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The Yoh Exchange leverages the power of the Internet to bring recruitment and employee management online. It integrates staffing planning, policy and profile management tools, staffing management, and on-site customer support. The service produced $135
million in 2004, a 38% increase over 2003's $98 million in sales.
CVtrumpet.co.uk sends recruiters highly targeted CVs at no cost.
New Blog: HR For The Leader In You
Peopleclick Ranks #7 on Inc. Magazine Inner City 100.
Deck Chairs
Dr. Denise Bogart is Valdosta State's new Director of Human Resources...Personnel Today has a new editor, Karen Dempsey...Phyllis
Marino is Vice president and senior retail officer for Commerce Bank. Marino will lead the bank's retail store operations in New York City with 10 new locations opening in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx and will oversee the recruiting, hiring and training of personnel....
Survey Sez
Causes of Workplace Stress (this month) from StressPulse
Causes of Stress |
40 percent |
workload |
0
|
34 percent |
people issues |
+3
|
21 percent |
juggling work and personal life |
0
|
5 percent |
lack of job security |
-3
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You Should Know
Canada:
The government will provide $75-million to get more internationally trained doctors and other medical workers into Canada's health care system....Recruiters
targeting teachers in Manitoba.
Alaska:
"We're going to import a lot of workers and we're going to pay a lot of money for our workforce."
Scotland: The labor market at the strongest rate in the history. However, staff appointments only grew at a moderate pace, as recruitment consultants struggled to find suitable talent.
Florida: Leading Internet and technology firms and trade associations expressed reservations over a proposed Florida bill that would impose government oversight on online dating, and would require criminal background checks or
disclosures for users of online dating services.
Ireland: Workforce to break 2 million mark. 75% of companies reporting difficulties in filling vacancies.
U.S.: Unemployment Insurance Claims...In the week ending April 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 320,000, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week's revised figure
of 299,000. The 4-week moving average was 323,000, a decrease of 8,000 from the previous week's revised average of 331,000.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.0 percent for the week ending April 16, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.1 percent.
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