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Adicio, developer of web-based, private label classified advertising solutions for newspaper and media companies, revealed its latest marketing and corporate developments at the NAA Marketing Conference:
• Official brand and logo change
• New website
• Company growth
The Summit Award, IHRIM's highest, will be presented to the director of IBM's Human Capital Solutions consulting practice, Dr. Carl Hoffmann and to James E. Spoor, founder and president of SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation, a leading provider of HR, benefits administration, talent
acquisition, and training and development systems. The presentations will be made at IHRIM's Annual Conference, April 9-12, in Washington, D.C.
For a limited time, Job Turkey will accept job posts on its new website and no
charge, a value of, $2500. Being a recruiter is no easy task. Recruiters go from an abundance of jobs and no
candidates to an abundance of candidates with no jobs. Managing your cash
flow as a recruiter can be even harder. There is the cost of promoting a position, which can run in the hundred and even
thousands. Waiting for your client to pay can stretch your credit cards to their limits. Let Job Turkey help.
Logical Innovations, UK provider of the proven recruitment software TalentTracker® are introducing their state of the art, ultimate recruitment system. TalentTracker® Enterprise 2006 is designed
for large scale organisations who process thousands of applications every week and who need a completely bespoke, end-to-end recruitment solution.
Ingram Executive Search is sponsoring the Middle East IPO Summit that takes place on 5-7 March 2006 at the Dusit Hotel Dubai. A three day event, the Summit will open with an address from H.E. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister for Economy and
Planning, UAE. It will consist of workshops, panel sessions and presentations to give delegates a thorough understanding of the IPO process.
SeacoastCareers.com recently won a prestigious "Edgie Award" from the Newspaper Association of America. SeacoastCareers.com, owned by Seacoast Media Group, the parent company of Herald Sunday and Seacoastonline.com, was recognized for "Best
Employment Strategy" for a circulation less than 50,000.
You Should Know
China:
Special fair brings over 10,000 jobs to migrant workers
A special employment fair held last week in China's southernmost Hainan Province has provided more than 10,000 vacant jobs to migrant workers. The employment fair was sponsored by the provincial employment bureau, aiming to solve some employment difficulties for this special group of people. Ninety-eight
companies attended the employment fair, offering working opportunities in clothing processing and restaurants. Wang Yingji, head of Hainan provincial personnel and labor security department, said the province will offer 80,000 jobs to migrant workers in 2006. (www.chinaview.cn)
Global:
World Newspaper Advertising Conference: Developing Print and Digital Media Together
The mantra from digital publishing advocates at the World Newspaper Advertising Conference & Expo was that newspaper companies must rapidly move their business on-line or risk getting left behind. Ironically, those same advocates provided one of the strongest arguments for staying in, and developing, the
print business -- newspapers generate much more revenue per reader than on-line media, and will continue to do so for some time to come. On-line advertising revenues are rising dramatically -- they were more than 17 billion dollars in the United States last year, with 4 billion going to newspapers, according
to Vin Crosbie of Borrell Associates. But on-line media produce 20 to 100 times less revenue per reader than newspapers do, he said. To put it another way, for every print reader lost, newspapers have to replace them with between 20 and 100 website readers to gain the same revenue. (editorsweblog)
Women at Work
In recent years, increasing numbers of women have joined the global workforce. Their participation in the workforce is influenced by many factors, such as cultural norms, economic necessity, and the availability of child care. Which of the following countries has the lowest percentage of women in the
workforce? (Globe)
Offshoring creates more IT jobs in US
Information technology jobs will continue to grow in the US because of globalisation and offshoring, according to a new report.
Belying the common belief that shifting IT jobs to countries like India is a threat to workers in the US, the report states that IT job opportunities will grow in America because cost savings achieved by outsourcing will help fuel new business opportunities. (Economic
Times)
The Top Enterprise HRO Deals
What a difference a year makes. Last year's list featured 22 contracts, many of which were modest compared with 2005's top deal totals. Take a look and you will see that HRO has become a mainstream business tool for the world's biggest and brightest organizations, in both the private and public sectors.
What a 2005 list! DuPont, British Telecom, Marriott, Wachovia … it's a virtual who's who of global giants. And they are all using HRO in the same way they would use any other business tool. HRO has become just another blade on the CEO's Swiss army knife. There it is, HRO, fitting nicely, between the bottle
opener and the corkscrew. (HROToday)
India:
How to handle your headhunters well
With a robust economy and expansion being the name of the game across various industry sectors, companies are doling out vast sums to hire the best talent. This has kept recruiting firms of all sizes shore up operations to make the most of the current boom. With the Indian recruitment market pegged around
Rs 600 crore and growing at over 50%, almost all the big recruiting firms have set up shop in India. You name it and they are all looking for people. It doesn't matter if you are from the information technology (IT) industry, aviation, financial or retail sector. The chances that you could be approached more
than once in your career for better prospects in India and abroad, are even brighter now. While head hunters will always represent their corporate clients, you, as a professional, must make the best out of the hunt waged on you. (DNAIndia)
South Korea:
South Korean surprise hit has a gay theme
Just as "Brokeback Mountain" has become a pop-culture phenomenon in the United States, a gay-themed movie has racked up big box-office in South Korea. "King and the Clown" — about a delicately effeminate male clown caught between the affections of a despotic king and a fellow performer — has sold more
than 11 million tickets since its Dec. 29 premiere, making it the third-most popular film ever in this conservative country. (St. Paul Pioneer)
Chaebol to Hire 10,000 Workers
Most big companies are expected to expand employment this year in line with the recovering economy. Samsung Group, the nation's largest conglomerate, plans to add about 2,500 to its payroll. LG Group's electronics units will hire 2,600 new workers, with its chemical units and its telecommunications and
services operations each hiring 400 new workers. Shinsegae, the nation's largest discount store network, will hire 1,250 employees in the first half. The local job market has been tight for years as companies have been reluctant to create new jobs amid sluggish domestic demand, pushing the youth jobless rate
to record high levels. (Korea Times)
UK:
UK low in social mobility league, says charity
Children born to poor families in Britain are less likely to fulfil their potential than in other developed countries, according to a report published today. Researchers at the London School of Economics found that Britain appeared to have one of the worst records for social mobility in the developed
world. They also concluded that Britons were less likely to break free of their backgrounds than in the past. (The Guardian)
KPMG warns of compliance skills shortage
UK businesses are struggling to meet compliance regulations because of a skills shortage. According to Brendan Mulholland, a partner at KPMG LLP, companies are also failing to identify which compliance regulations apply to them, and are depending too much on technology. (zdnet)
US:
Office of the Chief People Officer Overview
The Office of the Chief People Officer (OCPO) manages GSA's programs, policies, and operations in support of the President's Management Agenda and the strategic management of human capital. Additionally, the OCPO provides human resources system support under a cross-servicing arrangement to approximately
11,000 employees from the National Archives and Records Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Railroad Retirement Board, the National Credit Union Administration, and various presidential boards and commissions. As an agency, GSA has developed a
Human Capital Strategic Plan that contains seven key goals:
- Ensure strategic and organizational alignment
- Ensure continuity and quality of executive leadership
- Compete for and retain a workforce that is talented and effectively deployed
- Promote a diverse workforce
- Create a culture that motivates associates for high performance
- Promote a culture and climate of knowledge sharing and continuous learning and improvement
- Provide a working environment where associates can be most productive
(GSA Website)
Hirebridge, a leading producer of applicant tracking software, came to us looking for a site that was clean, contemporary, and professional. (40 Media)
Unions recruit health workers
Low pay, long hours spur nurses, medical personnel to seek strength in numbers.
Virginia Burton spends 17 hours a day feeding, bathing and caring for two mentally impaired adults. She works at her clients' homes and relies on her own family to help with daily tasks, such as grocery shopping and cooking, for her patients and herself. The 57-year-old Detroiter's profile doesn't fit
the usual union stereotype of brawny laborer grinding away at an auto factory or steel mill. But that image could soon change as Burton and thousands of others in the growing ranks of low-paid and often overworked health care workers are heavily recruited by big labor. Labor experts say the push to
organize is intensifying, with unions targeting nursing homes, hospitals and home care workers like Burton. (DetroitNews)
Immigration issue key to business future
Most everyone agrees that U.S. immigration policy is broken, but there's a huge divide over how to fix it. Millions of immigrants are in the country illegally, employers are having trouble hiring the qualified workers they need from other countries, and some lawmakers are concerned about the economic
toll illegal immigrants impose on the state's education and health care systems. Those are just a few of the problems. But state and federal lawmakers are proposing dozens of fixes, from clamping down on the country's borders to requiring employers to play a bigger role in verifying workers' legal
status. (Denver Business Journal)
Attention to workers' needs, goals helps limit turnover
Sitting in a recent training class for Ikea's newest hires, Mark Poole said he quickly noticed a difference between past employers and his new one.
"Everywhere else I've worked it's been, 'Work, work, work, don't complain,' " said Poole, 38, a former security guard hired to work in the self-service warehouse at Ikea's new West Sacramento store. "But this place is different. Ikea really cares about employees." (SacBee)
Podcast hosting splits NPR, affiliates
While National Public Radio has been a pioneer in podcasting, some local member stations are not happy. ''If you thought that the newspaper people were in the grips of a siege mentality, you should come and see the public radio and TV people," he wrote Friday. Local stations worry that
contributions from listeners will dry up if their programming is distributed through NPR's uber-guide, NPR Podcast Directory: www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php. ''Organizations like NPR and PBS are arguing that there should
be a centralized aggregation effort, a bit like a destination site," Ali reported, adding that affiliates ''want to make their local sites as the destination sites." (Boston.com)
Survey Sez:
College Students Favor Large Employers
In a recent poll at CollegeGrad.com, the #1 Entry Level Job Site, 70% of job seekers said they would prefer working for a medium or small employer. Only 30% said they would prefer working for a large international company.
"This feedback is contrary to the generally held view that college graduates only want to work for Fortune 500 or Global 1000 companies," said Brian Krueger, president of CollegeGrad.com. "Not only are college grads interested in small and medium size companies, they prefer them."
In their job search, students and recent grads no longer consider employer name recognition as their primary criterion. College grad job seekers are most interested in companies that will invest in them and provide growth opportunities.
"Today's graduates have seen the cyclical nature of the global and national economies," said Steven Jungman, Division Director for ChaseSource, LP. "Terms like ‘downsizing,' ‘furloughs,' and ‘mass-layoffs' are now a part of everyone's vocabulary and are typically associated with larger firms."
Instead of only chasing the giant paycheck, graduates are now opting for jobs with growing companies who can offer competitive benefits and a balanced work life. Small and mid-size companies offer a strong work-life balance, flextime, volunteer incentive programs and other unique benefits to attract
college grads.
Some larger firms are adjusting their recruiting style to target these grads. Maureen Crawford Hentz, Diversity Recruiter for Osram Sylvania explains. "It's a whole new ball game in terms of landing our top candidates," said Hentz. "We spend a lot of time emphasizing our smaller working groups, individual
professional development and the ability to move up within the company."
The recently published results of CollegeGrad.com's annual Top Entry Level Employers Survey suggest good news for today's grads. Many listed among the Top 500 are small or medium companies who are significantly increasing their hiring in 2006. The Top 500 Entry Level Employers and their 2006 recruiting
plans can be viewed online at: http://www.collegegrad.com/topemployers.
The results of the poll reveal that college grad job seekers want a more personal work experience. They want to be names, not just numbers on a spreadsheet. They want opportunities to have a positive impact on their company, and to see the results.
"So if you are a medium or small employer, wondering if you can compete at the entry level with the large employers," says Krueger, "the answer is a resounding yes."
Following are the overall survey results:
What size company would you most like to work for?
A small or medium size company - 70%
A large international company - 30%
The survey was conducted nationally using an online poll placed on the CollegeGrad.com home page. The results are based on nearly 500 respondents.
About CollegeGrad.com:
CollegeGrad.com is the #1 entry level job site on the Internet and is the leader in the field of entry level job search. Brian Krueger is President and Founder of CollegeGrad.com and author of the best-selling book for entry level job search, College Grad Job Hunter.
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