Out of the 25 jobs projected to have the most openings during the next several years, registered nurses, postsecondary teachers, general managers, and accountants are among the highest paid, according to a report by the Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A coalition of HR organizations says the proposed overhaul of immigration law has four significant faults related to verification of employment eligibility.
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is the best large metropolitan area for relocating families, according to a report released by Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation.
WorldatWork's 2007 Annual Conference ended this week with a look into the future of work. Mary O'Hara-Devereaux, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned futurist and author, her latest book entitled Navigating the Badlands: Thriving in this Decade of Radical Transformation. She took conference attendees on a journey to the year 2020 with her predictions for the future and how the human resources profession will be impacted.
What if there were no set work hours? What if the 9 to 5, Monday through Friday work schedule was completely abolished? What if your employees could leave work at any time for any reason? What if all meetings were optional? And what if employees were not negatively judged by their peers or managers for actually taking advantage of this approach to work?
WorldatWork's 2007 Total Rewards conference kicked off with a humorous take on the workplace through the eyes of cartoonist Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, one of the best known syndicated comic strips of our time. But for the more than 1,600 registered attendees at this year's conference, total rewards and the quest to attract and retain talented employees is serious business.
Forty-eight percent of retail employers say that retaining employees is more difficult this year compared with last year, according to an online survey released by CareerBuilder.com.
The New England region experienced the largest income-gap increase in the country between 1989 and 2004, according to research by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
SCOTTSDALE, AZ--Computer programmers have the reputation of being loners who sit in their cubicles, hunched over their keyboards, headphones on their ears, silent and oblivious to the rest of the world, for hours on end. They specialize in small, narrow aspects of business systems and work for months on narrow, focused programs. They are expected to work long hours, with overtime the norm. But that is not the way things are at Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
