Facebook Helps Advertisers Distinguish Gay Users
A new study from Microsoft Research India and Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, is sending out some waves concerning Facebook privacy issues; specifically, issues…
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Secure Check Creates New Sales Position
Secure Check, a leader in the area of automated return check processing, has announced a new sales representative position designed to 'meet the needs of…
HR Spending At 5-Year-Low For Architecture, Engineering, Planning & Environmental Firms
A report out from consultants ZweigWhite, shows a decline in operating expenses for Architecture Engineering, Planning & Environmental Firms. The survey shows that, in 2010,…
CORRECTION: U.S. Air Force To Undergo HR Shift
*Human Resources Journal would like to post a correction and apologize for the mistake. The United States Air Force Personnel Center will transfer just one…
Plastikon to Open Production Plant with 126 Jobs
Plastikon, a California-based contract health care company, is entering Lawrence, Kans. through a $7 million investment that will bring 126 new jobs to the area.…
Allstate Bringing 500 Jobs to Idaho with New Call Center
Allstate Insurance said it will open a new $21.9 million customer information center in the Pocatello-Chubbuck area of Idaho. The nation's second largest home and…
Minnesota’s Unemployment Rate Holds Steady Despite Job Losses
Despite a loss of 9,900 jobs in September, the unemployment rate in Minnesota managed to hold steady at 7 percent. The Minnesota Department of Employment…
New Jersey Sustains Heavy Job Losses
According to the New Jersey state labor department, 20,200 non-farm jobs and 7,600 local government jobs were lost in the month of September. The largest…
Be Proactive in Business and in Your Job Search
The gloomy estimates you've heard about business failures are not exaggerated. As many as half of all small businesses launched in the United States this year will not be around by the end of next year. These businesses will remain as little more than painful memories in the minds of the people who launched them. The big question is why do so many businesses fail? Is it because of lack of venture capital? Bad location? Inexperienced ownership or management? Simple miscalculation of market demand?
To Truly Support Job Creation, the Small Business Jobs Act Needs a Review
Fragile attempts at self-employment cannot be equated with the sound creation of jobs within organized business structures. However, that is what the proponents of the Small Business Jobs Act 2010 would have us believe.