Thanks to an economic downturn that seems to have caught them off-guard, many companies are giving new hires the heave-ho before they even start. It's perfectly legal, unless the hires can prove they were misled.
Regardless of the current economic slump and recent economic boom, job tenure among American workers has been increasing for women and decreasing for men, resulting in little overall change, new research shows.
The body count update by Forbes.com last week was 202,536 laid-off workers. With hundreds of thousands of workers back in the candidate pool, you'd think this would mean easy street for recruiters.
A report released to mark International Women's Day March 8 says women now make up about 40 percent of the global work force, but hold no more than 3 percent of top executive jobs worldwide.
A new survey shows that people aged 55-70 who are retired or semi-retired are more apt to return to the workforce through a temporary staffing service if they can participate in certain benefits programs.
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Employment figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that at 3.9 percent, national unemployment rates continue at the lowest levels in 30 years. Despite recent downsizing at some Internet and e-commerce ventures and the early demise of others, the tight labor market puts a strain on companies who continue to hire IT workers at a record pace. At 2.5 percent for San Francisco, and 2.2 percent for San Jose, the unemployment rate in major IT hubs is substantially lower than the national rate and drives fierce competition among employers for skilled workers.
