Hungarian hacker gets 30 months for extortion plot on Marriott

Hacker demanded a $150K job, free hotel room and the right to work whenever he wanted Computerworld - A Hungarian hacker who attempted to extort money from Marriott International Inc. by...

Legal Alert: Title VII Record-Keeping Requirements Extended to GINA

Executive Summary: In a final rule published by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on February 3, 2012, the agency has extended the record-keeping requirements imposed under Title VII...

Report: Failed drug tests leave jobs open

Connection between drug abuse, joblessness part of state report’s findings. There are more than 80,000 job openings in Ohio, but employers say finding enough workers who can pass drug tests to...

Morning Bell: Federal Workers Overpaid, and CBO Agrees

Here’s some news that federal bureaucrats in Washington — and indeed around the country — don’t want to hear: According to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report (http://cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12696) released this...

Cities where women earn the best pay

San Jose tops the list, followed by San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Can where you hang your hat shape the size of your salary? Absolutely. U.S. job markets vary drastically by...

Facebook Timeline Looms: What You Need to Know

Soon Facebook users who have been avoiding the social network’s Timeline feature (http://www.pcworld.com/article/240400/facebook_adds_timeline_feature_and_supercharges_apps.html?tk=rel_news) won’t be able to stave it off any longer and will be seeing their profiles change considerably....

Kitzhaber, Oregan and other State Officials face a Disabilities Act class action lawsuit

Disability Rights Oregon, Oregon's protection and advocacy system, filed a class action federal lawsuit under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging that undue segregation of people...

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The Socialization of Recruiting

If you have been a recruiter for any length of time you know that the industry is evolving at the speed of the internet. When I started recruiting we relied on newspaper ads to push our jobs out to the public and cold called prospects over the telephone to pull them in to interview. We also did a lot of networking… old school networking.

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SPHR: There Are Easier Ways to Get a Buzz

krista Passing the SPHR is the equivalent of at least three drinks. Seriously, I’m not sure I was safe to drive after leaving the test site. Discombobulated, I left my phone behind. After retrieving it, I got on the highway going south when I should have gone north. I was in a daze and I kept catching myself speeding, which was scary because I was hardly “present.” My endorphin/adrenaline high lasted late into the night.

My truck does more for me than HR!

peterlanc That was the start of our conversation!
I asked. “What’s the problem?” (The culture/psychology enquirer in me!)
He said. “Well you want the good news and the bad news story about my truck?”
Sure I said (getting ready for something compelling!)

Tips and Ideas to Engage Your Employees and Outperform the Competition!

jacqueline thorp Companies lose millions of dollars a year because of employee disengagement. Your company does NOT have to be one of them. Disengaged employees and a high turnover rate, impact your business' productivity, level of innovation, and ultimately the bottom line. The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) has published a study exploring how workplace learning affects employee engagement levels with the following data:

BANK OF AMERICA (BOA) V. SOLIS and the 4th Ammendment

BoA Suffers a Loss that Likely Benefits All Federal Contractors in the Future

BoA issued a 4th Amendment challenge to an OFCCP request for information for an on-site review under the threat of debarment. The case was heard by US Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson of the District Court of the District of Columbia on 12/13/11. A link to the 37-page ruling follows: Read more...

Employment Recovery: Why it will take longer and what you can do about it

sherriedwards Unemployment is the product of a recession, not the cause of it. Unemployment numbers will continue to climb long after the official start of a recession, and typically will take considerable time to correct after the official end of a recession.