July, 2010

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The case for a different labor-market reform - not PELMAR

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'BARCELONA, Read the mainstream economic press (by which I mean The Economis t, the Financial Times , the Wall Street Journal et al.), listen to pundits from the establishment''s think tanks and international organizations (OECD, IMF etc.) and you always hear the same litany again and again: to grow your economy and create more jobs you must reform your labor market.

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Best and Worst US Cities for Finding Employment-Should We Care?

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Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 Best and Worst U.S. Cities for Finding Employment-Should We Care? My colleague over on the AOL Jobs and Careers Channel, Lisa Johnson Mandell , just wrote a post about the ten toughest and easiest cities to find a job in. St. Louis, Detroit, and Miami top the list for worst cities for finding employment and Washington, D.C, San Jose, and New York are at the top of the list of best cities for finding em

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Great Expectations: ADP acquires Workscape to contend more seriously in the Talent Management space

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'PARIS It is one of the worst-kept secrets in the HR tech/services industry that ADP, the Grand Old Lady of our business, has been on the prowl for a Talent Management (TM) product to add to its already impressive portfolio. After plugging the recruiting hole in its offering with the acquisition of Virtual Edge (and Employease) in 2006, it was soon obvious that the Grand Old Lady of Roseland, NJ, was leaving more than small change on the table as many of its customers were buying from other TM v

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Unpaid Internships: Foot in the Door or Stepping on a Landmine?

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Home About Us How It Works FAQs Contact Resources Request a Proposal Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 Unpaid Internships: Foot in the Door or Stepping on a Landmine? I was recently interviewed by CBS news about unpaid internships. There was a time when the only people who sought out unpaid internships were students who wanted to gain valuable work experience and were willing to forgo a salary to get it.

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The Ultimate Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Test – to be deleted.

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