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Rubio Aide: Some American Workers 'Can't Cut It' -- True or False?

Some American workers "can't cut it."** That's what an unnamed aide to Sen. Marco Rubio told the

Won't hire convicted criminals? Uncle Sam might have a problem with that

If you've got a policy against hiring anyone with a criminal record, you better review guidelines issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ...

Sexual Intercourse While Swinging From A Motel Chandelier: Employer Held Liable For Injuries Sustained

A female employee traveling for her employer met a “friend” and at her motel room with him became “injured whilst engaging in sexual interc...

DHS Announces Re-designation and 18-Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Syria

WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has re-designated Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the existing TPS d...

EEOC Files Suit Against Two Employers for Use of Criminal Background Checks

BMW Fired and Denied Hire to Class of Employees Who Worked Successfully for Years; Dollar General Disproportionately Excluded African Americans From Hire ...

Gregory Jackson, Rutgers Chief of Staff facing discrimination Lawsuit.

In early April, as the Rutgers president, Robert L. Barchi, was working to defuse a coaching abuse scandal, he named Gregory S. Jackson, a university adminis...

Striking Fast-Food and Walmart Workers As Stimulus

Workers striking at fast-food restaurants and Walmart stores around the country are seeking more than better wages and working conditions for themselves. The...

Green card lottery could soon be eliminated

Washington: In the contentious debate over immigration policy, three groups have dominated public and political attention: the roughly 11 million undocumente...

Immediate Reminder: Employers Must Use Revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

USCIS will no longer accept previous versions of Form I-9 WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds employers that begin...

Employer Demands For Facebook And Email Passwords As Precondition For Job Interviews May Be A Violation Of Federal Law; Senators Ask Feds To Investigate

NEW YORK, NY – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) today called on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (...

It’s Easy to Get Fired or Go to Jail: Just Lie on Your Resume

Of all the lies she told in her professional life, attorney Soma Sengupta probably didn’t guess that the simplest one would destroy her career. A c...

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act - ENDA - of 2013 will be introduced with problems

Employment protections bill introduced for the 20th time… but will expanded religious exemptions doom ENDA before it’s even reintroduced? Th...

Sign on a church billboard – Don’t be too open minded, your brain might fall off

As of late I seem to get the inspiration for our blog posts from the local signs on churches of all denominations. The other day I passed one that said “Don’t be too open minded, your brain might fall out.” Really is that what they meant to say?

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3 Remedies for the Long-Term, Unhappily EMPLOYED

Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter

International Talent Management Strategist Dorothy Dalton inspired me with her recent post on surviving long-term unemployment. Her pithy, content-rich article articulated real-life examples of professionals and executives battling extended job loss as well as strategies to stimulate career traction.

Still Willing To Have Unpaid Interns?

John E. Thompson

We have repeatedly cautioned that employers who are prepared to take on unpaid interns should enter into these arrangements with their eyes fully open. New developments emphasize this yet again.

The Fastest Way to Make a Placement

Bill Radin

(Hint: It's Spelled E - I - O)

The other day, a recruiter told me she needed to make a placement NOW.

She had an existing job order, plus a candidate she was ready to present her client. However, she was getting bogged down with the resume routine: Submit. Wait. Get feedback.

Did I have any suggestions?

5 Tips for More Efficient Recruiting

Erica L. Fener, Ph.D

Generating a solid set of sources, techniques, and people to generate job candidates is a great beginning for the recruiting process. Developing a stellar recruiting team is just as important as locating stellar candidates, however, and better recruiting skills lead to more efficient hiring.

Being CEO for a day

Kimberly Roden

If I had the opportunity to be the CEO for a day, I’d tell the entire organization to forget everything they know, have experienced or have been told about Human Resources. We’re going to focus on one thing — making work better! Making the employment experience what it’s supposed to be: mutually beneficial.