Human Resources News

CNN - Jul. 25, 2008, 6:11 PM

Ashley Hewitt spent 16 years rising through the ranks of corporate human resources, reaching manager and director positions. But after having her third child, a full-time career proved too much. Ashley Hewitt left a corporate career to raise her three ...

Business Week - Jul. 24, 2008, 8:07 AM

NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- High-caliber retail talent is scarce and difficult to attract, but merchants can -- and should -- take steps to buck the trend, advised Lloyd A. Lippman, founder and CEO of Career Management, a retail, direct mail and ...

Telegraph - Jul. 24, 2008, 1:57 AM

By Angela Monaghan The credit crisis is causing a growing number of jobs losses in the UK, with official unemployment figures for last month the worst in 16 years. The number of people claiming unemployment benefit rose for a fifth month in June, and by ...

Telegraph - Jul. 24, 2008, 1:18 AM

In the latest sign of the economic downturn, figures show the total number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance increased by 15,500 to 840,100 in June, the fifth consecutive rise in the claimant count and the largest since December 1992. According to the ...

Telegraph - Jul. 24, 2008, 1:04 AM

In the latest sign of the economic downturn, figures show the total number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance increased by 15,500 to 840,100 in June, the fifth consecutive rise in the claimant count and the largest since December 1992. According to the ...

International Herald Tribune - Jul. 24, 2008, 0:46 AM

LONDON: Britain's unemployment rate remains unchanged at 5.2 percent, the government said Wednesday. The Office for National Statistics said the figure was down 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier. The number of people claiming unemployment ...

Forbes.com - Jul. 23, 2008, 11:23 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spherion Corporation (NYSE: SFN) will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 29, 2008, after market close on Monday, July 28, 2008. Management will host a conference call ...

Business Week - Jul. 23, 2008, 10:41 AM

HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HR BioPetroleum, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALEX), Hawaiian Electric Company and Maui Electric Company, subsidiaries of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HE), today announced that they have signed memoranda of ...

Fortune - Jul. 23, 2008, 7:07 AM

ATLANTA (AP) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. announced Tuesday its plans for the composition of its senior leadership team after it acquires Northwest Airlines Corp. later this year. The Atlanta-based carrier said it expects the transition of Northwest's ...

International Herald Tribune - Jul. 23, 2008, 6:09 AM

The Atlanta-based carrier said it expects the transition of Northwest's operations into Delta to last 12 to 24 months. As previously announced, Delta Chief Executive Richard Anderson will lead the combined airline. Delta said Tuesday that Delta's ...