Here’s quick snapshot of news around the industry!
Around the Staffing Industry:
- “Big Data” is changing the face of recruiting in a big way. [Recruiter.com]
- SHRM’s survey shows the manufacturing and services industries are about to have their best month for hiring in the past 4 years. [Staffing Industry]
- A recent analysis of U.S. census data reflects 40% (or 4.6 million) of the unemployed are millennials. [Market Watch]
- Legal protections for transgender employees will be formalized under federal regulations. [CNN]
- Monster rebrands itself. [MonsterThinking]
Talent Management:
- Building a culture of trust starts with your management team as everyone follows the leader. [Halogen]
- Why “star” employees are not always the right choice for management. [Forbes]
- 9 employees that you need to fire this week! [INC]
- Successful companies are realizing that employee satisfaction is strongly associates with high levels of employee engagement and profitability. [Fast Company]
- 9 rules for launching new recruiting technology. [The Hiring Site]
Around the Government:
- U.S. Department of Energy’s “non-disclosure” agreements are under review for possible violation of federal whistleblower law. [Washington Post]
- The U.S. Postal Service is looking to shed an additional 3,000 jobs via layoffs and retirements by 2015. [Gov Exec]
Around STEM:
- Most companies are predicting higher IT job growth this year and beyond. Overall, IT headcount will go up by 1% – which hasn’t risen since 2007. More specifically, the financial industry will increase IT headcount by 5% and Healthcare by 3.9%. [Recruiter.com]
- While Baltimore ranks No. 8 in country for open STEM jobs, it also has one of the worst fill rates. [Baltimore Sun]
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