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Los Angeles bans the box
recently passed a ‘Fair Chance Initiative’ that will ‘ban the box’ from job applications. It will also delay a pre-employment background check until a conditional offer of employment has been made. The new law applies to all contractors doing business with the City, as well as any private business with more than ten employees. It takes…
Read MoreCompanies look for ways to bridge the gap between employers and veterans
report released last month by iCIMS suggests that veterans are facing significant challenges in finding employment. Million of our military are, quite literally, putting their lives at risk for our country and unable to gain employment upon their return to civilian life. In fact, 86% of post-9/11 veterans decided not to apply for or accept…
Read MoreNovember 2016 employment: US adds 178,000 jobs
2017 hiring budgets projected to stay flat
Global Recruiting Trends 2017 – suggests that most hiring budgets will stay flat in 2017. Despite the expectation that hiring volume will increase for most companies, and the fact that 83% of executives say talent is the number one priority in their organization, just one-third of respondents expect to get a budget boost for recruiting.…
Read MoreCyber Monday tips from the BBB
Study: 75% of employers have made a bad hire in the past 12 months
CareerBuilder survey, 75% of employers said they have hired the wrong person for a position in the last twelve months. Of those who had a bad hire affect their business, the average cost of the bad hire was $17,000. That’s a significant sum for most small businesses and emphasizes why it’s so important to run comprehensive…
Read MoreEmployers are facing the worst talent shortage in a decade
Second annual National Apprenticeship Week begins
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Read MoreOctober 2016 employment: US adds 161,000 jobs
The Employment Situation‘ news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 161,000 jobs in October 2016. The unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons sat at 4.9 percent and 7.8 million respectively. In October, both the labor force participation rate, at 62.8 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 59.7 percent,…
Read MoreDepartment of Labor launch new platform for workers' rights
Worker.gov, currently in beta, is dedicated to the needs of workers. It was developed in response to feedback received during the White House Summit on Worker Voice, regional worker voice summits, and listening sessions with workers across the nation who found existing government websites detailing their rights difficult to navigate or understand. Their launch release stated:…
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