When Will Employment Join the Recovery?
A surprising number of reports indicate that not only have hiring plans made a significant leap in the second quarter of the year, but increasingly more employers have a favorable - if not optimistic - hiring outlook for the next 12 months. At the same time, while more companies are seeing business pick up, they remain reluctant to add permanent employees, citing slow growth of sales and...
Read More »Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
In Linchpin, business expert and bestselling author Seth Godin illustrates how those who innovate, lead and connect people within an organization become indispensable to a company's success, and explains what it takes to make yourself a linchpin in the workplace. FROM THE PUBLISHER There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there's a third team, the linchpins. These...
Read More »Connecting Businesses with the Service Providers They Need to be Green
So, you have a business and you are upgrading the computer systems. What do you do with all the old equipment? Trashing it is one solution. But, you want to be green and recycle it. How can you find out how to do that? A new proprietary website might just have the answer you are looking for. Dedicated to the environmental market, Enviro Direct Link LLC has launched a website that is a direct...
Read More »How Health Plans Will Change in 2011
As companies prepare to reorganize benefits programs to meet new health care standards, employees can expect to see a broad range of changes to their existing health plans, particularly at larger businesses. The cost of health care has long been a top concern for businesses. Many organizations continue to face challenges in balancing coverage expenses against budgets. As more companies in the...
Read More »Ways to Survive a Product Recall
When a product requires a recall, it can be a major setback to a company's reputation, not to mention its profits. However, there are several ways to lessen the impact of a recall and speed your recovery. A product that malfunctions, has serious flaws or, worse, poses a danger to consumers can be a serious threat to a company's success. In addition to hurting profits, a product recall is likely...
Read More »Why Workaholics Make Bad Workers
There is no doubt that a strong work ethic is a great, if not critical, trait for professionals to possess in today's environment. Left unchecked, however, it can consume employees and contribute to bigger, company-wide problems. Broaching the subject of work addiction becomes more difficult when the unemployment rate has skyrocketed than it does in times of prosperity. Yet high unemployment,...
Read More »Saying 'No' to Your Boss
Sometimes there simply aren't enough hours in the day to work on another assignment. How do you explain this to someone who has control over your workload without endangering your job? Is saying no to your boss even possible today? Most of us have wanted it to do it one point or another. You're drowning in high-priority work, and your boss approaches with a not-so-subtle request to take on...
Read More »Americans Are Confused When It Comes To Energy Savings
Americans are generally without a clue when it comes to energy savings, it turns out. This is according to a new study conducted by Columbia University's Earth Institute and Center for Research on Environmental Decisions. For the research project, 505 individuals in 34 U.S. states were asked their perceptions of a host of energy-savings related-issues surrounding household energy use, recycling...
Read More »U.S. EPA Sets International Priorities
Recognizing that environmental stewardship is a global responsibility, at the annual meeting of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced EPA's six international priorities for working with global partners on environmental issues. It is our vision that by working with global partners we can advance our shared priorities, including adapting to...
Read More »Weekly Industry Crib Sheet: Skilled-Trades Positions Hardest to Fill Despite Urgent Need
Plus: U.S. Growth Slowed in Q2, Trade Policies Become Stricter and Automotive M&As Increase. U.S. Growth Slowed in Q2 From April to June, the value of all goods and services produced in the United States grew at a more sluggish pace than initially estimated. The U.S. Department of Commerce has lowered its estimate of economic growth in the second quarter to an annual rate of 1.6 percent, down...
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