November 27, 2008
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 Reuters. “Professional networking is a ‘must do’ during unstable economic times.”
The economic crisis slamming firms across the globe has sparked a spike in usage of professional networks – Xing and LinkedIn are key sites — as people hedge against losing work and laid-off employees seek jobs.
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November 11, 2008
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 our boss that there’s something rotten in Denmark related to … well, them.
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November 7, 2008
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 alarmingly rapid pace.
The jobless rate zoomed to 6.5 percent in October from 6.1 percent in September, matching the rate in March 1994. Employers have cut jobs each month this year.
Unemployment has now surpassed the high seen after the last recession in 2001. The jobless rate peaked at 6.3 percent in June 2003.
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