Here’s quick snapshot of news around the industry!
Around the IT Industry:
According to Modis:
- The DDoS Attack That Didn’t Shut Down the Internet
- CIAPC Becomes the Very Thing They Detest By Pirating Pirate Bay
- Your Real Time Chats Aren’t Being Monitored by the FBI… Yet
- Yahoo Makes 17-Year-Old App Designer a Millionaire
- You Can’t Patent Math, Judge Rules
Around the Staffing Industry:
Adecco shares an article from Forbes that discusses a new trend: Challenge Based Interviewing: http://bit.ly/XMIjRb
According to StaffingTalk:
- Study conducted by Monster and Millennial Branding found that Gen-Y workers could benefit from stronger entrepreneurial spirit [San Francisco Chronicle]
- With some asking for a “national holiday” observing March Madness and others calling in sick, employers should draw a line [The Modesto Bee]
- Young jobseekers can produce multimedia, mosaic-style resumes for Twitter and easily apply to tweeted jobs through Gozaik.com, now in Beta [PR Newswire]
- March staffing employment is up 2.4% from the same month last year [AmericanStaffing Association]
- 6 reasons why video interviewing will soon go mainstream [Business 2 Community]
- Payroll numbers climb in companies across the nation as employers hire to meet demand, get more access to loans, and fire fewer people [Bloomberg]
- Passive candidates are desirable to employers, but recruitment can be challenging [Mashable]
Talent Management:
Lee Hecht Harrison is starting to see investments in career development as a rising trend. Looks like companies are investing in employees at all levels in order to address skill gaps and prep for growth and innovation. http://bit.ly/10nNuIM
Did you know that while cost per internal hire is significantly less than external hires, internal staff is less accessible to recruiters? LHH provides tips on how to overcome this here: http://bit.ly/X2dNWm
Around the Government:
Pentagon reduces furlough days for civilian staff [NYtimes.com]
DoD releases more details on revised furlough timeline [Federalnewsradio.com]
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