Published on: Sep 2, 2013 With the opening kick-off of the National Football League exactly one week from today, many of the estimated 25 million Americans participating in fantasy football have already completed their drafts. However, this is little solace for the nation’s employers who can expect...
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...
How Labor Day Has Changed Since the Great Recession of 2009 Published on: Aug 28, 2013 Monday marks the fifth Labor Day since the official end of the Great Recession in June 2009. While the number of Americans employed is still trying to get back to pre-recession levels,...
Challenger Releases Q2 2013 Relocation Report Rising Home Prices May Spur Relocations PUBLISHED August 21, 2013 The percentage of unemployed managers and executives relocating for new jobs in the first half of 2013 climbed to its highest level since the beginning of the recession, according to new data...
By: Janet Bodnar August 15, 2013 Original Article: How Students Can Improve Their Chances of Getting a Job This summer hasn’t been an especially productive one for working teenagers. After a strong start in May, teen employment faltered, and total employment gains through the end of July ended...
Original Article: Armstrong's Behavior Another Red Flag For AOL (MoneyWatch) Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL, shot himself in the foot by apparently firing a worker in the midst of a conference call -- no matter how justified the firing. "Maybe it was a last straw for two...
More Job Seekers Starting Own Firms Published AugUST 15, 2013 Start-up Activity Increases 33%; but Still Too Risky for Majority of Jobless The percentage of job seekers starting their own businesses increased by 33 percent in the first half of 2013, as an improving lending market and employment picture...
Original Article: Six College Courses That Help Grads Land Jobs Published on: Aug 14, 2013 "If you're someone who's focused on harder kinds of sciences or math, courses and activities that give social skills, that encourage teamwork and that help build creativity and develop creativity are really valuable,"...
Published on: Aug 7, 2013 Turnover among the nation’s chief executive officers surged to the highest level in more than three years last month as 128 announced their departures. The July total was up 36 percent from the 94 CEO exits recorded in June, according to the...
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