Organizations that use the Internet to recruit employees should pay attention to these two developments: Job-search search engines. Rather than bouncing around to several different job boards, applicants now have …
If you’re looking to fill seasonal or permanent positions, check out a new government program that helps employers hook up with college students with disabilities. The Labor Department’s Workforce Recruitment …
HR professionals are well aware that many résumés and applications are full of exaggerations or flat-out lies. But while you review those documents with a healthy dose of skepticism, your newest …
Issue: As the work force ages, more employees are suffering age-related injuries that appear to be work related. Risk: You may wind up paying, in insurance and workers’ comp costs, …
Issue: Business and government leaders will unveil a new national job-readiness test next year that you can give entry-level applicants. Benefit: Cut down on bad entry-level hires. Spot high-school grads …
Starting as early as August, you’ll be able to publicize job openings online using a Web address that ends in “.jobs.” The Internet’s main oversight agency just gave its final approval …
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says union membership fell to 12.5 percent of all U.S. employees last year, down from 12.9 percent in 2003. That’s the lowest percentage of union …
Workplaces are increasingly being disrupted by the ringing of personal cell phones and employees engaged in high-volume wireless talking (“cell yell”). As a result, more employers are establishing policies on when …
AARP, the nation’s largest organization for seniors, launched an online effort last month to help employers recruit older employees. Participating businesses will pay a fee, based on the number of employees, …
If employees waste a lot of work time filling out expense reports from a bundle of receipts, check out a new NeatReceipts software and scanner package that captures images of receipts …