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interbiznet presents the Bugler
| | February 9, 2000 |
Layoffs, How Quaint!
Have a Coke and a smile with John Sumser as he drinks in the impact of the recent layoffs announced by the soft drink giant. The message under the bottlecap? Flat , with an unpleasant aftertaste.
Welcome
to the HR Department
This tongue-in-cheek scenario is considered a must read by those of us who have the professional training and get the chills reading about personality tests.
Combined Revenues Exceed $1 Billion
Preliminary estimates released by Hunt-Scanlon Advisors indicate that the combined revenues for the 10 largest recruiting firms exceeded the $1 billion mark in 1999. In 1998, that figure was for the 25 largest search firms. The official industry statistics will be published in its April issue of Executive Search Review.
Check Out The Competition
HealthcareMART.com, a
recruiting site for the healthcare industry.
Energyjobs.com is offering $500 to job candidates who are hired by any one of its
websites' corporate participants.
Candee Wilde's article on workforce diversity also mentions numerous websites.
WorkCenterPlus, a job-posting site.
JustComputerJobs.com
expands to 39 sites with JustTelephonyJobs.com.
Computers Screen Job Seekers
Critics and defenders both agree that this is only the beginning ... of what, depends on your perspective.
New Combinations
Adecco SA, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Olsten of Milwaukee and Olsten of Chicago, two independently owned franchises of the Olsten Corporation.
Hong Kong-Based career portal, CareerNext, chooses Digital Island to power its career services across the Asian Pacific.
CareerPath is now the
exclusive career site to Clickmarks.com.
CareerMag.com has a new
tool, Concentric Search, that allows job seekers to pinpoint a search by city up to a 75-mile radius.
IBM Small Business Solutions Club members can now recruit
independent professionals from Guru.com's pool of talent.
Good News For Graduates
JobTrak.com has released its January 2000
Index, which shows a 40.3-percent increase in total job openings posted, as compared to January 1999, with an average starting salary of $35,881. (Go to URL and click on Press Releases.)
PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported preliminary productivity data, as measured by output-per-hour of all persons, for the fourth quarter and for Year 1999. In the fourth quarter, productivity advanced 4.8 percent in the business sector as output grew 6.7 percent and hours worked rose 1.9 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In the nonfarm business sector, productivity rose 5.0 percent as output increased 6.6 percent and hours grew 1.5 percent. For Year 1999, the increases in productivity in business and nonfarm business, 3.0 and 2.9 percent, respectively, were slightly higher than the increases reported in the previous year.
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