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To say that the Internet is having an impact today on the permanent and contract recruiting business in Indiana and elsewhere is truly the understatement of the new millennium. Technology and the Internet’s influence ranges from astoundingly positive to incredibly debilitating and destructive.

The U.S. Census Bureau reported today more women than men are expected to occupy professions such as doctors, lawyers and college professors as they represent approximately 58 percent of young adults, age 25 to 29, who hold an advanced degree. In addition, among all adults 25 and older, more women than men had high school diplomas and bachelor’s degrees.

Given a chance would you hire Albert Einstein as your scientist or maybe consider FDR, Beethoven, or Thomas Edison?  These and are several of the famous people who had some form of disability

As corporations across the country have come to understand the nature of today's fast-evolving cyberthreat landscape, many of them are now asking themselves the same question: What kind of security team does an organization need?

Another conversation regarding  Passive Versus Active candidates caught my eye;  it was suggested that some comments made were generalizations. Especially comments based upon a recent research document that showed that passive Candidates were "better than active".

Keeping people is arguably one of the most challenging aspects of running a business today. All companies, regardless of size, industry or geography, are struggling with how to keep employees from leaving for more money or better opportunities.

Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act
This fact sheet provides general information to help determine whether interns must be paid the minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act for the services that they provide to “for-profit” private sector employers.

A landmark sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc may proceed as a class-action case, a federal appeals court said, dealing the retailer a major blow and exposing it to billions of dollars of potential damages.

Company to also pay $100,000 in fines for violating federal wage and hour law. 
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a judgment against Raceway Petroleum and Nicholas Kambitsis to pay $3.9 million in unpaid overtime wages and liquidated damages to more than 700 of their former and current employees,

E-mail messages between an employee and her attorney sent via the employee’s personal, password-protected e-mail account, but using her employer’s laptop computer, are protected by the attorney-client privilege regardless of the company’s computer use policy.  Affirming an intermediate appellate court, the Supreme Court of New Jersey has held that a company’s electronic communications policy did not transform the employee’s private e-mails

New Report Outlines Regulations' Impact on U.S. Job Market

April 23rd, 2010, economist Coleman Bazelon of The Brattle Group released a new report, "The Employment and Economic Impacts of Network Neutrality Regulation: An Empirical Analysis," that highlights the effects proposed net neutrality regulations would have on the broadband industry and the U.S. economy.

Every day, about 14 Americans fail to come home from work to their families. Tens of thousands die from workplace disease and more than 4.6 million workers are seriously injured on the job annually.

The Lawsuit Alleging Misrepresentations in Responding to Reference Checks

In a 2008 federal court of appeals case, two medical employers responded to reference checks for the same anesthesiologist, Dr. Robert Berry. Dr. Berry was then hired by the inquiring hospital, where he botched a routine 15 minute procedure, leaving a patient in a permanent vegetative state. The incident allegedly occurred due to Dr. Berry’s drug addiction.

Recognizing that individuals with disabilities should feel as safe and secure in their communities and work environments as individuals without disabilities, on July 22, 2004, President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13347, Individuals with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the San Diego City Council’s decision to require contractors to pay a “living wage” to their workers, reflecting the cost of living in one of the nation’s most expensive regions instead of relying on the much lower federal minimum wage.

What do you think about this comment?

“The “wage gap” is not so much about employers discriminating against women as about women making discriminating choices in the labor market.” .

What if I told you that there was a way for you to help in multiple “mission critical” areas of your company during your recruiting efforts?  What if I said that as a recruiter, you could also effectively and positively impact the depth and wellness levels of all your co-workers in company wide? 

Small business owners starting a company often have greater responsibilities than initially expected when operating and managing an organization. Many times, small businesses start with the owner as the key operator, and later hire employees without understanding the requirements and responsibilities for Federal, State, and Local employment taxes.