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Tax Cuts: President Wins Republicans While Democrats Play Politics
December 8, 2010 0 Comments
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday called fellow Democrats to quit playing games with ordinary Americans’ lives noting that his top priority is ” to do what’s right for the American people, for jobs, Read More
Unemployment Rate Rises To 9.8%, 15.1 Million Americans Jobless
December 4, 2010 0 Comments
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Jobs recovery in the United States stalled in November with unemployment rising to 9.8 percent from 9.6 percent in October while the economy created only 39,000 jobs, Labor Department officials said Friday in Read More
Art Basel Miami Beach Kicks Off With VIP Showings, Neon Concerts
December 4, 2010 0 Comments
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Miami Beach, FL, United States (AHN) – South Beach is once again ground zero for art lovers, collectors and those who enjoy the parties that surround them. The ninth annual Art Basel Miami Beach kicked off on Wednesday Read More
Competencies for Leadership Development: What’s Hot and What’s Not
December 1, 2010 1 Comment
Leadership Development “There is no one clear model or framework for determining the competencies to use for leadership development” so says William A. Gentry, PhD of the Center for Creative Leadership. In an exhaustive study he conducted of over 24,000 managers there appears to be Read More
Survey: 90 Percent Of Canadian Workers Don’t Want To Relocate For A Job
November 18, 2010 0 Comments
AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – A new survey made by Ipsos Reid for Microsoft released Wednesday found out that 90 percent of Canadian workers are not keen on moving for a job. One compelling reason why Canadians feel that way is that Read More
HR Quote of the Day: 11/2/10
November 2, 2010 0 Comments
Just keep your head down and do the work. Usually, if you put in maximum effort and produce excellent results, someone in the company is going to take notice. ~ Suze Orman
Employee Health and Wellness and the Cost of “Presenteeism”
October 19, 2010 0 Comments
Employee Health Never heard of “presenteeism”? It’s when people actually show up for work but are feeling sick and do less than a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay. Eric Finkelstein, PhD, of Duke University came up with this concept in a study Read More
Hilton Chicago Workers On Third Day Of Strike
October 19, 2010 0 Comments
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Chicago, IL, United States (AHN) – Workers at the Hilton in Chicago held their third day of strike on Monday to protest the hotel’s refusal to raise wages despite receiving federal bailout funds. Unite Here Local 1 held the Read More
HR Quote of the Day: 10/18/10
October 18, 2010 0 Comments
As we go forward, I hope we’re going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work. ~ Sergey Brin
Applying Six Sigma Principles to Job Analysis
October 15, 2010 0 Comments
Job Analysis Applying a quality process such as Six Sigma to job analysis can have interesting and positive benefits to your organization. Job analysis is a process common to any HR department; job descriptions are developed and analyzed to determine similarities and differences in work Read More
