Here’s quick snapshot of news around the industry!

Around the Staffing Industry:

• It’s important to integrate social media with your marketing initiatives and align your efforts with your business objectives. [Staffing Industry]
• The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report was released this and stated that employment growth remained modest in September. [Staffing Industry]

Talent Management:

• Solving employee turnover has a lot to do with the hiring process and effective leadership development.  [ERE]
• When you find top IT talent you want to hold on to them. Here are 4 ways to do that. [Business News Daily]

Around the Government:

• Federal employees who were furloughed during the shutdown will have to return any unemployment benefits that they received. [Government Executive]
• The Federal Government may be open, but employers will be dealing with the shutdown’s aftermath for weeks. [Staffing Talk]

Around the IT Industry:

• Check out Around the IT Industry from Modis for everything from a knife that can detect cancer to IBM building computers more like the human brain to someone hot on Google Maps heels. [Modis]

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