jobs
5 Things Employers Can Do To Simplify (and Improve) Recruiting
With the national unemployment rate hovering around 9 percent, so many people are looking for work that a resu-mess has been created that floods inboxes and cripples applicant processing…
New Video: How To Use Social Media for Job Search and Recruitment
For the second straight year, I had the privilege and pleasure of being a panelist at the Harrisburg University Social Media Summit (September 14, 2011). Like last year, the event…
8 Stats and Facts – High School Dropouts
Nearly one out of every four high school students dropout. The cost is high for the dropout, community, and business…
7 Workforce Stats and Facts – Employment Trends
I'm introducing a new weekly feature with this blog post. Not a day goes by that I don't find a statistic, trend, or fact about workforce…
Ho! Ho! Ho! Happy Hiring-days?
The end of the year 2010 couldn’t come fast enough for millions of unemployed people. There’s good news on that front. Many businesses are cranking up their hiring…
Job Cutting, Slow Hiring – Is It A Solution or An Excuse?
Aggressively cutting workers, which is one of a company’s largest expenses, allows a business to return very quickly to profitability. But does it makes sense in the long run…
Why Employers Aren’t Hiring
There is a growing disconnect in the labor markets. Unemployment remains high and hiring is slow, even when they have openings. As of June, job openings were up 26% from…
Debate Rages On Extending Unemployment Benefits
Millions of Americans who can’t find work are holding their breaths, waiting to see if Congress will extend their unemployment benefits or cut them loose…
Critical Job Skills You’ll Need in the Future
The definition of work and, consequently, the definition of a job is changing. The evolution from agrarian and industrial age jobs to service and knowledge work is nearing its completion…
Job Market of the Future: Startups With Zero Employees?
When writing my monthly column for Business2Business, I included a statistic from a previous post about my prediction for jobs growth in 2010. “Unlike the economic…