The Wall Street Journal reports that when the July employment report comes out Friday, U.S. payrolls are likely to shrink by an additional 68,000, according to economists. But a substantial number of those who lose their jobs won't get unemployment benefits, even though Congress recently took steps to bolster the program.

PeopleScout, a provider of end-to-end recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and employee retention solutions, announced that on July 24th it achieved a major industry milestone by facilitating its one millionth full-time employee placement since the firm's inception in 1991.

Quintegra Resourcing, a global provider of recruitment process outsourcing services, has opened a new research and sourcing center in New Delhi, India.

Adicio, the leading developer of web-based classified advertising solutions, and NWjobs.com, a service of the Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer, report that since combining forces to leverage Adicio tools and increase self-service job posting revenue, NWJobs online classifieds self-service revenue has increased by 32%.

Workplace training company Anderson-davis, Inc. has released "Working Across Generations, a new eLearning course addressing the issue of generational diversity in today's workplace.

WorkBlast.com, specializing in video resumes and career portfolios has created a professional network designed exclusively for working professionals and the employers and recruiters that target them. Access to the network is included with the free WorkBlast.com membership and is organized by sorting employers, recruiters, and career seekers by career level, industry and location to create relevant professional relationships among group members.

Survey Says
Jeitosa Group International, in conjunction with the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), recently conducted a survey to assess the readiness of the human resources (HR) and HR information technology (HRIT) functions to "go global," considering global strategies and structures, people skills and competencies, business processes and supporting technology infrastructures. Key challenges facing global companies include cultural differences (53 percent); compliance with data privacy regulations (42 percent); varying economic conditions across countries (36 percent); time zone differences (32 percent); legal environment (32 percent); international compliance (26 percent); lack of technology and systems to support global initiatives (51 percent); lack of global leadership (47 percent); and a lack of sufficient other global resources (45 percent).

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