Reveille and Hyperbole

Google Inc., agreed to buy a radio advertising company as part of a continued effort to extend its targeted-advertising technology beyond the Internet.

The Internet search giant, which has already tested its advertising expertise in print media, bought dMarc Broadcasting Inc., a Newport Beach, Calif., company, for $102 million in cash. Under the deal, Google is obligated to make additional payments of up to $1.14 billion over the next three years if certain business targets are met.

Unicru, announces the launch of a hiring management system tailored specifically to the long-term care industry. The system will offer long-term care providers a solution to automate facility hiring and help facility and department managers hire employees who stay longer, show less absenteeism, lead to lower safety costs and provide better service.

Deploy Solutions, provider of talent management solutions for market-leading corporations, announced the launch of Grocery Store Advantage™ -- a recruiting and talent management solution configured specifically for the grocery store industry.

Net-Temps, the online job destination for staffing companies, has been named as a recipient of the 2006 User's Choice Awards by WEDDLE's, a specialty publisher known as the "Zagat of the online employment industry." Net-Temps has earned this distinction since WEDDLE's started the awards three years ago. Over 30,000 unique ballots were cast for the winners.

HireDesk, provider of on demand recruitment and employee selection solutions, announced that Telex Communications has selected HireDesk's recruiting solution for Corporate Recruiting. Telex Communications, Inc. is in the design and marketing of professional sound and communications equipment business.

CollegeGrad.com, the 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. The list of employers is available online at www.CollegeGrad.com/topemployers and includes links to the home page, careers page and college page for each employer.

Deck Chairs

HospiceCare Inc. has named Pamela Peterson as its director of human resources. ...

You Should Know



US:

• New Workforce Center to Address Doctor Shortage  The Michigan Department of Community Health announced the creation of a new workforce center. The purpose is to address the physician workforce shortage before it becomes an issue. With the new center will come a database of doctors so the state can coordinate efforts to recruit and retain physicians. The program is a result of a recent study conducted that proves Michigan will soon face shortages in its physician workforce.

• Sprint Nextel Freezes Pension Plans  Competition in Wireless Drives Effort to Cut Labor Costs. Reston-based Sprint Nextel Corp. froze pension plans for almost half of its 80,000 employees and won't offer a fixed retirement benefit to new workers as the company cuts labor costs to compete with other wireless carriers. (Bloomberg News)

Philippines:

• IT Team to establish workforce data bank   Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue stated that the Bacolod City IT Focus Team plans to come up with a data bank of potential workforce for IT locators that intend to open contact center sites in Bacolod City.
  
  Batapa-Sigue said that when the IT locators come to Bacolod, they will ask for the data bank of potential workers. She said pre-screening forms for applicants are now available at her office at City Hall.
  
  Batapa-Sigue said the potential workforce include enrollees, career shifters, OFW returnees, retirees, underemployed, unemployed and high school graduates.

UK:

• Half of UK workforce 'has reading age of 11 or lower'  Nearly half of Britain's workforce has a reading age little better than children leaving primary school, according to a damning report due to be published by MPs.
  
  The report from Commons Public Accounts Committee is due to show that some 16 million adults in the UK hold down regular employment despite having numeracy skills of level one or below, the equivalent of someone aged 11 years-old and younger.
  
  When it comes to literacy, around 12 million people in employment are struggling at the same level, the report has said. (Management-Issues)

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Survey Says ... Research details employees use of alcohol during office hours

The trend of enjoying an after-work drink has a new twist; according to research released in January, 19.2 million U.S. employees are either drinking during the workday or nursing hangovers in the workplace.

A recent study conducted by the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions found that about 15 percent of the U.S. workforce drinks during the day or just before going to work, while more than nine percent have come to work with lingering hangovers.

The study additionally found those who drink on the job tend to do so infrequently. More than 60 percent of those who admitted to drinking at work reported that they mixed alcohol and work less than monthly. Meanwhile, 14 percent surveyed said they drink at work on a weekly basis.

Certain occupations lend themselves more toward alcohol use, according to the study. Jobs in management, retail, entertainment media and food preparation were just a few of the occupations that were found to go hand-in-hand with a higher likelihood of drinking at work.

Irregular work hours also increased the subject's probability of having a drink or two before clocking in.

Additionally, the research found that men are more likely to drink on the job than their female counterparts, and nursing a hangover while on the clock was most common with younger or unmarried employees.

The study's findings were the product of a research project, which surveyed nearly 3,000 employees between the ages of 18 to 65 in 2002 and 2003. Funding came from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

(The Rebel Yell, Danielle Novy)

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