Via Yahoo Tech / Reuters … Janel Landon, who runs a small PR consultancy in Chicago, has long been aware of the potential of online networks: now in her mid-50s and facing a global recession, she’s decided to sign up. “Given the state of the economy, I recently decided to jump on board,” Landon told [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 11, 2008
Giving Feedback to Your Boss When You’re In HR…
Via The HR Capitalist … You’re in HR – a partner to whomever you serve… Guess what? That means you’re supposed to tell people when they’re messing up. For a lot of us, that’s easy when it’s employees and even the managers we serve in other departments. It gets trickier when we have to tell [...]
November 7, 2008
Jobless rate bolts to 14-year high of 6.5 percent
Via AP … The nation’s unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, the government said Friday. It was stark proof the economy is almost certainly in a recession. The new snapshot, released by the Labor Department, shows the crucial jobs market deteriorating at an [...]
