HireRight, a leader in on-demand employment background and drug screening, today announced that HireRight Enterprise™, a screening management solution designed specifically for the needs of large organizations, has been named one of the 2008 Top HR Products of the Year by Human Resource Executive® magazine. Selected from a record number of entries, HireRight Enterprise was chosen after thorough evaluation by the ...

The CEO Council for Growth today announced the release of “Strategies for Talent Management: Greater Philadelphia Companies in Action” – a research report that provides insights into how organizations are successfully developing their talent and how others can strengthen their current talent management efforts. The report focuses on a variety of talent management strategies with a core emphasis on tuition assistance ...

Stolen laptop? Now you can tell those thieves exactly what you think of them. Front Door Software's Retriever program displays your contact information as your computer boots up. There's even space for a plea to a Good Samaritan — "$50 for my safe return," maybe. In most cases, that's enough to help an honest person return the machine, said Carrie Hafeman, ...

The number of people signing up for jobless benefits declined last week, the third straight drop from a six-year high reached earlier this month, the government said Thursday. Applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a seasonally adjusted 425,000, down 10,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department reported. That was a slightly better figure than the 427,000 analysts expected. The four-week ...

Oklahoma officials say a typo resulted in a state employee receiving a bonus of $850,000 — but it was only temporary. Jo Harris was supposed to receive an $850 longevity bonus for working at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission for seven years. But a misplaced decimal point turned that into a six-figure windfall. Officials say they caught the error before the ...

For the U.S. economy, the surprises keep coming. One day after the release of a report that showed an unexpected surge in orders for durable manufactured goods in July (BusinessWeek.com, 8/27/08), another government report showed a much larger-than-expected jump in second-quarter gross domestic product. But economists aren't ready to start uncorking the champagne just yet: Another report released on Aug. 28 ...

As a job applicant over 40 who is making his/her way through the world of work in an uncertain time, are you portraying yourself as the truly confident, capable person you are? Whether you’re trying to land a job, advance your career or hold onto the position you have right now, you need to be sure you’re presenting the best you ...

It may still be good to be king, but increasingly the job is coming with fewer perks. In its third annual study of fringe benefits for chief executives, compensation research firm Equilar found that the median values of seven of the nine major CEO perquisites that it tracks—from personal aircraft use to country club memberships—were down or remained flat from 2006 ...

If the predicted recession becomes a reality, the HR function needs to be seen as an integral part of the business. Otherwise team members could be the first to go. Nicola Harrison reports A lot can happen in 15 years. Since the last recession, the HR function has evolved from an administrative payroll and personnel position, to one of vital strategic ...

When it comes to connecting with the right job opportunity, timing isn't everything, but it's certainly something. Tuning into industries' and employers' annual recruitment cycles just might give you a decisive edge. That's the consensus of recruiters and employers with fingers on the pulse of seasonal variations in hiring. Here's a quarter-by-quarter summary of how these hiring dynamics play out. h4. ...

Today's managers are charged with getting the most out of workers no matter what. But the reality is that many managers must coax top performances from their employees while working with a minimal budget that may require salary freezes; cuts in benefits, bonuses or perks; reductions in hours; or even layoffs. If you're faced with a less-than-optimal budget situation, follow these ...

George W Bush was forced to give up email when he was sworn in as President in case hackers broke into his system and worries all documents would have to be kept as presidential records. But Obama told CBNC he is struggling to keep the Blackberry so he can maintain contact with the outside world. "They're going to pry it out ...

Through the hype and overwhelming media presence about the looming election, you may have noticed the pink-colored promotions invading your favorite retailers, the Internet, perhaps even your pet food. Moving in alongside the debates, the news headlines and the black-and-orange is an October of richly hued richly pink, in celebration of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A message from NBCAM.org: “Twenty-three ...

President-elect Barack Obama radiates a cool, steady calmness. Watching him from afar, you cannot imagine him coming down hard on people to get things done; this is not his style and he knows it. That's why he chose as his chief of staff a man who according to NPR's Morning Editio loves to "win." Brash, bold and abrasive, Rahm Emanuel, a ...

As an aspiring racing official, Mauricia Grant had grown used to working in a man’s world. When she finally made it into NASCAR, Grant was appalled at the way she says she was treated beginning from her first day on the job until her firing last October. Now she’s suing NASCAR for $225 million, alleging racial and sexual discrimination, sexual harassment ...

More than 244 million private records have been lost by companies and government agencies since 2005 with almost all of these losses being blamed on employees’ risky behavior. However, before assigning blame, organizations might want to take a look in the mirror, according to a new, first-of-its-kind study by the Information Risk Executive Council (IREC), a program of the Corporate Executive ...

Nearly one-third of the country's top executives expect to cut payrolls in the coming months as companies cope with a weakened economy dogged by housing, credit and financial problems. At the same time, a survey by the Business Roundtable, released Thursday, showed that most executives expect sales and capital investment to remain at current levels or even improve over the next ...

The aim of networking is to develop and maintain relationships - something women are naturally good at in their personal lives but not so great at when it comes to their career advancement. Think of networking as sharing: time, information, resources, and opportunities. Networking in general is crucial throughout your career, but at this moment, you're networking with a purpose: to ...

According to Hinterhuber and Popp, there are 10 questions would-be leaders should ask themselves. Ask yourself these questions and score yourself somewhere between one and 10 (One being not really, and 10 being very much so) on each question. Then figure out what you might do to move closer to a fully positive and broad-based answer. One of the best ways ...

Charlie Tyler had a surefire solution to many companies' problems -- or so he thought. Determined to strike out on his own, this Baton Rouge, Louisiana, CPA saw businesses struggling with tracking and collecting their employees' attendance records. So he and a partner dove right in to become value-added resellers of software designed to streamline those functions. But Tyler's “can't-miss" solution ...