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Investigation |
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Breaking the Job Bank
Less than a month before America's
Job Bank disappears, employers,
states and other organizations are
scrambling to prepare for life without
the free government job site. The
Department of Labor announced in
early 2006 that the venerable site
would close on June 30, 2007. And
during the past year at least two
private-sector groups have announced
products designed to replace AJB's
services.
Read more about the closing of America’s
Job Bank.
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Discussion |
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Background Checks: Does One Size
Fit All?
A member writes: "What type of background
checks do you require your employees
to undergo, and does it vary by
position? For example, if you are
hiring a financial person, do you
require a financial background check?
Is it one size fits all or do they
vary according to job?"
Join
the discussion.
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Workforce Metrics |
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Online Job Postings
Total online help-wanted ads posted
for top 10 occupations, in thousands,
and average hourly wage, April 2007
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Number of jobs |
Hourly wage
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Management |
476.2 |
$42.52 |
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Health care practitioners/technical |
374.7 |
28.45 |
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Business/financial operations |
363.8 |
27.85 |
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Office/administrative support |
344.5 |
14.28 |
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Computer/mathematical |
323.5 |
32.26 |
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Sales and related |
214.3 |
15.77 |
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Architecture/engineering |
203.9 |
30.73 |
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Production |
78.4 |
14.37 |
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Transportation and material
moving |
72.4 |
13.85 |
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Installation, maintenance
and repair |
70.7 |
18.30 |
Source:
The Conference
Board
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EU Recruitment Challenges
Percentage of European Union companies
reporting measures they have taken
to deal with recruitment difficulties,
2001 and 2006
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2001 |
2006 |
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Increased employee training |
23% |
44% |
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Implemented new technologies |
35 |
38 |
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Increased hours/workload
of existing employees |
19 |
15 |
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Increased pay/benefits |
30 |
34 |
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Increased use of contract
workers |
23 |
27 |
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Increased use of part-timers |
15 |
23 |
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Outsourced business processes |
22 |
21 |
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Increased mobile workers/overseas
recruitment |
21 |
13 |
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Increased use of older workers |
5 |
12 |
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Relocated business |
6 |
6 |
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Source:
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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