This week Google, launched operations in
China, a decision executives
have agonized over because it will require the Internet
firm to subject itself to self-censorship to comply with Chinese law.
Google's agreement to censor itself and comply with Chinese government rules comes at the same time it's being lauded in the United States for refusing a Justice Department subpoena to turn over data about searches conducted on its site..
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CollegeGrad.com, an entry level job site, announces the Top 500 Entry Level Employers for 2006. The list represents more than 145,000 jobs for the class of 2006, with a 9.1% increase in hiring over 2005.
Workplace Options, provider of work-life employee benefits in America, announced the availability of free online tax
preparation and e-filing for its clients and employees using TaxACT, the value-leader in tax preparation software and services.
According to the IRS, of the 66 million e-file returns done in 2005, 16.7 million taxpayers filed from a home computer —
up 17 percent from 2004. With an expected increase again in 2006, WPO has chosen to partner with TaxACT, providing it's
clients a free filing service as part of their work-life offerings.
BuyLookSell, Inc. released
CaptiveLeads.com – a new web service
enabling the employment industry to access substantial job candidate leads from newspapers online and print classifieds.
RW Benefit Communications, specializing in customized, total
compensation statements, reports that the company has experienced a 51% of growth in activity over the past year,
Simply Hired, a search engine for jobs, and
DirectEmployers Association, a nonprofit
organization which operates JobCentral, announced a partnership to provide access to
over four million job listings indexed by Simply Hired on JobCentral, employer-owned job board and employment
website.
Deck Chairs
MEDirect Latino Inc., the national provider of direct-to-consumer
Medicare reimbursed medical products focused exclusively on chronic diseases afflicting the Hispanic community,
announced that it has filled a key management position through the hiring of. Dolores Ammirati to the
position of Director of Human Resources. Her primary responsibility will be implementing the Company's
employee growth and retention policy, while maintaining customer service and responsiveness, which has become the
hallmarks of the Company's rapid acceptance by the Hispanic community.
MEDirect Latino recently added 34 employees, and expects to hire at a substantially stronger pace through the end of the
quarter than previously projected, due to the increased customer response rate resulting from the national advertising
campaign.
You Should Know
UK:
Welsh Workforce Boosted
A new report signifies that the drive for professionalism is encouraging students to enter social care in Wales.
"Having a register of all qualified social workers in Wales is a significant milestone marking a further step up in securing
high standards across the social care sector” states Mutale Nyoni, Chair, Care Council of Wales
The Care Council for Wales will publish its annual report this week, announcing an increase in the number of students
opting for a social work career.
The results are attributed in part to measures taken to create a more professional image for the social worker,
including increasing the availability of Social Work degrees in a switch from the old style diploma.
(
CareandHealth.com)
US:
NSA taps SI International for human resources support servicesSI International Inc., of Reston, Va., an IT and network solutions provider, won a five-year, $6.9 million task order
to provide human resources support services to the welcome center at the National Security Agency.
Under the task order
SI International will provide applicant processing and administrative functions for candidate communications and welcome center operations.
The company will perform the work at NSA's offices in Fort Meade, Md., and at its own sensitive compartmented
information facility where classified information is processed.
(Wasington Technology)
India:
Careers in Human Resources
Among the career options available to management graduates, the field of human resources is fast emerging as a
challenging and lucrative one.
Before the 1990s, HR management meant administration and personnel management along with industrial relations.
Post-90s, with liberalisation and globalisation, the concept of HR changed.
(DH Education)
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