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Blog Post: Are Smart Homes a Smart Move for Google? 3 Great Perspectives on the Nest Labs Acquisition: Very recently Google announced their acquisition of Nest Labs, the maker of…; Added by Julie Salerno at 3:31pm on March 14, 2014

Topic: Youth unemployment to affect those trying to set up a recruitment agency?: des Union Congress (TUC) has voiced concerns that there may be a crisis in youth unemployment, with figures released by the Office for National Statistics tomorrow (Wednesday 13th) set to clarify the issue. While there has recently been a fall in overall employment levels, the body notes that between April and June this year, short-term unemployment rose by 43,000 for people aged 18-24, while as of June 2010 there are 192,000 young people in long-term unemployment. By contrast, during the same period short-term unemployment declined among those aged 25-49. And with five jobseekers per vacancy, the TUC is concerned that young people will lose out due to a lack of experience. "Tomorrow's figures will be a key indication of whether young people are facing a new jobs crisis," comments general secretary of TUC Brendan Barber. Recent figures released by the Centre for Policy Studies show that the number of workless households is higher in Britain that in any other major European Union country.…; Added by Stewart Roberts to Total Back Office Solutions Limited at 12:28pm on October 25, 2010

Comment on: Topic 'Addiction Discussion': rest of my life. The illness was not something that anyone could of predicted but has has the same type of effect an addiction can have on your ability to be consistent. Life and work have changed in a significant way. "The stuff" you mention can be overwhelming. This same issue can happen with a disrupted household. A spouse losing a job with no additional source of income in the offing. Fear is huge and can be paralyzing. I don't know what makes these things better other than rising each morning and being present each day. ~ Janice Walsh Survey: Many Are Worried Sick About Finances According to a new survey by the AARP, one in five adults say they suffer from health problems because of financial worries, and 22 percent say they have delayed seeing a doctor because of cost concerns. “Right now people are increasingly concerned about their jobs, retirement savings and simply being able to provide for their families, and it’s taking a major toll on their health,” Bob Gallo, AARP Illinois senior state director, said in a written statement. “It’s a harsh irony that worrying about being able to afford health care is actually causing health problems,” he said. More here.…; Added by Maureen Sharib at 11:12am on January 6, 2009

Comment on: Topic 'Addiction Discussion': x is given one hour of solitary out-of-cell time every day; other than this, everything else is done alone. No wonder they become even more messed up. Maureen Sharib said:Sometimes stress and issues arise from unforseen illness as well. This can throw a huge monkey wrench into your ability to do your job. I am recovering and will be dealing with an ongoing illness the rest of my life. The illness was not something that anyone could of predicted but has has the same type of effect an addiction can have on your ability to be consistent. Life and work have changed in a significant way. "The stuff" you mention can be overwhelming. This same issue can happen with a disrupted household. A spouse losing a job with no additional source of income in the offing. Fear is huge and can be paralyzing. I don't know what makes these things better other than rising each morning and being present each day. ~ Janice Walsh Survey: Many Are Worried Sick About Finances According to a new survey by the AARP, one in five adults say they suffer from health problems because of financial worries, and 22 percent say they have delayed seeing a doctor because of cost concerns. “Right now people are increasingly concerned about their jobs, retirement savings and simply being able to provide for their families, and it’s taking a major toll on their health,” Bob Gallo, AARP Illinois senior state director, said in a written statement. “It’s a harsh irony that worrying about being able to afford health care is actually causing health problems,” he said. More here. …; Added by Steve Levy at 11:18am on January 6, 2009

Blog Post: 72 percent of Employers Are Not Helping Alleviate the High Cost of Commuting to Work According to Beyond.com Survey: Employers risk losing key employees as gas prices remain a top concern

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – September 23, 2008 – Beyond.com, Inc., the world’s largest network of niche career…; Added by David Fretwell at 1:19pm on September 23, 2008

Comment on: Topic 'Selecting a new ATS and need some feedback': zens of household name customers, but you are not going to see us pounding that fact into the ground. Lots of companies like to pimp their clients all over the place, but it only attracts safety buyers anyway and in my mind, it's not in keeping with the nature of the recruiting business - while being discreet and contained is in keeping with that model. We don't even do press releases (unless asked to participate in one) for the same reason. People in the know will find us just fine..... If our customers want to speak up, that's great and more power to em. If a qualified prospect wants to speak with some references, by all means, we can arrange that. I'm surprised you dont see that if a vendor asks you to post a glowing tale, even if its all true, that it's not balanced, and can't be, because the poster is doing a favor for the vendor, and not the original thread starter ? It also easily gives the impression that the hijacker has more market or mindshare than they may actually have, because the other vendors are not equally 'jacking the thread. If we all did it , every thread would be just dozens of boilerplate paragraphs saying nothing beyond ad-talk you could find anywhere. Sandra McCartt said:It wouldn't change my opinion Marty. If i were the original poster i would contact one or two of the individuals who posted personally to see what they thought. If you had asked some of your satisfied customers to do the same i would also contact them.I would see it as a stand alone ad and a hijacking if you or the Bullhorn reps or reps for any product posted them yourselves multiple times but not if you or anyone else asked someone to comment that i would have no way of knowing used any of the products.I would suggest that you post a list with contact information of satisfied clients that the poster could check with if they so choose.If there is concern that there is hijacking going on perhaps it would be good to suggest that you or anyone else who wants to offer testimonials simply post a list of satisfied customers and their contact info, who would be willng to speak with anyone evaluating.I provide references from satisfied clients when i know someone is looking for a recruiter so i see these as references solicited or unsolicited that give people the opportunity to check me out or check out products. …; Added by Martin H.Snyder at 4:14pm on February 26, 2010

Comment on: Topic 'Selecting a new ATS and need some feedback': ndor called me and said, "Some one is asking about a product we sell, you use it. If you are happy with our product would you give us a reference". I would probably be happy to do so. It would be my take on it and not a hype. I would not see it as doing them a favor. I would see it as just giving my opinion. You sure have your knickers in a knot over this. It's just my take that it's not that big a deal. Martin H.Snyder said:Sandra who we work with and what we do for them is not something that we would post on the open Internet without specific permission each time, which would be pretty rare indeed. We have dozens and dozens of household name customers, but you are not going to see us pounding that fact into the ground.Lots of companies like to pimp their clients all over the place, but it only attracts safety buyers anyway and in my mind, it's not in keeping with the nature of the recruiting business - while being discreet and contained is in keeping with that model. We don't even do press releases (unless asked to participate in one) for the same reason. People in the know will find us just fine.....If our customers want to speak up, that's great and more power to em. If a qualified prospect wants to speak with some references, by all means, we can arrange that.I'm surprised you dont see that if a vendor asks you to post a glowing tale, even if its all true, that it's not balanced, and can't be, because the poster is doing a favor for the vendor, and not the original thread starter ? It also easily gives the impression that the hijacker has more market or mindshare than they may actually have, because the other vendors are not equally 'jacking the thread.If we all did it , every thread would be just dozens of boilerplate paragraphs saying nothing beyond ad-talk you could find anywhere.Sandra McCartt said:It wouldn't change my opinion Marty. If i were the original poster i would contact one or two of the individuals who posted personally to see what they thought. If you had asked some of your satisfied customers to do the same i would also contact them.I would see it as a stand alone ad and a hijacking if you or the Bullhorn reps or reps for any product posted them yourselves multiple times but not if you or anyone else asked someone to comment that i would have no way of knowing used any of the products.I would suggest that you post a list with contact information of satisfied clients that the poster could check with if they so choose.If there is concern that there is hijacking going on perhaps it would be good to suggest that you or anyone else who wants to offer testimonials simply post a list of satisfied customers and their contact info, who would be willng to speak with anyone evaluating.I provide references from satisfied clients when i know someone is looking for a recruiter so i see these as references solicited or unsolicited that give people the opportunity to check me out or check out products. …; Added by Sandra McCartt at 5:00pm on February 26, 2010

Blog Post: How NOT To Get The Job (for ChemEs)

IF you are looking for a job, and are a Chemical Engineer, or perhaps any other kind of highly-qualified, highly employable person, here is my advice:

The job market is currently good --…

Added by Nicholas Meyler at 7:57pm on August 9, 2018

Topic: A Story That Needs to be Told - Part I: action with for the past two years who has suffered at the hands of one of these lunatics unlike i have ever seen in my 30 years as a recruiter. At age 19 she started as a sales and customer service rep for a household word telecommunications company. She was the leading sales rep within a short time earning over 100K a year for several years. She was offered a promotion several times to a manager level position and turned it down as it would mean that she would take a significant cut in pay. Finally realizing that if she did not accept the promotion she would forever be at the current level she made the decision to try and advance her career and make the move. At the time she accepted the promotion the Sr. Manager who had promoted her accepted another position with the company and a new Sr. Manager who had been a first level manager for 20 years was promoted into his position. The new Sr. Manager let it be known that she did not think this young woman should have been promoted. (You see the storm clouds on the horizon). My candidate's promotion was finally approved. Within 7 months early 2008, the new Sr. Manager called her in and told her that she was helping male employees more than she was helping female employees and had been talking to them about non business related matters. She was written up for a violation of the code of business conduct. The situation was that she had been assigned to a new training class of sales reps. Several of the new trainees were guys that she had gone to high school with who were planning their first high school reunion and as they knew her they were more comfortable going to her for help than some of the other trainees. Ok, she acknowledged that yes she probably had talked with them about non business matters , the reunion, and yes she probably had helped them more than other trainees as they felt comfortable coming to her because she knew them before they started. Reasonable concern and she would correct it, which she did. What followed in the next two years was a series of the most bizarre manager - direct report situations on the planet. She was called in and told that it had been reported that she had come into the office trying to buy marijuana from some of the reps while she was on vacation. The week she was supposed to have done this insanity she had been out of the city at a company training seminar for two days of the week, had taken vacation time and stayed in the other city for the remaining three days. The office has a security situation requiring a key card. She suggested to her boss that she check the security records to determine if her key card had been used and offered to provide hotel receipts to prove she not even in the city and take a drug test to prove that she had not and did not smoke dope. Her boss told her that would not be necessary, she believed her. Her boss then made a career for the next two weeks of asking almost all of the 170 employees in the center if they had ever seen her outside of work smoke marijuana. When asked why she was talking to everyone in the office creating the question as to my candidate smoking dope her boss informed her that it was her job to investigate every complaint no matter how absurd. When asked why the boss had indicated that a drug test was not necessary when that would have proved that the girl had not used any drug and the report had been that she came into the office to try and buy drugs which was easily negated by checking the key card access. The boss responded that even though that complaint could be proven wrong it was her job to determine if the girl did smoke dope as maybe a drug test could be manipulated. As no one had ever seen this young woman smoke dope that one seemed to go by the boards and nothing more was said to my candidate and it had been proven a false report. Or so my candidate thought. Stay tuned for part II this is long an bizarre story that will convince anyone that there are insane, vindictive, crazy people in management positions who should be exterminated. …; Added by Sandra McCartt at 5:16pm on June 10, 2011

Blog Post: When Will They Ever Learn?: In their iconic song “Where have all the flowers gone?” Peter, Paul and Mary posed the question when will they ever learn. While not talking about war but rather our corporate environments on a…; Added by Daniel T. Bloom at 12:21pm on May 2, 2018