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Employment report shows 158,000 jobs added in March
March 2013 ADP National Employment Report announced that private sector employment in the U.S. increased by 158,000 jobs from February 2013 to March 2013. “The U.S. private sector added 158,000 jobs in the month of March 2013, with the majority of the new jobs created by service providers. Over the first quarter of 2013, the ADP…
Read MoreNorth Carolina economy and employment looks positive for next five years
economy in North Carolina has been pretty sluggish in its recovery compared to other states across the country, one economist claims that things are looking very good indeed for the state’s future. “Despite everything that’s going on Washington (and) everything that’s yet to go on…the underlying fundamentals of the economy are dramatically improved,” says Michael…
Read MoreNew York City passes law prohibiting discrimination against the unemployed
applauded the pending passage of Intro 814-A, legislation that will prohibit employers from using a person’s employment status in a hiring decision and from posting job advertisements that require applicants to be currently employed. Specifically, the bill will make it illegal under the human rights law for an employer to base a hiring decision on…
Read MoreReport: 'Employment Screening Practices & Trends: The Era of Heightened Care and Diligence'
The new report looks at how companies use background checks to make hiring decisions in a climate of rapidly evolving federal and state employment laws and the ongoing specters of workplace theft, violence and negligent hiring litigation. A total of 992 individuals representing a wide range of U.S. organizations that use employment screening firms completed the…
Read MoreFive reasons all employers should perform staff testing
MYB attends National Reservation Economic Summit 2013 in Las Vegas
National Reservation Economic Summit (National RES) has been the place to go for 27 years. And we made sure we didn’t miss out this year, with CEO Karen Caruso flying out to Las Vegas to attend. The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED), which produces and hosts National RES each year, believes that…
Read MoreIncrease of 198,000 private sector jobs in February
Report: 5% increase in employment drug test positives
pre-employment drug screening tested positive for illicit drugs at a greater rate in the first six months of 2012 than in all of 2011, according to Drug Testing Index(TM) (DTI) data released via a press release earlier this week by Quest Diagnostics. The positivity rate from pre-employment urine drug screening in the U.S. general workforce…
Read MoreEmployment engagement biggest priority for HR departments in 2013
The State of HR survey 2013: recovery in sight?, which polled more than 300 HR professionals across 13 industry sectors, also found that only 53% of respondents measure employee engagement in their organization. Other key findings include: For the first time since the survey started in 2008, this year’s survey reports that the recruitment of…
Read MoreReport: 69% of businesses affected by bad hires
CareerBuilder study shows the cost of a bad hire can be extremely high. Sixty-nine percent of employers reported that their companies were adversely affected by a bad hire in 2012, with 41 percent of those businesses estimating the cost to be over $25,000. Twenty-four percent said a bad hire cost them more than $50,000, according…
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