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Business Pros Fail Basic Grammar
The Find: 85 percent of written correspondence among adults and business professionals contains grammatical errors. The Source: An analysis of more than 5,000 pieces of business and other writing from software firm WhiteSmoke Inc. The Takeaway: WhiteSmoke makes grammar checking software, so...
Tags: Cellular Phones, Jessica Stillman, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Adult, Text Messaging, Grammar
Blog posts 2008-05-23
Recruiting Wisdom And Maturity: Strategies For Recruiting Older Workers
As far as Recruitment is concerned, a question, which arises, is that how can employers recruit older adults more effectively? What are the elements of recruitment that are essential to attract this labor market segment? First, it is important to consider what the current work status is for older adults....
Tags: Strategy, Recruiting, Adult, Cathy Fyock, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2002-01-01
Project Management: Everything Is A Project
Fun in learning may be associated with child's play. Only children play games, use colors, listen to music, are physically active, and collaborate & interact while they learn. We adults have to sit in an uncomfortable chair and listen to someone droning on for hours, days, and weeks while we...
Tags: Adult, RightBiz Enterprises, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Games, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Personal Technology
White papers 2009-01-01
Breaking News: Christie Hefner Out As Playboy Chairman, Will Leave CEO And Board Posts As Well
Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) for the last two decades, is leaving the family business, stepping down as chairman today and as CEO Jan. 31, 2009. It looks like a complete break: she will leave the board when a new CEO is found. Effective immediately, board...
Tags: Board, Playboy, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Entertainment, Adult, Industry Moves, Media, Magazines, Staci D. Kramer, Playboy Enterprises Inc.
External links 2008-12-08
@ UBS Media Week: Playboy's Hunt For New CEO; 'We Don't Know How Long It Will Take'
Not surprisingly, Christie Hefner, the outgoing CEO of Playboy (NYSE: PLA), was a no-show for her scheduled appearance at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference. Instead a quartet of the company's execs sought to make the case that Playboy's long-awaited web relaunch will turn things around. The...
Tags: Advertisement, Playboy, UBS AG, Advertising, Marketing, Entertainment, Adult, Media, Magazines, Social Media, Conferences, Media Week, David Kaplan, Playboy Enterprises Inc.
External links 2008-12-09
Interview: Christie Hefner: 'Change Will Be Good For The Company'
I'd hoped to see Christie Hefner in New York Tuesday, where she was supposed to lead Playboy's presentation at the UBS Global Media and Communications conference. Instead, she was in Chicago when we spoke by phone a day after her surprising announcement that, after two decades heading the family...
Tags: Playboy, Barack Obama, Corporate Governance, Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Entertainment, Adult, Media, Magazines, Staci D. Kramer, Playboy Enterprises Inc.
External links 2008-12-10
Earnings: Playboy Q2 Loss Worse Than Expected; Digital Profits, Revs Drop
Although Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) had warned that its Q2 earnings would look worse than previously thought due to higher restructuring charges, the company still managed to miss analysts expectations. Playboy's net loss widened to $8.7 million ($0.26 per share) from $3.2 million ($0.10 per share) last year. Analysts...
Tags: Revenue, Income, Playboy, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Finance, Entertainment, Adult, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, David Kaplan, Playboy Enterprises Inc.
External links 2009-08-04
Playboy Looked at Buying AdultFriendfinder Before It Filed For IPO
Not that this matters in the scheme of things, but shows the opportunities that Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) squandered over the years that helped it land in its current fix: the adult entertainment company looked at buying Various Inc, the parent of AdultFriendfinder, two years ago, before Penthouse bought...
Tags: Playboy, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Rafat Ali
External links 2009-08-26
Industry Moves: Playboy Reorg Promotes Vaickus To President; Digital Head Stephen Adds Print Duties
As Playboy (NYSE: PLA) Enterprises’ sale plans remain in a state of suspended animation, the company is making some internal moves as it looks to improve its dismal print and digital businesses. As part of a small restructuring, Alex Vaickus is being promoted from his current perch as ...
Tags: Industry, Playboy, Industry Moves, Entertainment, Adult, Media & Publishing, Magazines, David Kaplan
External links 2009-10-06
Online Degree Options For Adults
The Internet offers many online degree options for adults, making it one of the fastest growing opportunities for nontraditional students seeking to further their education. In an increasingly competitive job market, many adults are seriously considering going back to school, but lack the time required to attend college full-time as...
Tags: Adult, DiscoveryArticles.com, Degree Option, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2008-03-13
Making The Grade With An Online College Degree
The online college degree is now a legitimate mainstay of education. Even though the hectic world that adults have created for themselves can be somewhat overwhelming, there are good things that develop out of it. Thanks to the Internet, adults looking to further themselves both personally and vocationally can do...
Tags: Education, Adult, DiscoveryArticles.com, College Degree, Internet
White papers 2008-01-12
Finding The Gold In The Graying Of America
According to a survey published, employers already recognize the benefits of employing older adults; yet do little to encourage their return to the workplace or to actively retain their experience. The survey also demonstrated that in spite of this favorable attitude toward employment qualities of older adults, few organizations are...
Tags: Survey, Adult, Worker, Cathy Fyock, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2002-01-01
Promoting Older Adult Health : Aging Network Partnerships to Address Medication, Alcohol, and Mental Health Problems
The profiles in this guide offer a broad range of models to address substance abuse and mental health problems in adults. Some partnerships involve formalized contractual arrangements between multiple organizations. Others are based on informal working relationships. Regardless of the approach that has been taken, these organizations have learned many...
Tags: Network, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Health Care, Adult, Business Structures, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2002-03-29
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2002
This paper presents selected estimates of complementary and alternative medicine CAM use among U.S. adults, using data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey NHIS, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's CDC National Center for Health Statistics NCHS. Sixty-two percent of adults used some form of CAM...
Tags: U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Therapy, Adult, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2004-05-27
Physical Activity Among Adults: United States, 2000
This report presents selected prevalence estimates for overall physical activity among U.S. adults, using data from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey NHIS, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's CDC National Center for Health Statistics NCHS. Adults who lifted or carried moderate or heavy loads during their...
Tags: U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Activity, Adult
White papers 2003-05-14
Leisure-Time Physical Activity Among Adults: United States, 1997-98
This paper presents selected prevalence estimates for leisure-time physical activity among U.S. adults, using data from the National Health Interview Survey NHIS. Leisure-time physical activity among adults has been the focus of public health efforts for many years. In the United States, cross-sectional studies of the association between physical activity...
Tags: U.S., Public Health, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Activity, Adult, Healthcare, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2002-04-07
Severely Disabling Chronic Pain in Young Adults: Prevalence From Population-Based Postal Survey in North Staffordshire
Severely disabling chronic pain in the adult population is strongly associated with a range of negative health consequences for individuals and high health care costs, yet its prevalence in young adults is less clear. Pain is a common phenomenon encountered by young adults, affecting 66.9% of this study population. Previously...
Tags: Health Care, Survey, Adult, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2005-07-21
Reexamining Age, Race, Site, and Thermometer Type as Variables Affecting Temperature Measurement in Adults - A Comparison Study
As a result of the international vigilance regarding disease assessment, accurate measurement of body temperature has become increasingly important. Yet, trusted low-tech, portable mercury glass thermometers are no longer available. Thus, comparing accuracy of mercury-free thermometers with mercury devices is essential. This study purposes were to examine age, race, site...
Tags: BioMed Central, Adult
White papers 2003-06-15
Recruiting Young Workers: Six Strategies For Success
Young adults these days are not just worried about getting a degree-related job post graduation; they are increasingly concerned with field-related summer and semester internships. Interestingly enough, many of these young adults are students currently enrolled at universities and colleges around the nation and are eager to apply their newly-acquired...
Tags: Recruiting, Adult, Worker, Success Performance Solutions, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers
Aspiring Managers: Learn to Behave Like Adults
Learning to be a mature adult is hard enough - most of us aren't there yet. Learning to be a good manager is way harder. You have to deal with your maturity, that of your employees, and all those leadership skills that management gurus haven't even figured out. Admit it...
Tags: Adult, Leadership, Management, Steve Tobak
Blog posts 2009-09-11
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