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Women In The Workforce: Families and Work Institute Weighs In For the first time, young women want just as much to advance to jobs with more responsibility as young men. Moreover, being a mother does not significantly change young women's career ambitions. The gradual increase of women in the labor force over the past half century, combined with various work life trends and economic pressures, has resulted in a shrinking gap between how men and women view their careers, family roles, and the fit between their lives on and off the job.(1) From the desire to take on greater responsibility at work, to how men and women share responsibilities at home, the differences between the genders are in many cases narrowing according to a newly released report entitled "Times Are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and At Home," which examines the evolution of work-related gender roles over the past three decades. (read more) In The News Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) for February 2009. Regional and State unemployment rates were nearly all higher in February. Forty-nine States and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, while all 50 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates than a year earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The national unemployment rate rose from 7.6 percent in January to 8.1 percent in February, which was 3.3percentage points higher than a year earlier. The Monster Employment Index rose moderately in February, adding four points, as a majority of industries, occupations and regions registered increased online job availability. During February, online job availability rose in 17 of the Index's 20 industry categories and in 18 of the 23 occupational categories measured. However, on a year-over-year basis, the Index remained down 26%, the same annual pace observed in January. Empower Software Solutions, a national provider of end-to-end human resources software and services to medium and large-sized corporations, announced the launch of the organization under its new name, Empower Software Solutions, Inc. Formerly Empagio, Empower Software Solutions was created following the acquisition of Tesseract Payroll Systems, Unitime Systems Time and Attendance, Business Analytics Corporation (BAC) and most recently, Federal Liaison Services (FLS) from Sage North America. The first three Indeed.com Video Tutorial Series are available online, designed to help users know how to take advantage of everything the website offers. Staffing services provider Veritude released a new white paper titled "Risky Business: Five Tips for Minimizing Employment Liability." According to Veritude, co-employment and worker misclassification are some of the highest risk issues related to a contingency workforce. This paper offers five tips to all companies to help them limit risks related to hiring a temporary workforce. Newton, Inc. is a San Francisco-based enterprise software company. Newton is a simple to use, web-based, applicant management and recruiting software application designed to organize and simplify recruiting programs through the use of modern Web 2.0 tools, making it easier for everyone to get involved with the hiring process. Founders are Steve Hazelton and Joel Passen. Best Places for Business and Careers according to Yahoo! Real Estate. In case you hadn't heard, Jack Welch will kick off this year's opening session of The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference and Exposition. See our Calendar of Events in Friday's ERN for details.
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