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Verizon fires workers who snooped on Obama cell records: Verizon has fired an unknown number of employees who looked into Obama's cellphone record. by Richard Koman; Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Record, Worker, CNN, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-11-23
UPS saves $30M and goes Green with new HP printing and scanning handheld: UPS partnered with Hewlett-Packard on the new sp400 All-in-One wireless handheld laser barcode scanner combo that can print directly onto packages, which saves paper and streamlines UPS's shipping processes. With all of the news of major corporations losing vast amounts of money...; Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Package, Handheld, Worker, Printing, Scanners, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-11-18
BearingPoint's Q3 earnings call - part 1: To BE or not BE Several news groups and Wall Street firms covered BearingPoint's BE Q3 results this week but one point was not well covered, if at all. Look at this bullet point that is at the bottom of a list of points BE...; Tags: Attrition, Earnings, Worker, Career Advancement, BearingPoint Inc., Professional Development, Training And Certification, Career, Brian Sommer; Blog posts 2008-11-14
'The devil you know' keeps worried workers in place: So, let's say that you're one of the lucky ones who slip out from under the economic downturn's merciless grip, and you get to keep your job. Aside from keeping your head down and by all means, not audibly cheering your good fortune, what do you do? by Deb Perelman; Tags: Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman, Job; Blog posts 2008-11-13
Live Webcast: The Mobile Workforce: Who is it? What's driving it? How do you manage it?: As the mobile workforce trend continues to grow (IDC predicts there will be 1 billion mobile workers by 2011), business managers and organizations need to embrace practices and technologies that support this movement and enable workers to communicate and collaborate effectively over long distances. Join the live...; Tags: Webcast, Mobile, Citrix Systems Inc., Worker, Mobile Worker, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Webcasts 2008-11-11

Apple to pay Fadell $300,000 as advisor; Can't solicit workers for a year if leaves: Apple to pay Fadell $300,000 as advisor; Can't solicit workers for a year if leavesGotta love the Apple double standard!!!So they are asking Fadell to honor his agreement with Apple while asking Papermaster to reneg on his agreement with IBM. What a charming company!well its not really double ...; Tags: worker, advisor, Fadell $300,000, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., agreement; Discussion threads 2008-11-05
Apple to pay Fadell $300,000 as advisor; Can't solicit workers for a year if leaves: Apple in an SEC filing on Wednesday detailed Tony Fadell's compensation package, which includes an annual salary of $300,000, stock and an agreement to avoid poaching employees for a year at the end of his employment. Apple officially announced Fadell's departure on Tuesday. In the SEC filing...; Tags: Advisor, Apple Inc., Agreement, Mr., Worker, Company, Settlement Agreement, Restricted Stock Unit, Benefits, Human Resources, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-05
42% of workers supervise other employees at work daily: Fully 87% of employed Americans have at least one person at work, and the majority of workers are overseen by only one or two supervisors. 46% of employed respondents report to only one person, 23% of respondents report to two people at work. 18% of employed Americans report to three...; Tags: Worker, Person, NB, Employee, Supervisor, Workforce Management, Human Resources; Blog posts 2008-11-04
42% of self-employed Americans are satisfied with their jobs: Self-employed respondents are significantly more likely than those who work for someone else to be completely satisfied with their jobs; 42% of self-employed Americans are completely satisfied with their jobs compared with 31% of non-self-employed who are equally satisfied. Respondents also find some occupations more satisfying than others. 94% of...; Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, NB, Worker; Blog posts 2008-10-31
People who still own PDAs in 2008: 30% of people in these professions own PDAs, more than twice as many as the national average of 13%. 66% of professionals, managers and executives own laptops, significantly more than employed Americans in any other field of work. The semi-skilled workers can be found on the other side of the...; Tags: PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware, NB, Cell Phone, Worker; Blog posts 2008-10-29
23% of employed US professionals work over 50 hours a week: Managers and professionals are much more likely to work over 40 hours per week than employees in other job categories. 23% of professionals work over 50 hours a week, significantly more than the proportion of clerical workers (10%), service workers (6%) or skilled workers (14%) who put in work weeks...; Tags: Professional, Worker, NB, Hour, Service Worker; Blog posts 2008-10-28
Managing recession: IT failures and layoffs: If recession hits, organizations will put failing projects under the microscope, making layoffs likely. Here's how to prioritize projects and conduct layoffs. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: Layoff, Recession, Information Technology, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Michael Krigsman, Worker; Blog posts 2008-10-24
Are there really 750 million mentally ill?: Chan said "these are not insurmountable problems" and "the way forward is bright and solidly paved." A "scaling up" of the professions will cost just 20 cents per person per year. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Depression, Worker, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-10-10
"People with strong numerical and problem-solving skills seem to be appreciated by employers": "People with strong numerical and problem-solving skills seem to be appreciated by employers"They are? They do?If I ever find a company that does outside of their R&D dept, I would be surprised. Most people, from the worker bee to the executive all seem brain dead, with very few (but nonetheless...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, worker bee, K-12, worker; Discussion threads 2008-10-09
H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment: H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatmentWell, Duh.....Anyone working in the tech field can provide many examples of this activity. The financial services company where I work is almost completely outsourced to Indian vendor company workers, over here on H-1B's. Additionally, many of us here have trained the very people...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Litigation, Outsourcing, H-1B, worker mistreatment, mistreatment, job, worker, fraud; Discussion threads 2008-10-09
H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment: Thirteen percent of petitions for H-1B visas filed on behalf of employers are fraudulent. That's the conclusion of a report by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, BusinessWeek reports. A key part of the fraud is loopholes that allow...; Tags: Visa, Loophole, Worker, Fraud, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-10-09
Why bother with desktop virtualization?: The proponents of making proper use of desktop virtualization technology including access virtualization, application virtualization and VDI the combination of access virtualization and processing virtualization do their best to make it sound like the best things since pockets. Aren't today's laptops, desktops and handheld devices good enough to get the...; Tags: Desktop, Worker, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-10-06
Five unfortunate ways the financial crisis affects your daily grind: By now, you're probably up to your eyeballs in unsettling economic crisis news. The stock markets, tanked. Mondays $700 billion Hail Mary of a bailout plan, dead on arrival though since resuscitated. Real estate value, sunk. Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke warned last week that the difficulty households and businesses were...; Tags: Job, Financial, Economist, Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Real Estate, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-10-02
Wired workers never catch a break: Wired workers never catch a break.....Well if you are dumb enough to keep the damn thing with you all the time and even dumber to continually keep checking it then you get what you deserve.Failure to establish solid boundaries between work and private life is your fault. And don't give...; Tags: Wired worker, worker, Wired Inc., job; Discussion threads 2008-09-29
The price of a pink slip: The price of a pink slipdouble-edged swordThis is a double-edged sword. Employers are going to be much more reluctant to hire someone if they know they will have to continue paying them after they fire them. And what's the incentive for a laid-off worker to look for a...; Tags: pink slip, worker; Discussion threads 2008-09-23