BAE to Lay Off over 1,000
British mega-contractor BAE announced Thursday that it will lay off between 1,100 and 1,300 workers at its Sealy, Texas manufacturing facility. The cuts come in…
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Senate Passes Jobs Bill
In a filibuster-breaking 61-39 vote, the Senate on Thursday passed a bill which included $10 billion to prevent or delay up to 300,000 layoffs nationwide.…
TV Ad Revenue Up in 2010
Media companies including Viacom, Time Warner, CBS Corp. and News Corp. saw improved ad revenue in broadcast, cable, or both during the first half of…
Xerox Adds HR Firm
Xerox subsidiary Affiliated Computer Services has purchased HR firm ExcellerateHRO LLP (EHRO) for a reported $125 million. About 350 organizations are currently on EHRO's client…
US Companies’ Planned Layoffs Inch Up
Mirroring the somewhat higher initial jobless claims in July, planned layoffs at U.S. companies increased by 6 percent during the same period. Planned layoffs reached…
Initial Jobless Claims Reaches Three-Month High
The Labor Department reported some disappointing news Thursday, as its weekly report on initial claims for unemployment insurance reached a three-month high during the week…
Organizing Your Efforts to Find a Job
The recession is bad for you in many ways, and it can fool you into believing that your only reason of failing to get good jobs is the recession. The recession can generate a false sense of social approval in being unemployed, it can detract you from analyzing yourself, and from pinpointing your own weaknesses that need to be taken care of.
See Your Job and the World from the Bright Side and Not The Dark Side
For about as long as I can remember, I have been taking one course or another about different subjects every several months. I take courses in just about every topic you can imagine and love taking these courses. Typically, the courses I take are three or four-day affairs, and executives from one company or another are always flown in for these events by their companies to attend. I am at one of these things today that is about to start within the next couple of hours. Incredibly, for the next several days I am going to be listening to Tony Robbins, of self-improvement fame, speak about how to run a business.
Tackling a Team after Sacking a Team Member
To succeed or survive, it is essential to feel positive on job. However, there are many impediments to this and frequent adverse situations that can make staying positive quite the task. One of the most common situations in a regime of layoffs is a situation where your team members feel you have failed them. It is one of the most awful situations for responsible professionals in leadership roles, and one that can provoke the best of us into erratic or negative reactions.
Call Center Adding 300 Workers in Omaha
Call center operator West Corp. will conduct a job fair in Omaha next Tuesday to fill about 300 jobs, the Associated Press reports. The fair…