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How Google, Facebook, and Amazon Are Changing the World of Human ResourcesNew Web applications offer a rich, engaging experience that promotes communication, facilitates collaboration, improves user productivity, and encourages the user to complete the transaction. Because of the success of these applications, organizations are reevaluating their expectations of their own applications. In particular, Human Resource professionals need to understand - and more importantly embrace - this evolution in technology. ...continue |
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GameStop Hiring 15,000 Seasonal WorkersAre you at least 16? Do you spend hours every day in virtual combat? You might be qualified to work at GameStop. The Grapevine-based video game chain says it expects to hire about 15,000 part-time seasonal workers for its 4,300 stores between now and Christmas Eve. ...continue |
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Beware Work-at-Home ScamsWork-at-home jobs sound appealing: no commuting, no dressing up for work, being your own boss. And, according to the e-mail advertisements going around, these jobs offer good pay without requiring new training -- or much actual work, for that matter. ...continue |
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Can Lead to JobsA murky economy has local job seekers using any and all tools at their disposal to find employment and get an edge over the competition. Online social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn have meant salvation for a growing number of unemployed people. Old ways of finding work, such as mass-mailing physical resumes and combing newspaper ads, have been replaced with Internet-based, increasingly interactive methods. ...continue |
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Silicon Valley's Unemployment Dips to 11.8 PercentA drop in the number of people looking for work sent Silicon Valley's unemployment rate down to 11.8 percent in September, raising concerns that some of them may be packing their bags and leaving town to look for jobs elsewhere. The number of available jobs reported by employers also shrank, a sign that the recession is continuing to batter the valley's job market. The state Employment Development Department released September job figures Friday. ...continue |
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Uncovering Steve Jobs' Presentation SecretsThe Apple music event of Sept. 9, 2009, marked the return of the world's greatest corporate storyteller. For more than three decades, Apple (AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has raised product launches to an art form. Steve Jobs does not sell computers; he sells an experience. ...continue |
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Online Job Ads Fall AgainUnemployed job seekers continue to outnumber openings, with about four people needing work for every help-wanted ad online, the Conference Board reported Monday. ...continue |
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Eli Lilly to Reduce WorkforceU.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. said its restructuring plan would include chopping its workforce to 35,000 positions by the end of 2011. ...continue |
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Study: Staff with Mobile Tech Put in More Work HoursResearch by UK employment law firm Peninsula shows that workers with mobile technology, such as BlackBerry devices and smartphones, work an extra 15 hours a week, reports the Telegraph. ...continue |
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Facebook Plans to Bolster Staff SignificantlySocial networking leader Facebook plans to boost its 1,000-strong staff by 50 percent as it hopes to expand its user base from 250 million to 1 billion, company founder Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview published Monday. ...continue |
