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Permanent Job Placements Fall in April: LONDON (Reuters UK) - The number of permanent job placements fell for the second time in three months in April as growth in vacancies for permanent staff languished at its weakest since mid-2003, a survey showed on Wednesday. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG Report on ...; Tags: Human Resources, Job, Oukbs, Placement, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management; News items 2008-05-06
BNET Launches in UK and Australia: We took to the streets of London, Sydney, and the original home of BNET, San Francisco, to see how our work lives are similar and different. How many hours per week do Aussies work? Do the Brits really get 6 weeks off? Is it true that Americans spend less time...; Tags: U.K.; Videos 2008-04-30
Recruiting Top Performers: Irina Haydon, executive director of sales and service at Heartland Payment Systems, says there are three things she wants in a salesperson: chemistry, integrity and competence.; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, recruiting, sales; Videos 2008-04-24
Firms Jostle For Managers in China as Business Booms: By Susan Fenton HONG KONG (Reuters UK) - American-born Thomas Kwan's career has taken off since he moved to China to work as the country manager for a U.S. health products company. "If I'd stayed in the U.S. I wouldn't have had the same opportunity for...; Tags: China, Human Resources, Manager, Oukbs, Talent, Workforce Management; News items 2008-04-27
Ensuring a Safe Work Experience: Many organisations have work experience placements that allow students to get a feel for different workplaces --- enabling them to better make educated decisions on future occupations. What you may not be aware of, is that those host employers are required to provide the same occupational health and safety (OH&S)...; Tags: Student, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Campbell Fisher; Blog posts 2008-05-07

Layoffs Rise 68 Percent in April Vs March: Survey: NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. companies' planned layoffs jumped 68 percent in April from the prior month to the highest since September 2006, pointing to further deterioration in the labor market, a report showed on Thursday. Planned job cuts in U.S. companies totaled...; Tags: Workforce management, Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., layoff, deterioration, U.S. company, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., transportation, financial service, job, telecommunications, survey, financial, industry; News items 2008-05-01
Rumors Swirl of Layoffs at Oglivy NY: Two ad bloggers today said they've heard rumors of lay offs coming down the pike at Ogilvy NY. George Packer, the funny, foul-mouthed blogger behind AdScam and AdHurl, reported this morning: One of my "deep throats" in New York tells me there have been big layoffs this morning at...; Tags: Layoff, Blogger, Workforce Management, Blogging, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Internet, Sales, Jake Swearingen; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Diageo to Build New Irish Guinness Brewery: By David Jones LONDON (Reuters UK) - Diageo (DGE) will spend 520 million pounds on a new brewery on the edge of Dublin, but Guinness fans in Britain and Ireland will still get their dark beer from the historic brewery in the heart of the Irish...; Tags: Diageo Plc., Brewery, St James, Gate, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Accounting, Human Resources; News items 2008-05-09
Ethical Decisions: For Leadership Only?: Monster.com, the Internet job-listing giant, has a quiz on its site called "Test Your Business Ethics." The quiz is aimed at entry-level employees who are new to business and presents five ethical dilemmas, each with three possible courses of action. What's interesting is that the correct answer for three of...; Tags: Dilemma, Business Ethics, Workforce Management, Leadership, Management, Human Resources, William Baker; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Fed to Teach Groups How to Buy Foreclosed Homes: CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner said on Wednesday that the Fed would work with a national affordable housing group to help stabilize neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates. Kroszner, in remarks to a training conference sponsored by NeighborWorks...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, SECURITY, inflation, Federal Reserve Board, risk, business investment, patch, U.S., housing market, profit margin, interest rate, Thomson Reuters Corp., monitor; News items 2008-05-07
Ignite your Company's Innovation: A Hot Spot is a moment when people are working together in exceptionally creative and collaborative ways. Hot spots occur when the energy within and between people ﬂares. Ideas become contagious and new possibilities appear. Hot spots ﬂare through the spontaneous combustion of three elements and the multiplier effect...; Tags: Innovation, Hot Spot, Relationship, Mindset, Workforce Management, Leadership, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Lynda Gratton; Blog posts 2008-05-02
GM to Cut Truck Production and Negotiate Union Layoffs: DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM) on Monday said it would cut planned truck production at four North American plants in the coming quarter because of weaker demand for its full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. GM said it would cut...; Tags: General Motors Corp., SUV, Detroit, layoff, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-04-28
Merrill Lynch Hires Montag to Head Global Trading: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER) said it hired Thomas Montag, former co-head of global securities trading at Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS), as Chief Executive John Thain looks to new talent to turn around the largest ...; Tags: Workforce management, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., NYSE Euronext, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., brokerage, talent, New York, CEO, Thomson Reuters Corp., security; News items 2008-04-28
HR Managers Need More Long-Term Vision: The Find: Assessing and planning for a firm's long-term talent needs rather than simply filling vacancies will be the role of successful HR departments in the future. The Source: A study from the Adecco Institute based on interviews with more than 5,000 HR professionals, along with an...; Tags: Workforce management, Supply chain management (SCM), vision, Jessica Stillman, talent, Joyce Bradley, Capelli, Human Resources; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Michael Tucker: Entertainment Entrepreneur: Michael Tucker is President of Zia Entertainment, a company that manages and develops various talent in the production industry. Tucker talks about how he found his career and the importance of staying flexible in a diverse and competitive business climate.; Tags: talent, career, entertainment; Videos 2008-04-29
Flextime is Good for Employees' Health, Too: The Find: Flextime has been shown to improve productivity and aid retention; now researchers have found it improves health and reduces absenteeism as well. The Source: Recent research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine published in the Psychologist-Manager Journal. ...; Tags: Vertical industries, Workforce management, Jessica Stillman, flex-time, health care, absence; Blog posts 2008-04-29
U.S. May Block UK-Saudi Eurofighter Deal: LONDON (Reuters UK) - A British government contract to supply Saudi Arabia with Eurofighter Typhoon planes could be in jeopardy because of an internal U.S. administration debate over whether to approve the deal, The Financial Times reported on Friday. The U.S. state department must approve...; Tags: BAE Systems Plc., State Department, Justice Department, Workforce Management, Government, Human Resources, Oukbs, US; News items 2008-04-17
Wachovia's Golden West Becomes Golden Albatross: The big loss at Wachovia yesterday may have been a surprise, but according to the company's hometown newspaper the writing had been on the wall all along. Charlotte Observer writer Rick Rothacker took a long hard look at the spoke that got stuck in Wachovia's wheels -...; Tags: Wachovia Corp., Sales Strategy, Workforce Management, Sales Force Management, Sales, Human Resources, Kevin Kelleher; Blog posts 2008-04-16
International Recruitment Trends: The increasing globalization of the marketplace combined with an ever increasing shortage of skilled staff and advances in technology have resulted in large scale changes to recruitment practices throughout the world. Organizations hiring staff continue to undergo massive change in striving to be competitive and profitable. Many organizations have...; Tags: globalization, hiring, outsourcing; White papers
Employees Today Feel Like Slaves: " No wonder many employees today feel like slaves shackled to their jobs with little freedom to control their day-to-day work or their career. Many employees live in a state of perpetual anxiety about losing their jobs. The slave analogy is also relevant because employees do not feel management cares...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR.com, well-being, anxiety, job, bond, decision-making, career, worker, environment; White papers