06 Nov Seasonal Hiring Through October
Check out who's hiring for the holiday season. Let us know if there are others by dropping a note to press@challengergray.com. ...
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30 Oct Workplace Costumes Could Cause a Scare
Halloween Costumes in the Workplace Halloween can be more trick than treat for the nation’s employers, who must approach the annual holiday with an eye toward the potential pitfalls. For some employers the pitfalls, ranging from complaints of inappropriate costumes to lost productivity, outweigh the...
24 Oct The Interview: The Last Bastion Between You and The Position
Interviews remain one of the most anxiety-inducing aspects of the job search. Once the resume is in order and applications completed and submitted, the interview, or more specifically, the interviewer, is the last bastion between a job seeker and the position. Even before a job...
16 Oct Delayed Retirements Present Challenges For Employers, Workers
A just-released survey showing that more Americans age 50 and older plan to delay retirement presents some unique challenges to the nation’s employers. In one respect, companies will benefit from these workers’ knowledge and experience, according to workplace authority John A. Challenger, chief executive...
15 Oct Retailers Opening Thanksgiving Day
In its annual holiday hiring forecast, global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas predicted holiday hiring to remain flat or decline slightly from last year’s record levels. However, even with a slight decline in overall hiring, national retail chains are expected to hire tens...
01 Oct Government Shutdown To Impact Economy, Holiday Spending
The government shutdown that went into effect today, due to the inability of Congress to negotiate an agreement on a new budget, could have dire consequences for the economy at large, according to John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray...
18 Sep Relocation Update: New Data Finds Employers Offer Relocation Packages, Include Spousal Assistance
Published on: Sep 18, 2013 Employers’ need for talent may, in fact, be helping to boost relocation. In a small sampling of approximately 50 human resources executives by Challenger, nearly 40 percent indicated that their company actively recruits potential candidates from outside the local area due to...
12 Sep Twitter Trouble: Recent Exec Firing Reminder To Think Before You Tweet
Published on: Sep 12, 2013 The firing this week of Pax Dickinson, the chief technology officer of online news site Business Insider, for comments he made on Twitter, should serve as a powerful reminder that social media should be treated with great care. “Social media sites like Twitter,...
10 Sep Is IBM, Time Warner Move to Eliminate Retiree Health Benefits the New Normal?
Published on: Sep 10, 2013 As Time Warner and IBM join the growing list of companies that plan to stop offering health insurance benefits to retirees, one workplace expert suggests that the moves are simply the first steps in eliminating health insurance from the corporate balance sheet...
02 Sep Fantasy Football Strikes Again!
Published on: Sep 2, 2013 While fantasy football could cost employers over $8B in lost productivity (based loosely on government employment data, average hourly pay, and number of fantasy players), fret not. The workplace more than benefits from the boost in morale as co-workers discuss trades, injured...