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Seasonal Hiring Plans Reflect Those of 2008
With the national unemployment rate hovering dangerously close to 10 percent, the results of two recent surveys reveal the outlook for seasonal hiring in the fourth quarter of 2009 is projected to be similar to 2008 and a far cry from what it was a couple of years ago.

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Small Businesses Ready to Hire but Fear Benefits Costs
The nation’s unemployment rate might have hit a 26-year high in September 2009, but many small business owners are getting ready to hire, according to the results of a survey.

Labor Market Continues to Send Mixed Signals
HR professionals are gaining confidence in the U.S. job market. They hope to start hiring again. They just don’t know when.

Court Clarifies Layoff Procedures 
A federal court says an employer can't count resignations as "employment losses" under the WARN Act.

Report: Enforcement of ‘Broken’ Immigration Laws Isn’t Working
The United States’ immigration system is “frozen in time, locked into legal limits on immigration that were set in 1990 and subsequently restricted by laws passed in 1996,” according to an Oct. 21, 2009, report from the Immigration Policy Center, the policy arm of the American Immigration Council. And the impact is far-reaching.

U.S. Manufacturers Starving Amid Plenty
In one of the bleakest ironies of the grim U.S. economic situation, some manufacturers are shedding millions of jobs while others are begging for employees. Why?

‘A’-Game Recruiting Raises Bar for Workforce Competence, Profitability

Supreme Court Will Decide When Clock Starts Running on Disparate Impact Claims

3rd Circuit: Independent Contractor May Bring Section 1981 Race Discrimination Claim

Modest Hiring Gains for Manufacturing, Service Sectors Expected in October

DHL Express V.P.: Management Strategies Changed by Great Recession 

Time to Review Reference, Social Media Usage Policies?

Other Employment & Staffing News

Economy Grew at Torrid 3.5% Rate in 3Q;How Fast Will It Fade?

30,000 Stimulus Jobs Figure is Way Off the Mark

Economy is Kick-started, but Can it Motor Ahead?

Early Reports: Job Gains Signal Stimulus Impact

One Step Closer to More Jobless Benefits

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Workplace Drug Testing: Does Your Approach Work?
April 29, 2 p.m. ET
In this program, attorney Manesh Rath will describe the elements of an effective drug-testing policy; potential pitfalls of such a program; guidelines for communicating the policy; and strategies for assessing your organization's current or future drug testing programs. Sponsored by Kroll Background Screening
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Green Recruiting
April 30, 2 p.m. ET
Many companies have invested in "green" initiatives. But, many fail to leverage that investment by applying it to their core organizational values and to their recruiting initiatives. Author and consultant Lizz Pellet describes how to build a green image that supports your employment brand to attract and retain top talent that fits with your
corporate culture.
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Prepare for Hiring Now
John Vlastelica, managing director at Recruiting Toolbox Inc., reflects on what companies can do now to prepare for the day that hiring picks up again.
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 Staffing Management

Staffing Management Magazine Summer 2009Current Issue

COVER STORY
Think Global, Hire Local

Summer 2009
Vol. 5, No. 3

 SHRMstore Feature

Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad

How do organizations keep the workers they want? Until now, employee retention strategies have been based on instincts rather than research. With no firm body of knowledge to use as a guide, employee turnover has been a problem for all organizations. Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad offers a top-to-bottom, organization-wide retention action plan. Many organizations lose employees and profits because they don’t know which processes to put into place to cut employee turnover.



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