or in connection with certain federal contracts.

The rule, which applies to all covered contracts solicited and awarded on or after Jan. 1, allows workers to use...

Lack of career development can lead to churn, ‘zombie’ training the norm

A lack of career and skills development opportunities leads to organizational churn, according to a survey released by TEKsystems.

The survey asked IT leaders if an employee has ever left their organization due to lack of career and/or skills development opportunities; 60% answered yes while 40% said...

People: TalentWave, Strategic Staffing Solutions, Globalization Partners and more

Independent workforce solutions provider TalentWave appointed Danny Chupp VP of business solutions. Chupp will be based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Before joining TalentWave, Chupp held sales leadership roles with Oracle and meaConnect.

Strategic Staffing Solutions announced Juan Madroñero as its...

Salesforce.com works to oppose Microsoft-LinkedIn deal (The Wall Street Journal)

Salesforce.com Inc. said it would press regulators in the US and Europe to block Microsoft Corp.’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD), arguing the deal would hurt competition by giving its business-software rival too much control over the social-networking company’s vast pool...

Federal agencies need millennials (Courthouse News Service)

With nearly a third of the federal workforce eligible to retire in the next year, government staffing directors and senators urged agencies Thursday to work on reaching out to millennials, Courthouse News Service reported. Without appealing to millennials, government agencies could face gaps in leadership...

Millennials in Staffing list now online

Staffing Industry Analysts’ list of Millennials in Staffing featuring 35 industry influencers is now online.

This year marks the first time Staffing Industry Analysts has published a list of millennials in the industry; it features staffing movers and shakers who were born between 1982 and 2000. The...

GDP revised upward

US real gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 1.4% in the second quarter, according to the third estimate of GDP growth released by the US Commerce Department. The new estimate is up from the second estimate, which pegged growth at 1.1%.

In the first quarter, real GDP edged up 0.8%.

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