Surveys & Stats - 12/15/2006
Fifty-four percent of working adults don't use their computer at work to shop for gifts during the holiday season and 49% said they didn't feel it was acceptable to do so, according to a survey ...
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Fifty-four percent of working adults don't use their computer at work to s...
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Business owners plan holiday bonuses - 11/22/2004
Small-business owners are in more of a giving mood this holiday season, with 82% planning to have holiday parties, hand out year-end bonuses or give other gifts to employees, compared with 78% last ...
Small-business owners are in more of a giving mood this holiday season...
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Hospitality industry offers diverse opportunities - 5/12/2006
Hotels, country clubs and convention centers are just some of the businesses that depend on contingent workers to meet peaks in demand. Because the hospitality industry covers everything from ... . Some hold their own recruiting fairs, especially if they need to staff up for a busy summe...
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Tight labor market, tougher recruiting - 3/16/2007
.com warehouse clients to employees who stayed on the job and came to work on time. The company needed to fill up to 3,000 temporary worker positions at the two warehouses for the holiday season.
The workers ...
Agencies try technology, prizes to get workers
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More hiring predicted than for year-end 2003 - 12/17/2003
More U.S. employers are planning to hire in the first three months of 2004 than those who planned to add employees in the current quarter, but expectations do not show any big jump when compared ... -quarter 2003. Jobs were expected to be most plentiful in the West, with 23% of employers...
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Special Report: The food factor - Yes, there is growth beyond health care. And it's edible - 4/30/2004
Fashions in apparel, computers and telecommunications devices may wax and wane with each new season, bell or whistle, but food remains a constant. Bluntly put, we all gotta eat, which by extension ...
Fashions in apparel, computers and telecommunications devices may wax and wane with e...
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U.S. frees up temporary visas - 6/09/2005
A new congressional act makes it easier for employers in the hospitality industry to find workers from overseas to fill summer jobs.
... -term foreign workers are seeing mixed results from new rules that open the gate to thousands of unskilled, nonimmigrant workers.
Pres...
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Payrolls rise 121,000, jobless rate unchanged; temporary help growth continues to slip - 7/07/2006
Nonfarm payrolls rose by 121,000 employees in June and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.6%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
... , or 0.1%, in June from May, seasonally adjusted. The workforce stood at 3.6 million, an increase of 88,700 from June 2005, o...
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Trends To Act On: The Non-Retirement Plan - 12/22/2004
The non-retirement plan: consider tapping into older workers.
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What's your ideal employee? An experienced professional who shows up on time every day and has commitment, integrity, and, yes, even gratitude for being in the workplace? These workers aren ...
Consider...
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Unemployment rate drops slightly to 5.7%; Payrolls barely rise but temp help adds 30,000 - 1/09/2004
The U.S. job market disappointed general economy-watchers again in December, with only 1,000 workers added and downward revisions for the moderate employment increases in October and November.
... for production workers (seasonally adjusted) rose 3. to $15.50; over the l...
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