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People turning 50 today have about half their adult lives ahead of them, and each year more than four million men and women join their ranks. What do they have to look forward to? Will they be able to attain the quality of life they want in their later years? In its ongoing
Beyond 50 series of annual reports, AARP assesses the state of America's aging population in such vital and significant areas of concern as economic security and health care.
Management Guru, Tom Peters is set to open the proceedings for The 2nd Middle East HR Summit to be held from 18 - 21 September 2005 at the JW Marriott
Hotel, Dubai, with the HR conference itself officially being opened on the 19th at 8.15am with an inaugural ceremony at 8:30 am.
www.jobmax.co.uk is now servicing the Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, Supply Chain, Commercial, Media, PR, Financial and Legal sectors of the UK marketplace.
Executive Search Latinoamerica has selected the Filefinder7 Executive Search Management System from
Dillistone Systems to optimize their search processes and deliver the highest quality service to their growing number of clients.
The Birmingham Society for Human Resources Management (BSHRM) has partnered with several local organizations to assist Hurricane Katrina evacuees find jobs in Birmingham and the surrounding metropolitan area.
Objectware has been contracted to develop multiple custom web applications for Atlanta-based Southern Company. In May 2005, Southern Company and Objectware Inc engaged to design and develop a custom Testing Registration
and Management solution that provides online scheduling and notification for employment applicants. The tool allows applicants to sign-up for tests at designated Southern Company resource centers, and receive e-mail reminders and notifications regarding their scheduled test dates.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, CollegeGrad.com is offering its job board services to any non-profit agency providing relief to the victims. Today through December 31, 2005, CollegeGrad.com will offer no cost job postings to help these agencies recruit
additional staff members and volunteers.
DeckChairs
Jason L. Rapp, executive director, corporate planning for The New York Times Company, has been named vice president of strategy and operations for NYTimes.com. Mr. Rapp, 36, has served as executive director, corporate planning since 2004. Most recently, Mr. Rapp worked on the Times Company's acquisition of
About.com and its investments in Indeed.com and Federated Media Publishing ...
Survey Sez:
AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 Honorees for 2005
These companies and organizations, recognized for their best practices and policies for valuing the mature worker, are roadmaps for the workplaces of tomorrow. They will be honored by AARP at an annual awards
dinner in Chicago on September 22, 2005.
Stanley Consultants, Inc.,
Muscatine, IA
www.stanleyconsultants.com |
Scripps Health, San Diego, CA
www.scripps.org |
Bon Secours Health System, Richmond, VA
www.bonsecours.com |
Deere & Company, Moline, IL
www.johndeere.com |
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
www.cornell.edu |
MIT, Cambridge, MA
www.mit.edu |
First Horizon National Corporation, Memphis, TN
www.firsthorizon.com |
Brevard Public Schools, Viera, FL
www.brevard.k12.fl.us |
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
www.ynhh.org |
Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, FL
www.leememorial.org |
Mercy Health System, Janesville, WI
www.mercyhealthsystem.org |
The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA
www.principal.com |
SSM Health Care, St. Louis, MO
www.ssmhc.com |
Lincoln Financial Group, Philadelphia, PA
www.lfg.com |
Beaumont Hospitals, Southfield, MI
www.Beaumonthospitals.com |
Loudoun Healthcare, Inc., Leesburg, VA
www.loudounhealthcare.org |
Pepco Holdings, Inc., Washington, DC
www.pepcoholdings.com |
VCU, Richmond, VA
www.vcu.edu |
Saint Barnabas Health Care, West Orange, NJ
www.saintbarnabas.com |
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
www.aero.org |
Kelly Services, Inc., Troy, MI
www.kellyservices.com |
Oakwood Healthcare System Inc., Dearborn, MI
www.oakwood.org |
Michelin North America, Greenville, SC
www.michelin-us.com |
Centegra Health System, Woodstock, IL
www.centegra.com |
Cinergy Corp., Cincinnati, OH
www.cinergy.com |
Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, AZ
www.shc.org |
The YMCA of Greater Rochester, Rochester, NY
www.rochesterymca.org |
University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO
www.uch.edu |
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV
www.cabellhuntington.org |
Pitney Bowes, Inc., Stamford, CT
www.pitneybowes.com |
Carondelet Health Network, Tucson, AZ
www.carondelet.org |
Securian Financial Group, Inc., St. Paul, MN
www.securian.com |
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ
www.rocheusa.com |
NASD, Rockville, MD
www.nasd.com |
Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA
www.inova.org |
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI
www.whirlpoolcorp.com |
St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, WV
www.st-marys.org |
Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA
www.mitretek.org |
Volkswagen of America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI
www.vw.com |
Pinnacol Assurance, Denver, CO
www.pinnacol.com |
Busch Entertainment Corporation, Clayton, MO
www.4adventure.com |
Zurich North America, Schaumburg, IL
www.zurichna.com |
WestVirginiaUniversityHospitals, Morgantown,
www.wvuh.com |
SAS, Cary, NC
www.sas.com |
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
www.ochsner.org |
Girl Scouts, San Diego., San Diego, CA
www.girlscoutssdi.org |
University Physicians Healthcare, Tucson, AZ
www.uph.org |
U of T M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houson, TX
www.mdanderson.org |
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
www.henryford.com |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Hartford, CT
www.thehartford.com |
You Should Know
Canada:
- The chief of critical care at Nova Scotia's largest hospital predicts an unprecedented crisis in health care if the province doesn't come up with a new recruitment and training tool to attract more critical-care doctors. (Herald)
Florida:
- With construction booming and the economy firing on all cylinders, Florida's August unemployment rate was the lowest ever recorded - and state records go back to 1976. The seasonally adjusted rate of 3.6 percent is a full percentage point lower than the rate one year ago. It also is well below the
national rate of 4.9 percent. "It's getting extremely hard to find people to fill jobs and employee retention is really becoming an issue," said Brent Short, a manager in west central Florida for the staffing company Spherion Corp. He said the company is having difficulty filling positions in technology,
accounting and finance, customer service and call center support. (St. Petersburg Times)
Global:
- Watch Bill Gates Goes To College in which Bill meets Napoleon dynamite at a Recruiting booth. (GoodMorningSiliconValley)
- Here's a well promoted job ad from Linked-In.
- The tasks of putting together and restocking top-drawer finance teams can present busy CFOs with a daunting question: How much time and effort can I put into picking talent? The answer most often must be an unhappily expressed version of "not much." While
hiring excellent subordinates is obviously the most basic task of a finance chief, many don't have the time to spend on the task. Thus, it ends up being delegated to executive-recruitment firms. But the story doesn't — or shouldn't — end there, experts suggest. By expending some effort in hiring a
headhunter, senior finance executives can save themselves the considerable grief and expense that often arises when hires go awry. Says Wine.com CFO John Belchers: "The cost of making a [hiring] mistake is a lot more than the cost of a recruiter." (CFO.com)
- Police said online job hunters should be on the lookout for a scam that promises a paycheck but could leave them in the red, News 5's Juliette Vara reported. A fake overseas company claims it will hire the victims to send out payroll to its employees. The
scammers target people who post their resume on sites such as Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com, Vara reported. (ChannelCincinatti)
- Troubling Exits At Microsoft Once the dream workplace of tech's highest achievers, it is suffering key defections to Google and elsewhere. What's behind the losses?
When Microsoft Corp. (MFST ) hired computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee away from hardware maker Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI ) in 1998, the move underscored how thoroughly the software giant dominated the computer industry. Not only did it monopolize PC operating systems and hold an edge in Web browsers, but
it was also vacuuming up the world's brightest technologists. Lee's expertise was in speech recognition, considered one of the next big leaps in computing. With people like him flocking to Microsoft's labs, it seemed that the digital world's reigning champion had a lock on the future. (BusinessWeek)
(Podcast)
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Best of the New Web The Web is no longer for idle wanderings or passive viewing. It's about socializing, sharing--and creating. (Business
Week Special Report)
Maryland:
- The Sallie Mae Student Loan Rebate Program is a program that would give qualified teachers and nurse's incentives, after graduation, to stay and teach in the state of Maryland. The governor's office and Sallie Mae representatives announced the program.
Under the program, any student who receives a college student loan through Sallie Mae or a lender affiliated with Sallie Mae could receive 10 percent of their loan amount back in cash or as a reduction in principal after making 36 regular payments and completing three years of employment in the nursing
field or teaching in Maryland. (Baltimore Times)
Minnesota:
- The impending shortage of skilled workers has the local leaders of economic development concerned.
"It's a waste of time trying to drum up business to come here if we don't have workers for them," said Mike Fay, vice president of the Hibbing Economic Development Authority (HEDA). "We need to determine what role we can play in training and developing a skilled workforce. I don't see us as taking the
lead, but we can have a role as a support. (The Daily Tribune)
Missouri:
- Missouri's tourism industry has taken steps to assist displaced hospitality industry workers who have been evacuated from the Gulf Coast following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Missouri Travel Council, Missouri's largest travel industry
association, is encouraging hospitality industry employers to utilize its Web site to list job openings free of charge. The job posting page is normally available exclusively to Missouri Travel Council members, however with the
arrival of hurricane evacuees in the Show-Me State, association leaders have waived the membership requirement in order to make the service available to all travel industry employers. (St. Louis Chinese American News)
Scotland:
- THE Fresh Talent initiative has taken another step forward with the arrival of international scholars to start their studies in Scotland (Scotsman)
Scotland is again experiencing skills shortages in IT which could hold back company growth, according to Search Consultancy. Scotland's fastest growing recruitment specialists are also predicting that this situation will worsen in 2006. (OnRec)
UK:
- www.jobmax.co.uk is servicing the Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, Supply Chain, Commercial, Media, PR, Financial and Legal sectors of the marketplace. Although utilising advanced technology this site has been designed to
be easy to use for both candidates and recruiters, and yet offers sophisticated features to assist in managing processes for companies and applicants alike. (Pressbox)
US:
- Jobster Chief Executive Jason Goldberg started his blog late last year as a way to record his entrepreneurial adventure, though the blog has morphed in recent months into a broader discussion of the online recruiting industry. On many days, he said, the Jobster blog receives twice as many visitors as
the company's home page. "It is fresh news and content is still king," Goldberg said, adding that the blog occasionally attracts as many as 5,000 visitors in a day. "When there is new content, people come back to read." Goldberg said he views the blog as a personal conversation between him and the online
recruiting industry. His only rule: "If I wouldn't say it to a reporter, I wouldn't say it on my blog." (SeattlePI)
- The film, Help Wanted, is a short about a guy who just can't seem to hold any of the jobs his head-hunter friend finds for him. Its surprise ending features the car-chase filmed during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. (Feature Express)
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