Without drastic action, the gap between demand and supply will continue to widen.
We may be in the midst of a recession with increasing unemployment and fewer jobs, but that's not likely to have much long-term effect on shortages of talent.
Wallop is a research project of the Social Computing Group at Microsoft Research, exploring how people share media and build conversations in the context of social networks.
The Chicago Tribune published a great article, Honesty Always the Best Policy When Writing Up Your Resume, offering cautionary advice about (pick one) stretching details, lying, fudging, taking liberties with the truth, padding and, or embellishing your resume.
You may remember that about two weeks ago, we blogged about this story. When perusing our local news affiliate’s website, I ran across this updated piece.
Since the beginning of the year we’ve been barraged with forecasts and articles predicting anywhere from relatively short-term to a prolonged and a very severe recession in 2008. The experts almost all concur (even Fed Chief Ben Bernanke recently said as much) that the present day Mortgage Crisis is almost certainly going to drag the once robust US economy into a recession that could last as long as two years. The Conference Board just released April’s Consumer Confidence figures and they’re presently at a 30 year low. Heck, other than our President I don’t think there’s a single public figure not willing to go on the record and state that we’re headed for a recession. Yet, curiously there’s been little evidence of a slowdown in the I.T. employment marketplace.
Nearly one in two human resource directors from Swedish companies report encountering job candidates who have lied or withheld relevant information during the recruiting process, a new study has found
Any company that employs those that operate or work on any type of commercial transportation system (airplanes, semi-tractor trailers, boats, railroads, etc.) are mandated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to test employees.
Beyond.com, a network of specialty career communities, polled business professionals across its network of more than 15,000 sites to discover that nearly 50 percent of professionals post to three or more job boards, with niche sites proving to be the most effective.
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