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Young U.S. Job Seekers Hit Hard by Economy »
"Two years ago, the unemployment rate for 20 to 24 year olds with bachelor's degrees was just 2.2 percent. Now it is more than four times that at 9.3 percent." reports the CBS Evening News. Young Job Seekers Hit Hard by Economy - CBS Evening News - CBS News
Twitter Updates for 2009-10-25 »
United Nations Says Temps Bore the Brunt of Layoffs | workforce.com http://ow.ly/wnVJ #
Global Outsourcing Market Up 40% in Q3 »
Total contract value of $24.7 billion in Q3 says Global Services "This quarter has seen the highest total contract value since the fourth quarter of 2008 and reported a rise of 21 percent sequentially and 40 percent year-on-year, according to sourcing data and advisory firm TPI," is stated in the article via Global Outsourcing Market Up 40% [...]
“Market Changes Shine Bright Light on MSP »
Michael Matherly, of Sourcing for Services, recently released an article discussing several points including Statement of Work (SOW) Services management within the Managed Services Program realm. ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS • Economic pressures drive enhanced outlook on Services Procurement opportunities • Why SOW Services is so challenging to get [...]
America’s New Human Capital »
"The demography of America is changing... The next generation of human capital on which the United States will depend for its economic growth and strength will be increasingly composed of people who today live in economically underserved communities and work for economically underserved businesses," writes James Lowry and Samuel [...]
Twitter Updates for 2009-10-20 »
Temp workers hit by crisis - global stats for Germany and Japan according to the International Labour Organisation http://ow.ly/vlK1 # Georgia-based Ryla hiring 1,500 temp workers - http://ow.ly/vlLg #
US employment and recruitment market set for recovery »
"Total staffing revenue is predicted to grow to $98bn next year and temporary staffing is forecast to grow in all sectors measured by , including: industrial (15%) finance/accounting (8%) IT (8%) marketing/creative (5%) legal (5%) clinical/scientific (4%) engineering/design (4%) office/clerical (4%) healthcare (1%) Over the [...]
Global Worker Surge Was Behind Recession – WSJ »
“The large increase in the developed world’s labor supply, triggered by geo-political events and technological innovations, is the major underlying cause of the global macro economic imbalances that led to the great recession,” the paper said. “The inability of existing institutions in the U.S. and the rest of the world to cope with this [...]
Centralized Contingent Workforce Management Seen »
The Human Capital Institute (HCI) recently realesed a new study making the business case for enterprise-wide, centrally managed and technology-enabled CWM "Based on these convincing research findings, we strongly recommend that organizations move toward enterprise-wide, centrally managed and technology-enabled CWM," said Carl Rhodes, HCI chief [...]
The Challenges of Managing a Diversified Workforce »
"A Workforce Trends Study, commissioned by Yoh Talent Solutions, found that companies actually have much less control of their workforce than they believe. Roughly 70 percent of business leaders surveyed reported their company has a strategic workforce plan in place, but on average, only 25 percent have the ability to calculate spend and ROI [...]
