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Need a Good Job? Become a Police OfficerWhether the economy is in high gear or a slow meltdown, the need for law-enforcement officers is always strong - making it a hot job for the coming year and beyond. ...continue |
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Overhaul of Family Leave Act Has Perks for MilitaryThe nation's newest major labor law will get its first overhaul in 15 years when revised regulations take effect Jan. 16. The changes in the Family and Medical Leave Act will tighten notice requirements for employees and add a new option for the military . The changes fall short of demands from businesses to curb what they see as worker abuse of the law. ...continue |
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Tough Times Hit K Street as Obama, Congress ArriveBarack Obama promised to shrink the footprint that lobbyists make in Washington, D.C., but the recession is giving the president-elect a head start. Up and down K Street -- as the influence-peddling business here is known -- down-sizing is hitting major trade and industry associations hurt by the economic slump. ...continue |
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Hispanic Advocacy Group Urges Transition Team to Reform Government HiringThe National Hispanic Leadership Agenda is concerned about Hispanic underrepresentation in the federal workforce. Fortunately, the Obama-Biden transition team is actively seeking policy ideas. The NHLA submitted a report to the transition team that addresses key ways in which the group believes Hispanics can achieve higher representation across the board and, specifically, in key executive positions. ...continue |
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Minority-owned Companies Struggling to Obtain Corporate ContractsThe economic crisis facing the nation presents serious challenges to minority-owned suppliers seeking to land elusive corporate contracts. ...continue |
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Survey Reveals the Best Jobs in the Federal GovernmentAre you thinking about the federal government as a possible place of employment? A career with the federal government may well be the best way to seek refuge from the current economy. The national government has more than 1.7 million jobs and approximately 400 occupational specialties. But which agency is best to work for? ...continue |
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Employers Plan to Further Slow Hiring, According to Global SurveyEmployers globally expect to slow their hiring in the three months to March, a quarterly survey by Manpower Inc. showed, adding to the pain from the financial crisis that has already put much of the rich world into recession. The staffing firm's quarterly survey of over 71,000 firms in 33 economies. ...continue |
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Government Jobs: Is Now the Right Time?Most of the jobs market news this past month has been negative . . . which is about par for the course this year. Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been cut from major companies. In October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report stating 1.2 million jobs had been "lost" since the beginning of 2008, with more than 516,000 of those just in the last two months. In tough times like these many job seekers take advantage of government employment opportunities. ...continue |
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SBA Scorecard: Small Business Hit Record High in Fed ContractsSmall businesses won a record $83.2 billion in prime federal prime contracts during 2007, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration's second annual small business procurement scorecard, which was released by the agency late last week. ...continue |
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Federal Investigation Reveals that Gov't Small Business Contracts went to Large FirmsWith the Small Business Act of 1953, the U.S. Congress established that as many Federal Government contracts as practical should be awarded to small businesses. Specifically, the federal marketplace has a mandated small business contracting goal of 23 percent. A recent report from the Department of the Interior's Office of Inspector General reveals that not only is that goal being missed, it's being done so to the benefit of large firms, including Fortune 500 companies. ...continue |
