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• Poor health puts older workers off staying: study (Reuters)

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 153
  convince workers to stay longer in the workforce," said Hugo Westerlund of Stockholm Universitys stress research institute, who conducted the study with colleagues from . The study, which took annual surveys of the workers self-rated health, found that
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• Boots on the ground

  
  Working in Maine — Authority: 103
  On Wednesday of past this week, I went to a conference in Portland focused on diversity issues and their intersection with workforce development. Coordinated by Working Together , a coalition of businesses and organizations intent on finding a way to integrate individuals with disabilities into Maine’s labor pool, ...
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• Answers to workplace disengagement begins with questions

  
  Destination Talent — Authority: 118
  It’s common knowledge that workplace disengagement is rife in organisations across Australia. What can an employer do? Gallup recommends employees be asked 12 questions, as follows:  Do you know what is expected of you at work? Do you have the [...]
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• Some Thoughts on People Management

  
  The Flammario Organization Blog — Authority: 127
  A prosperous business depends heavily on good people management skills. You may succeed in learning these skills. Having a innate skill for getting along with people and forging relationships can be an advantage, all the same there are many skills you can learn that will make the process simple. Developing ...
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• Pakistani Police Work On Despite Taliban Threat

  
  The Islamic Workplace — Authority: 124
  CNNISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Assistant Sub Inspector Anwar Ali starts his day with a prayer. He needs all the help he can get.Anwar is a police officer — part of Pakistan’s increasingly vulnerable “thin blue line.” Pakistan’s men in blue are a police force under siege.When he sets out for work on a small ...
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• Whos Hurting the Most?

  
  Economix — Authority: 736
  The job market is bad for almost everyone. But it is especially bad for those who are young, less educated, male or black.
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• Duke University News Tip: Muslim-American Values Not Reflected in Fort Hood Shooting

  
  The Islamic Workplace — Authority: 124
  ——————————————-DUKE UNIVERSITY NEWSDuke University Office of News & Communicationshttp://www.dukenews.duke.edu——————————————-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Nov. 6, 2009CONTACT: Camille Jackson(919) 681-8052camille.jackson@duke.eduNEWS TIP: MUSLIM-AMERICAN ...
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• The Truth About Mothers in the Workplace

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 139
  I hate mommy war stories as many of them are anecdotal or based on half-truths and clearly meant to make mothers feel bad about their decisions. However, I want to send a shoutout to Nation writer and feminist Katha Pollitt for taking on the manufacturers of the mommy wars and setting the record straight on ...
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• Women Still Not Quite Half of Work Force

  
  Economix — Authority: 736
  Since the recession began, women have been edging toward holding a majority of nonfarm payroll jobs for the first time.
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• LinkedIn Recruiter for Recruitment Agency

  
  JobsBlog.ie — Authority: 118
  Well LinkedIn have decided that the Recruitment Agency market is to big not to service it. The new product called LinkedIn Recruiter is launched that enables Recruitment Agencies to harvest the full power of the LinkedIn Social Network.Is LinkedIN Recruiter a good or a bad thing for you?Well, depends from your ...
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• In time for the holidays: another unemployment extension

  
  Workforce Developments — Authority: 119
  The Senate passed HR 3548 on Thursday, ensuring at least an additional 14 weeks of coverage for Americans at risk of losing their unemployment benefits. That is, as soon as President Obama signs it into law. Hes expected to do that within days, possibly as early as Friday. Its good news for unemployed Americans ...
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• Time Inc. Offers Buyouts Ahead of Hundreds of Layoffs

  
  Western Journalism.com — Authority: 142
  by Nat Ives, ADage Publishing Leader Employed 12,000 Three Years Ago, Now Just 9,000 Buyout offers kicked off the latest round of major job eliminations today at Time Inc., where cuts are coming to replace growth as the annual expectation. "This restructuring will allow us to most efficiently focus our ...
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• Getting Started in Workforce Analytics

  
  Infohrm's Weblog — Authority: 118
  It is increasingly apparent that those organizations that build a robust workforce analytics function have a competitive advantage over those that don’t.  Findings from Infohrm’s 2009 Global Analytics Survey (“Workforce Analytics: Creating a Discipline of Data-Driven Decisions”, April 2009, www.infohrm.com) ...
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• Gerontologist Focuses on Direct-Care Workers in Maine and Throughout the U.S.

  
  PHInational.org — Authority: 121
  Higher wages, more hours, and travel cost reimbursement are the factors most strongly correlated with low turnover among Maine direct-care workers, according to the results of a study published in the October 2009 issue of the Gerontologist . The author of the study — Lisa Morris of the Muskie School of ...
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• Dont let professionals tell you they know about parenting

  
  The Social Care Experts Blog — Authority: 420
  by Michael Fitzpatrick I often think it is strange that parents ask me - as a GP - for advice on matters of child-rearing. It is understandable that parents should seek medical advice about their childrens coughs and fevers, even about teething and nappy rashes. But why turn to a doctor for help with sleeping and ...
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• Blended House Health Care Bill Maintains Direct-Care Worker Provisions

  
  PHInational.org — Authority: 121
  Following months of intense negotiations and extensive input from stakeholders, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, Calif.) and the three chairmen of the House committees overseeing health care presented their blended House health insurance reform bill on October 29. The new legislation, the Affordable Health Care for ...
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• RealNetworks to Lay Off Four Percent of Staff Today

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 736
  The Seattle area is going to get another jobless jolt today, with RealNetworks (RNWK) planning to lay off four percent of its workforce, sources said. That’s a small number–just about 70 people out of its 1,700-person staff–but the move comes on the heels of layoffs of another 800 employees at nearby Microsoft ...
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• "Microsofts true anticompetitive clout was in the rebates it offered to OEMs" - Cuomo Explores Same Problem With Intel

  
  REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio — Authority: 494
  We have had discussions on REALNEO about the antitrust of Microsoft , and the harm that has caused the world , but few people remember back to 1999, when the antitrust case United States vs. Microsoft determined Microsofts dominance of the Intel-based personal computer operating systems market constituted a ...
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• Real Coop Energy, Year 2

  
  REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio — Authority: 494
  It is an amazing feeling heating your home with wood. You are able to survive in the harshest of weather, with nothing but mother nature on your side, and no gas bills... and, you may cook and heat water while you heat your environment. Quite clever, really... invented by cavewomen, I believe. read more
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• Requesting reader input on a new reentry website

  
  Workforce Developments — Authority: 119
  The Marin Employment Connection, the one stop in Marin County, CA, is planning to add to its new website a page that specifically targets ex-offenders.  We will include information about our Road to Work resource fairs that we do in collaboration with our Probation Department and the California Department ...
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