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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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.

Employment Branding – Build An Image That Brings Candidates To You

There’s a catch-phrase whizzing around the human resource world these days – Employment Branding. What the heck is it? And how do you get it?

If your company has employees and former employees, you have an image as an employer (whether you like it or not).

Good Cop – Bad Cop Method of Fee Collecting

frankrisalvato Before I even start this brief article I should mention that my client relationships are generally rock solid. They realize the vast amount of effort and work that goes into each search and more than 95% of the time so appreciative that they gladly pay as soon as the invoice is received.

Workplace Conflict- The Hidden Culprit

The Hidden Culprit of Conflict?

Workplace conflict costs companies billions of dollars by turnover, absenteeism, loss of productivity, and even legal costs. The hidden cause of workplace conflict may not be what you may think. This simple error can compound itself and your team into costly and embarrassing trouble.

Job Seeker Integrity: It Matters

barbpoole Nice guys do not always finish last. Your integrity influences hiring decisions. The Corporate Executive Board in Arlington, Virginia recently surveyed 500,000 employees in over 85 countries. The study found that companies identified as having high-integrity cultures are 67 percent less likely to observe significant instances of misconduct, such as accounting irregularities and insider trading, than companies with low-integrity cultures. What does this mean to the job seeker?