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May 6 - 12, 2007 |
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Workforce News of the Week:
Rumors Swirl Around HotJobs, Monster Deals Reports emerged Friday,
May 4, that Microsoft has asked Yahoo—parent company of HotJobs—to consider
a buyout worth as much as $50 billion. Meanwhile, buzz about Monster Worldwide’s
potential buyout intensifies.
Union Takes Aim at Private Equity Buyouts: The Service Employees
International Union has set its sights on a new target: private equity firms.
Late last month, the union launched a Web site and published a paper expressing
its concerns about a wave of private equity deals in corporate America and
the implications for workers.
Creating a Culture of Safety:
A report on a disaster at BP's Texas City,
Texas, oil refinery underscores the importance of thinking beyond the basics
in fostering a safe work environment.
IT, Pharma Among Biggest Gainers of Contingency Workers
Bush Moves to Fill Top Positions at PBGC, DOL
Employees in Their 40s Are Increasingly Being Asked to Relocate
'Working From Home Today?' That's Not What Your Boss Thinks
Survey Shows Strong Demand for Backup Child and Elder Care Programs
Senior Executives Least Likely to Get Training
5 questions Christopher Chiames, communications consultant at F&H Solution Group, says that rather than being an afterthought, communications should be a primary tool for increasing employee engagement.
Read more about improving employee communications.
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Heatlh Surprised by its own resurgence, the nuclear power industry scrambles to replace retiring engineers and technicians. The rush for talent in the nuclear power business illustrates how other business can handle the one-two punch of retirements and talent shortages.
Read more about staffing in the nuclear power industry.
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New feature The staff of Workforce Management brings you interviews with leading figures and experts in the human resources and workforce management.
Click here to choose a podcast.
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Discussion
Posted in the General Forum
Forum:
New blog: Workforce Washington If a Democrat takes over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in January 2009 and the party maintains control of Congress, it could usher in a big change for workforce policy—well, any policy—because Republicans would lose the safety net of a presidential veto on legislation it opposes. So that means that the action will focus on the Senate even more so than it does today.
Read Mark Schoeff's latest Workforce Washington
post. >>>
Conventions & conferences
Ever wanted to attend an important
conference or convention but just couldn't make it? The staff of Workforce
Management will bring you reports from key workforce management conventions
and conferences throughout the year in this exclusive Web feature. We'll
report on the buzz at each show as well as highlights from selected seminars,
presentations and speeches. We hope that Best in Shows will be the next
best thing to actually being there.
Commentary Memos like ones recently “leaked” from Starbucks and Dell help to not only to fire up the workforce, but also grab the attention of customers and the business community at large.
Read more about motivation by memo.
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Office Training
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On the Skids
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Feature: Effective Employee Communications
