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Reveille and Hyperbole:
"The Impact of Elder Care on Women's Labor Supply," by Richard W. Johnson and
Anthony T. Lo Sasso -- This study found that women ages 55 to 67 who, during a
two-year period, helped elderly parents with personal activities, errands or
chores reduced their work hours by 367 hours a year, or 41 percent, on average.
The authors conclude that "providing informal care to elderly parents may be
incompatible with full-time paid employment" for middle-aged women, and may
hinder efforts that encourage women to delay retirement. The analysis used
recent data from the Health and Retirement Study, conducted by the University of
Michigan for the National Institute on Aging.
blinkx, a leading video search engine, announced a content
partnership with Dow Jones Online that will enable blinkx users to search and
watch video clips from The Wall Street Journal Online, MarketWatch.com and
Barron's Online. Users will now have access to hundreds of hours of business and
financial news, analysis and interviews produced by Dow Jones Online, and
available for free on
www.blinkx.tv
Jarden Corporation (JAH)
today announced the initiation of Operation Careers for Veterans. As part of
Jarden's ongoing support of our troops serving domestically and abroad,
Operation Careers for Veterans will seek to identify, consider and hire
qualified veterans. In addition to contacting military bases located near our
domestic manufacturing facilities, Jarden is partnering with the military
branches as well as "HireVetsFirst" (a veteran employment program administered
by the One Stop Career Centers located in more than 3,500 cities across the
nation) to carry out this initiative.
A new approach to stress at work has been
developed
by academics at the University of Hertfordshire for Heales Medical Ltd. PEST
(Person and Environment Stress Tool), which has been developed between the
University and Heales Medical Ltd, one of the leading providers of Occupational
Health services, provides a tool to enable Occupational Health practitioners to
establish the most likely causes of stress-related absence. It is expected to
double the size of Heales Medical Ltd's business over the next three years.
You Should Know:
Global: What Google Can't Do
Search comes up short delivering video, pics, even text. Meet the startups
trying to fix that.
Ever try typing your grandfather's name into Google images? Unless he's famous,
you'll probably find yourself staring at photos of people you don't know. But if
Sweden's Polar Rose lives up to its promise, it will soon become easy to find
stills of family members and friends on the Net. Polar Rose, which emerged from
stealth mode in December, uses 3D and face-recognition technology that it claims
can single out Grandpa from other family members in a photo posted on a web
site, even if he's not directly facing the camera. Before long, the technology
could be incorporated in mobiles and combined with other services. Recognize
someone at a conference? Just snap a photo, send it in, and within minutes
receive details on the person's identity. (Red
Herring)
Keep Tabs on the Workplace Web
Websense helps you enforce your organization's Web policies and keep employees
surfing on the straight and narrow.
While the Internet enables global communication, collaboration and access to
data stored all over the world, it also poses an array of problems. Are your
employees using the Internet for work or are they perusing the latest lingerie
catalog? They may even be doing something criminal like pirating movies or
behaving outside the legal boundaries of such regulations as Sarbanes-Oxley or
HIPAA. Lawsuits are swarming around the Internet like angry wasps, and your
business could get stung. Keeping your employees' Web usage safe and legal is a
challenge. Employees and employers are both entitled to some protection.
Absolute trust is a thing of the past, but draconian measures won't work either.
You can't assign someone to watch every employee. (MCP)
Israel: Survey: 40% of industrial cos raised salaries this year
The respondents reported a nominal 3.9% increase in salaries in 2006, following
a 4.3% rise in 2005.
The economic recovery has influenced salary levels in industry. 40% of
industrial companies, both high-tech and low technology, raised salaries this
year, according to the Manufacturers Association of Israel salary survey for
2006, published today. (Globes)
Singapore: Flexible Work Arrangements Few In Singapore's Private
Sector Flexible and pro-family working arrangements have increased in Singapore's
private sector but are still not widely practised, a Manpower Ministry report
said Wednesday. A wider availability of such arrangements "can encourage more
women and older persons to stay economically active and longer in the
workforce," the ministry said. Only 5.3 per cent of employees worked on flexible
work schedules this year covering part-time, staggered hours and tele-working,
up 1 per cent from 2004. (Playfuls)
South Africa: Shortage of doctors spells doom for villages Without major intervention, South Africa's rural health care delivery
capacity will collapse from 2008, when its existing life-blood supply of
community service doctors is strangled and hundreds of non-renewable contracts
of foreign doctors end just 12 months later. The local conscript and foreign
doctor corps is now the backbone of South Africa's already severely understaffed
rural and district hospitals, according to an article to appear in the next
edition of Izindaba News, SA Medical Journal. (IOL)
UK: Survey: 40% of industrial cos raised salaries this year
The respondents reported a nominal 3.9% increase in salaries in 2006, following
a 4.3% rise in 2005.
The economic recovery has influenced salary levels in industry. 40% of
industrial companies, both high-tech and low technology, raised salaries this
year, according to the Manufacturers Association of Israel salary survey for
2006, published today. (Birmingham
Post)
US: USAF Space Command puts careers online
The U.S. Air Force Space Command has issued an online career opportunities guide
to boost career opportunities for its personnel. Air Force Times reported
Wednesday that senior personnel officers in Air Force Space Command, or AFSPC,
said the new guide would "allow space professionals to better manage their
careers." AFSPC informed what it described as "credentialed space professionals"
of the guide's availability Dec. 11, Maj. Denise Harris, command lead for
education training programs in AFSPC's Space Professional Management Office at
Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. told the newspaper. (UPI)
WORKPLACE TRENDS: More U.S. workers feel secure in jobs
American workers' confidence in their job security during the past six months
reached an all-time high for the four years that Right Management has conducted
its Career Confidence Index. About 81 percent of workers predicted there was
little or no chance they would lose their jobs in the coming year -- up from 80
percent in May 2006, the last time the survey was done. Furthermore, more
employees than ever in the history of the survey -- 23 percent -- feel it would
be easy to find a similar job at the same pay if they were laid off, up from 18
percent last May, according to the survey of more than 1,000 full-time
employees. (Courier)
Deep Release:
Fourteen of the Top 28 U.S. Metro Markets
Hold Steady or Show Greater Online Job Availability in November, According to
the Monster Local Employment Index
November 2006 Monster Local Employment Index Highlights:
Remaining 14 metro areas show moderating online
recruitment activity as end-of-year hiring slows
Demand for business and financial operations rises or
holds steady in 22 markets
Education, training and library; as well as food
preparation and serving related occupations remain up on a year-over-year
basis across all monitored cities
Cincinnati registers largest month-to-month rise amid
sharp increase in demand for white-collar professionals in business and
financial operations
Houston metro area is unchanged following four-month
growth streak driven by booming oil and gas industry, rising international
trade and strong aerospace and defense industry
Online opportunities in Boston and St. Louis decline,
ending a three-month period of gradual growth
Online job availability increased or remained unchanged in
half of the top 28 U.S. metro markets in November, as employers across the
country wrapped up recruitment of temporary workers for the holiday season,
according to the latest findings of the Monster Local Employment Index. A
majority of the markets tracked by the Index showed only marginal changes - plus
or minus one-to-two points - suggesting no significant shift in overall online
job demand.
Online job opportunities for business and financial operations
rose or held steady in 22 of the 28 monitored markets, indicating continued
strong demand for finance and accounting professionals, particularly as
financial services companies begin preparing for the upcoming auditing and tax
season. In addition, online recruitment for education, training and library; as
well as food preparation and serving related occupations are up on a
year-over-year basis in all 28 monitored markets, showing strong demand
nationwide for teachers and food service industry professionals. Cincinnati,
which already leads the Index in terms of year-over-year growth for management
occupations, registered the largest overall month-to-month rise in November,
driven mainly by a sharply higher demand for white-collar professionals in
business and financial occupations.
"The Monster Local Employment Index findings for November
demonstrate a seasonal slowdown in recruitment activity across most major U.S.
cities as many employers wrapped-up their recruitment of temporary support staff
for the holiday season," said Steve Pogorzelski, Group President, International
at Monster Worldwide. "However, compared to last year, demand for workers
remains elevated in a majority of large metro areas, reflecting tightened local
labor markets in a majority of the country's largest municipalities."
The Houston metro market, which remained the fastest growing
online recruitment market on a year-over-year basis by a wide margin, held
steady at a level of 120 in November, following a four-month growth streak.
Growth in online recruitment in the Houston metro area has been driven by a
booming oil and gas industry, rising international trade and a strong aerospace
and defense industry. Solid population growth in the metro area also has created
new job opportunities in the services sector and helped uphold local demand for
housing.
Meanwhile, Dallas, Indianapolis and Philadelphia were among
the markets showing greater online job availability between October and
November. Increased online recruitment activity in Dallas was fueled by more
opportunities in the broad services sector, while Indianapolis benefited from
higher demand for researchers and scientists. Widened job offers in office and
administrative support occupations, as well as within the installation/repair
and cleaning/maintenance industries, helped drive marginal growth in the
Philadelphia metro market.
Boston and St. Louis each fell three points and registered the
sharpest declines in November, following a three-month period of gradually
rising demand. Boston saw online availability ease among business and
professional services occupations, as well as in construction related
categories. Most categories in St. Louis declined in November, with the notable
exceptions of business and financial operations; and transportation.
On a year-over-year basis, Houston is followed by Cleveland,
Kansas City and Minneapolis as the fastest growing online recruitment markets.
In contrast, Los Angeles, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. occupy the bottom
spots.
Protective service occupations remained the strongest growth
rate performers over the past 12 months, followed by food preparation and
serving; arts, design, entertainment, sports and media; education, training and
library; and building and grounds cleaning and maintenance related positions.
Overall results for the top 28 U.S. metro markets over the past 12 months are as
follows:
NOV
OCT
SEP
AUG
JUL
JUN
MAY
APR
MAR
FEB
JAN
DEC
NOV
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
06
05
05
Atlanta
110
111
110
108
106
106
106
106
105
103
99
100
101
Baltimore
106
107
106
107
102
103
103
104
103
102
99
101
103
Boston
105
108
107
107
100
104
106
104
103
102
99
100
101
Chicago
109
110
108
107
104
105
106
105
104
102
97
99
101
Cincinnati
108
106
106
105
106
105
109
105
101
102
98
100
101
Cleveland
113
113
108
109
105
106
107
108
104
103
97
97
99
Dallas
111
110
110
109
107
107
108
107
106
103
98
100
101
Denver
112
112
112
113
109
106
109
109
107
102
99
98
101
Detroit
110
109
108
108
104
104
106
105
103
103
99
99
102
Houston
120
120
117
115
112
111
112
110
107
105
100
100
100
Indianapolis
109
108
108
107
107
105
106
109
105
103
98
99
100
Kansas City
114
114
113
111
106
107
109
107
104
103
97
99
100
Los Angeles
104
105
104
101
104
102
104
104
105
103
100
100
102
Miami
107
108
106
105
103
105
106
106
106
104
100
100
98
Minneapolis
114
116
113
111
109
109
108
107
106
103
99
100
102
New York City
108
108
106
106
102
104
106
106
103
103
98
99
101
Orlando
107
106
105
105
103
101
103
103
103
101
100
100
101
Philadelphia
107
106
105
105
102
101
103
103
103
103
101
101
101
Phoenix
110
110
111
112
110
111
113
109
106
103
101
102
102
Pittsburgh
109
109
106
106
103
102
103
103
106
104
101
99
102
Portland
111
113
112
115
107
108
110
106
102
103
100
101
101
Sacramento
108
109
106
109
105
103
106
109
108
107
98
98
100
San Diego
110
111
110
115
107
106
107
106
105
106
100
101
102
San Francisco
111
111
109
110
105
105
106
106
106
105
99
100
100
Seattle
111
113
112
115
109
109
110
108
106
103
100
101
100
St.Louis
108
111
109
108
105
108
107
107
106
104
100
99
100
Tampa
103
104
103
106
104
104
106
106
106
104
101
99
100
Washington, D.C.
104
106
106
106
101
100
102
102
103
102
99
100
101
The December results of the Monster Local Employment Index
will be released on January 22, 2007.
About the Monster Local Employment Index
Providing a broad, comprehensive monthly analysis of online
job demand in the top 28 U.S. metro markets, the Monster Local Employment Index
is an extension of the national Monster Employment Index, which is compiled each
month by researchers at Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST), parent company
of the leading global online career and recruitment resource, Monster(R). Based
on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from more
than 1,500 Web sites, including Monster(R), the Monster Local Employment Index
presents a snapshot of employer online recruitment activity in the top 28 U.S.
markets with the largest working populations.
The Index counts job postings as an indicator of employer
demand for employees or, in other words, job availability. Job postings are
online advertisements placed by an employer looking to fill one or more vacant,
or recently created, job positions. All of the data and findings have been
validated for accuracy through independent, monthly third party auditing
conducted by ARC Research of Cranford, New Jersey. Individual Index reports
containing data for each of the 28 metro markets, as well as additional
information on occupational demand in each area, are now available at http://LocaleIndex.monsterworldwide.com.
About Monster Worldwide
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST) parent company of
Monster(R), the premier global online employment solution for more than a
decade, strives to bring people together to advance their lives. With a local
presence in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for
everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels and by
providing personalized career advice to consumers globally. Through online media
sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to
advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ
100. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading products and services, visit
www.monster.com. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at
www.monsterworldwide.com.
Special Note: Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for historical information
contained herein, the statements made in this release constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking
statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including statements
regarding Monster Worldwide, Inc.'s strategic direction, prospects and future
results. Certain factors, including factors outside of Monster Worldwide's
control, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
the forward- looking statements, including economic and other conditions in the
markets in which Monster Worldwide operates, risks associated with acquisitions,
competition, seasonality and the other risks discussed in Monster Worldwide's
Form 10-K and other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
which discussions are incorporated in this release by reference.
CONTACT: Monster Worldwide
Kathryn Burns, 212-351-7063
kathryn.burns@monsterworldwide.com
or
Weber Shandwick
Lauren McDonald, 617-520-7116
lmcdonald@webershandwick.com
or
Christian Harper, 212-445-8135
charper@webershandwick.com
SOURCE: Monster Worldwide, Inc.
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