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Initial Jobless Claims Rise in Latest Week: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of workers filing initial claims for unemployment benefits rose a bigger-than-expected 35,000 last week, and the number of workers remaining on jobless benefits climbed to a four-year high, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Initial claims...; Tags: U.S. Department of Labor, worker, Washington, benefit, Thomson Reuters Corp., analyst; News items 2008-05-01
Jobless Claims Fall Unexpectedly: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing initial claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell by 33,000 last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday, though the number of workers remaining on jobless benefits continued at a high level. Initial...; Tags: Benefits, U.S. Department of Labor, worker, Washington, benefit, Thomson Reuters Corp., analyst; News items 2008-04-24
Ford to Offer Union Buyouts at Two U.S. Plants: DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co F will offer buyouts to United Auto Workers union-represented hourly employees at plants in Chicago and Louisville, Kentucky, to try to trim its ranks, the company said on Friday. Ford, which has been cutting production capacity to...; Tags: Manufacturing, Mark Fields, Ford Motor Co., automobile company, UAW, worker, Chicago, president, Thomson Reuters Corp., job, U.S.; News items 2008-05-02
4 Work-Arounds to the H1B Problem: CEOs, especially those involved in high tech, see the same pattern year after year. They desperately need high-level, foreign workers since universities in the U.S. are not turning out enough software writers and computer engineers. Yet nothing ever seems to get done in Congress to boost the...; Tags: Peter Galuszka, L-1 visa, visa, H1B Problem, Paul Colman, Visa Inc.; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Putting a Value on worker Morale: A happy worker works twelve times harder than an unhappy one, according to Pixar's Brad Bird. Tucked deep into a McKinsey Quarterly interview with Bird and plucked out by blogger Jason Kottke, is this quote from the guy behind The Incredibles and Ratatouille. In my experience, the...; Tags: David Goldenberg, morale, worker; Blog posts 2008-05-05

Effective Conflict Resolution: Conflicts can decrease productivity and cause unwarranted utilization of time and energy. Organizations must have effective methods for resolving conflicts that may arise either on a horizontal axis, that is, between individual managers or between workers or on a vertical axis, between workers and managers. Conflicts can exist between people...; Tags: Communication skills, conflict resolution, worker; White papers
Make Your Office Ergonomic: Buying ergonomic furniture or other equipment and hiring consultants to teach workers how to protect themselves against injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome can be expensive. But the costs of not making that investment are much higher - and sometimes ruinous. Employers often must pay for medical treatment or workers´...; Tags: AllBusiness.com, worker, compensation, hiring; White papers
How to Manage a Staff of Young Employees: If an individual is managing a staff of young employees, the individual understands that workers in this age group pose their own unique challenges to management. Younger workers bring potent energy, drive, and enthusiasm to the company - they want to be challenged and are confident that they can achieve...; Tags: AllBusiness.com, worker; White papers
Employers Seek Legal Shelter for "Phased Retirement" Plans: Employers concerned with a shrinking labor pool are now trying to keep workers on the job for as long as possible. In addition, many workers eyeing retirement in their early 60s are increasingly wary of the financial and benefit implications of leaving work entirely. As a result, there is a...; Tags: Benefits, worker, benefit, financial, job; White papers
Don't Zap the Remote!: This presentation talks about the remote employees and the method of their communication. It states that remote employee are those who spends the major proportion of their time away from their employer’s head office or other permanent site; or is in some other way isolated from the mainstream. This definition...; Tags: temporary worker, worker, supplier, strategy; Presentations
Leading Older workers: What Younger Managers Must Do: Back in 1912, George Bernard Shaw made an observation that stands the test of time, "It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date." Those words have special meaning for the young person supervising older colleagues. Not only will the...; Tags: Lead Well Institute; White papers
The Latest Management Trend - Brightsizing: Brightsizing is defined as "Corporate downsizing in which the brightest workers are let go. This happens when a company lays off those workers with the least seniority, but its those young workers who are often the best trained and educated." Sometimes brightsizing is blamed on union contracts, which enforce seniority-based...; Tags: worker, downsizing, firing, hiring; White papers
Being A Good worker Alone Does Not Get You That Promotion: You maybe a great worker but is your etiquette stopping that much deserved promotion. Yes? Then its time you turn to us for some good etiquette lessons. Appropriate business etiquette can have significant influence on your career, promotions and pay hikes. Etiquette makes a huge difference in the way you...; Tags: worker, career; White papers
HCM for information-driven companies: Globalization, outsourcing, innovative organizational structures, a far-reaching regulatory environment - these are just some of the profound trends affecting the way businesses work today. Worker mobility and diversity, social networking, online collaboration - these are just some of the profound trends affecting the way workers work today. The...; Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Workday, worker, online collaboration, organizational structure, ERP system, globalization, workforce, environment, ERP, outsourcing, Human Resources, social networking, e-mail, desktop, network; White papers
SCORE Offers Sage Advice To Staffing Service In Columbia, MO: There's nothing like experience, and lots of it. Just ask Jo Manhart of Columbia, MO. Jo, the former executive director of the Missouri Poultry Federation, was preparing to start Available Jones, a staffing agency that would specialize in placing older and retired workers in short-term jobs. But before Jo could...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, staffing, worker, hiring, tax, job, Web site, Web; Case studies
Disenchanted worker In Indianapolis, IN, Finds Niche In Franchise Ownership: Lesley discovered Cookies by Design when her father received a gift cookie "Bouquet." It immediately appealed to her and she began to research ownership opportunities. Once Lesley paid a deposit on her franchise fee, she was up and running in a few months. But in the meantime, she had to...; Tags: cookie, market research, worker; Case studies
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: Recruitment & Selection, recruiting, worker, strategy, job; White papers
Team Motivation: People hear the term motivation often. Generally they associate the word with human behavior, meaning, and a state of mind that moves people to action. And even though few of them have had formal training in it, it' one of those characteristics of life that seems to fit the old...; Tags: worker, motivation, workplace, training, team; White papers
Excavator Careers: Employers of excavating careers must adhere to state law and government regulations, which include protecting their workers. The companies must provide their staff workers a good operational environment. Employers offer excavation jobs are required to point out potential hazards in the work field while acknowledging the potential risks. Employers hire...; Tags: Excavator, supervisor, career, worker, environment; White papers
The Road to Retirement: Keep Mature workers on Your Payroll Longer: As 76 million baby boomers approach retirement age, there is a predicted labor shortage because only one new person will enter the workforce for every two that retire. One way to lessen the impact of the predicted shortage is to entice mature workers to stay on the job longer. The...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Ceridian Corp., workforce, worker, payroll, job, financial; White papers