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Talent Zoo is asking every person in the advertising business to donate $5 to a fund that will be used to help ad agencies and their
employees in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
HireAbility is providing free job positing to hiring managers who want to hire those affected by Katrina and free resume posting for job seekers.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced the creation of an Internet-based job bank, the Katrina Recovery Job Connection.
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The Recruitment Process Outsourcing Alliance® (RPO Alliance®), a special interest group of the Human Resources Outsourcing Association® (HROA®) formed to address the growing need for unbiased, vendor-neutral information
regarding the growing RPO industry, today announced the election of its inaugural leadership team. The newly elected leadership team is:
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Chairman - Jason Berkowitz - Co-founder, Vice President, Business Development, Hyrian
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Vice-Chairman - Anne Nimke - Co-founder, President and COO, Pinstripe LLC
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Treasurer - Teresa Spangler - VP Strategic Business Initiatives, Headway Corporate Resources
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Secretary - Brandt Hamby - Executive Vice President, StraightSource
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Director - Aimee Reynolds - Senior Vice President, Aon Consulting
Gevity (GVHR), a provider of a comprehensive insourced employee management solution, has become the only human resource outsourcing company included as a preferred provider by the
National Venture Captial Association (NVCA).
Performance Assessment Network ("pan"), an online assessment and talent management systems company, has received top ranking in the Indianapolis Business
Journal's annual list of the fastest-growing privately held companies, ranked by revenue growth over a three-year period.
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BrassRing appointed human capital industry marketing veteran Arlene Hammel as vice president of marketing.
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Monster UK Employment Index
Online job recruitment activity and related employment opportunities across the United Kingdom fell in August, ending the general upward trend measured over the first half of the year. Dipping for the first time this year, the Monster Employment Index United Kingdom (UK) fell three points from 106 in July
to 103 in August, returning to its May 2005 level. The Monster Employment Index UK provides a broad, comprehensive monthly analysis of online job demand in the UK.
Demand for service, shop and market sales workers declined in August, suggesting that low consumer confidence and rising oil prices impacted retail costs. Conditions in August have been tough for retailers despite the recent interest rate reduction, heavy price cuts and extended summer sales. The recent
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) figures show that sales from August, compared with a year ago, were down for almost half of retailers.
Online job offers within banking, finance and insurance also fell sharply in August, reversing a consistent growth trend visible during the previous months. In August, London had the biggest regional decrease in online job demand in the regions, particularly across the banking, finance, insurance, sales,
marketing and PR sectors.
The greatest increases in online job availability during August were registered for workers in the science (specifically research and development), healthcare and social services sectors.
Demand Declines for Professionals within Banking, Finance and Insurance
Online job availability for professionals within the banking, finance and insurance sectors declined strongly in August, reversing its growth trend over the previous months. Demand for professionals within the Engineering and IT sectors also fell noticeably. This is likely attributable to the closing of
entries to graduate programmes for the September start. Online offers for professionals in transportation, sales and marketing and science, as well as healthcare and social services increased slightly in August, but did not offset the effect of the decline in offers in banking, engineering and IT.
Demand for elementary occupations was the only category to see an upward trend in August 2005. The increase in offers was mainly due to a higher demand for ground workers and labourers.
"The Monster Employment Index UK's decline in August suggests that online hiring activity may have been negatively impacted by a combination of the summer period, a struggling retail sector, low consumer confidence and rising oil prices, and the recent London bombings. According to recent sales figures
from the CBI, the retail industry is showing its worst trend for the past 22 years. For the first time in seven years retailers are more despondent than hopeful. The Index indicates that job demand within this sector has fallen in line with economic conditions, but we will have to wait until the September
figures to see whether this may be a continuing downward trend," commented Alan Townsend.
Online Job Demand Falls in London and Scotland
London experienced the biggest decrease in online job offers in August. Scotland, the southwest and southeast also showed a slight decline, whilst other regions showed no considerable changes. In London, job demand was impacted by a fall in the number of offers for technicians, professionals and associate
professionals particularly across the banking, finance, insurance, sales, marketing and PR sectors. Demand for IT specialists also declined in the region. The decline in job demand is quite possibly a residual effect of the July 7 bomb attacks as companies may have been more cautious about hiring new staff in
the uneasy environment.
Online job demand in Scotland also fell significantly in August, specifically due to a reduction in positions for craft workers, such as skilled labourers, and plant and machine operators. The construction, engineering and IT sectors in Scotland showed the strongest decline in job demand in the region.
"A recent Bank of Scotland labour market report showed that the Scottish jobs market performed well in July, mirroring last months findings from the Monster Employment Index UK. However, this month the Scottish market may have been affected by the stranglehold presented by all-time high oil prices as well
as falling consumer confidence," says Alan Townsend. "The situation in the UK still remains positive as we still have one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe at just 4.8% and the current figures for the summer season mirror what is a traditionally slow period in terms of recruitment. Additionally, the
growth in availability of affordable holidays, with over 1.7 million of us going overseas for a break, may have had a more significant impact on job demand than in previous years," he concluded.
Monster Employment Index Europe
The Monster Employment Index Europe remained flat in August, as online job recruitment activity and related employment opportunities declined in four of the five European countries tracked by the Index during the month. Measuring online job demand in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom, the Index registered lower levels of online job availability in all the countries except Germany. Despite the sharp decline in online job demand in France, and declines of varying degrees in the other countries during August, a strong increase in German online job opportunities was significant enough
that the overall Index remained unchanged from its July level of 109.
The Monster Employment Index UK is compiled by Monster Worldwide, parent company of the world's leading online career property, Monster. The Index is independently audited by ARC Research, a U.S.-based market research company to ensure the accuracy of the data within a margin of error of +/- 1.05%. The
U.S. version of the Monster Employment Index was first introduced in April 2004.
Additional information on the Monster Employment Index United Kingdom is available online at http://eIndex.monsterworldwide.com. Visitors can subscribe to receive the monthly UK Index report as well as the broader Monster Employment Index Europe report in
English, French, German or Swedish. Monster Employment Index UK data for September will be released on October 11, 2005
You Should Know
Africa:
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Just days after shocking reports on Kenya's poverty levels and massive flight of talent, an authoritative study has even worse news: more than half of the country's university students want to leave for greener pastures abroad. The survey, by a continental organisation on brain
drain, indicates that 70 per cent of students in Nairobi's tertiary institutions want to relocate after graduation. (AllAfrica)
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Ghana's Education Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo today lamented that the loss of African scientists to greener pastures in the industrialised world has increased during the last years. He added that 80 percent of scientific research was concentrated in a few
developed countries while Africa as a whole accounted for only 0.36 percent of scientists in the world. (AfrolNews)
Austria:
- Austria faces major challenges in relation to population ageing and the employment of older workers. As a result of declining mortality and persistently low fertility, the share of the population over age 65, is projected to double by 2050, and the
working-age population could decline from 2018 onwards (Figure 1). The likely decline in labour supply will lower economic growth while public social expenditures continue to grow. (MatureMarket)
Australia:
Premier Paul Lennon said yesterday the Government had already allocated $80 million to tackle shortages. Mr Lennon said the current crisis was fuelled by nurse sickness and theatres and bed closures should be determined by hospital bosses. Health Minister David Llewellyn, who met senior hospital doctors
on Tuesday, said 10 staff were working on recruitment, including three at the Royal. He said a new electronic recruitment system piloted in Launceston was being rolled out.
(The Mercury)
IN many organisations where there is no dedicated human resources staff, it is often up to line or senior management to manage the recruitment process. If you elect to recruit your own staff without agency or executive search firm involvement, you need to be aware of the process which can be time consuming.
Firstly, you will need to devise your recruitment/search strategy, conduct research, write advertisements, be prepared to read and assess numerous CVs, phone screen, conduct interviews and reference checks. (Ferret.com)
Global:
- Oodle has broadened its regional classifieds aggregation strategy to include classifieds sites targeted toward students at colleges and universities. (ClickZNews) (SearchEngineJournal)
While a significant percentage of human resource managers say Hurricane Katrina has prompted them to rethink their companies' emergency policies, an even larger percentage say it hasn't, according to the latest online poll at HR.BLR.com, the website for HR professionals. Asked, "Does Katrina have you
rethinking your company's emergency policies?" visitors to HR.BLR.com answered as follows:
- No - 46%
- Yes - 30%
- Not yet, but perhaps soon - 24%
Nevertheless, there's no such thing as being too prepared where employee safety is concerned. That's why HR.BLR.com is offering a free download: "The Employer's Guide to Emergency and Crisis Issues." Prepared by attorneys and compliance experts at Business
& Legal Reports, it helps employers draft contingency plans for everything from weather disasters to bomb threats. (BLR)
A Microsoft recruiter tried to lure open-source guru Eric Raymond to the company, but to nobody's surprise didn't get too far. Raymond guessed his name had been passed to the recruiter as a joke. Raymond, a founder of the
Open Source Initiative, publisher of the
"Halloween" documents and Microsoft critic, told of the offer on his
blog on Thursday. (News.com)
Idaho:
- Employment figures in Pocatello are so good some businesses can't find people to hire. The Idaho Department of Commerce and Labor puts Bannock County joblessness at 3.5 percent for August. Rich Bull, who's having trouble filling jobs, says it's got to be lower. (IdahoStateJournal)
New Zealand:
Combined newspaper and internet job vacancies were unchanged at 3.1 per cent. (Stuff)
Russia:
- The Soviet authorities overlooked the demographic crisis, while the Russian authorities were confronted with it head-on within the first few years of their existence. It was also when the majority of the people also noticed it, learning that the country's population was shrinking. Meanwhile, the
average number of births had fallen below the level of simple reproduction — that is to say, below 215 children per 100 women — back in the 1960s. That was when demographers sounded the alarm, warning the ruling authorities about an imminent demographic crisis. Alas, during the stagnation era, the
Politburo's educational and cultural level was insufficient to understand the country's demographic problems. It was not until the crisis entered an acute phase — a net population drop — that the authorities had to finally listen to the experts. By now many politicians have heard something about a
demographic revolution or a demographic transition. (Mosnews.com)
Singapore
- The overall unemployment rate in June rose to 4.3 percent from 2.8 percent in March this year, but slightly lower than the 4.4 percent in June last year. An estimated 97,200 residents stayed unemployed in June this year. (China
View)
US:
- U.S. employers are likely to increase hiring at a steady pace next quarter, but low optimism about hiring at retail and manufacturing companies could make for a bleak holiday season, according to the latest hiring outlook survey from Manpower (Reuters)
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