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Back To the Future: Workers Fight For Better Pay AND Shorter hours
By Sarah Jaffe “A hundred years ago [Benjamin] Franklin said that six hours a day was enough for anyone to work and if he was right then, two hours a day ought to be enough now.” Lucy Parsons spoke those … Continue reading
Verizon on hiring track in Tampa, adding 100 FiOS customer reps
By Sean Buckley Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is staffing its national customer-retention center in Tampa with 100 new sales representatives to support various sales and customer support functions mainly for its wireline FiOS Internet and FiOS TV services. New staff members … Continue reading
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Tagged Customer, Customer support, employment, help-wanted, jobs, sales, Tampa, Tampa Florida, Verizon, Verizon Communications, Verizon FiOS
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New York City Passes Paid Sick Time Law
By Jennifer Peltz New York City is becoming the most populous place in the United States to make businesses provide workers with paid sick time, after lawmakers overrode a mayoral veto early Thursday to pass a law expected to affect … Continue reading
The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed
By Michael Grabell It’s 4:18 a.m. and the strip mall is deserted. But tucked in back, next to a closed-down video store, an employment agency is already filling up. Rosa Ramirez walks in, as she has done nearly every morning … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, employment, Guatemala, Honduras, labor, low wage, New Jersey, Nike, temporary worker, United States, wage inequality, Walmart
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Many cities face long waits to regain lost jobs
By Tim Mullaney Most U.S. cities won’t regain all the local jobs lost in the recession until 2015 or later. Top performers: College towns, oil centers, military base communities. More than half of all U.S. metro areas won’t regain the … Continue reading
Some Tech Companies Find Ways Not To Hire Americans
By Martin Kaste Lawmakers continue to wrangle over a bill that would overhaul the nation’s immigration system. One provision in this bill would allow companies to import a lot more skilled workers. The tech industry has lobbied hard for this, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dick Durbin, employment, immigration, job skills, jobs, NPR, technology, unemployment
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Goodwill pays workers with disabilities as little as 22 cents an hour
By Katie McDonough In 2011, the multibillion-dollar nonprofit Goodwill Industries paid Pennsylvania workers with disabilities wages as low as 22, 38 and 41 cents an hour, according to Labor Department records obtained by NBC News. In 2010, an Applebee’s in … Continue reading
70 Percent of Americans ‘Emotionally Disconnected’ at Work: Shocking Poll Reveals Workforce Zombieland
By Steven Rosenfeld If you thought that Americans who kept their jobs during the Great Recession were glad to be working, you would be dead wrong. According to a Gallup.com report, 70 percent of American workers are “emotionally disconnected” at … Continue reading
The Right Keywords Are Essential When Applying for Jobs Online
By Andrew Klappholz Applying for a job online can be a lot like a guessing game. For all the effort you put into marketing your experience and qualifications, the deciding factor that gets your resume into the hands of an actual … Continue reading
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Tagged business, employment, Job description, Job hunting, job search, jobs, linkedin, online search, resume, technology, TheLadders
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Questions to ask and avoid when interviewing for a job
By Robert Half International The success or failure of a job interview doesnt rest solely with the answers you give the hiring manager. The questions you ask can also speak volumes. In a recent Robert Half survey, human-resources managers recounted … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, facebook, Human resources, interview, Job interview, jobs, linkedin, Robert Half International, twitter
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