Here’s quick snapshot of news around the industry!
Around the IT Industry:
According to Modis (our sister company):
- Searchers Still Choose Google over Bing, Even When Looking at Bing Results
- US Debating over Overhauling Wiretapping Laws
- Windows 8 Now On-Pace with Windows 7
- One-Third of Services Google Tries to Launch End in Failure
- Spotify Patches a Google Chrome Exploit that Let Users Download Free MP3s
Around the Staffing Industry:
Unemployment numbers hit an all time low…the lowest numbers since 2008. [Market Watch]
According to a recent study by Adecco, 66% of hiring managers feel that college grads are unprepared for the workplace and 58% of them are not planning on hiring them at all. [PR Newswire]
Free data and public profiles are starting to replace pre-employment tests that judge potential job success. [ERE.net]
The number of U.S. temporary workers increased by 30,000 in April. [Staffing Industry Analysts]
Talent Management:
Is your team full of skeptics or cynics? The difference is important. One is a useful member of the team, and the other is toxic. Check out this article from the founder & CTO of Hubspot to figure out what you team is made of. [Linkedin]
If you want to create a more valued employee, you must demonstrate respect. Lee Hecht Harris, a leadership development company, shares 6 ways to do this. [LHH]
66% of U.S. employers made a bad hire last year costing some upwards of $50,000. [The Hiring Site]
Around the Government:
Government contract spending has had the largest decrease (3.1%) since 1997. [Bloomberg]
Obamacare is starting to show signs that it is affecting the job market as companies with fewer than 50 employees are slowest to hire [Market Oracle]
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