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Deep Corporate Staff Cuts Heat Up H-1B Visa Debate

Long backed by the U.S. tech industry as crucial to American competitiveness, H-1Bs let...

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Employers Believe Hiring Will Improve as Unemployment Numbers Worsen

The report arrives as the number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. climbs 5.9 perce...

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New in the C-Suite, 2009

This month’s digest of who’s coming, going and moving up in the world of workforce mana...

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Dear Workforce How Much Time Should We Spend Figuring Out Our Retention Rate

How important is it that I calculate retention? And which formula is best to use?

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Dear Workforce How Do We Improve the Odds of Retaining Key Contributors, Especially in the Midst of a Change in Ownership

Our company is being sold, and while the new management takes over, I have been asked t...

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Dear Workforce How Do I Overcome Resistance to New Diversity Initiatives

What challenges/resistance should I expect as our organization begins examining workfor...

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Dear Workforce How Do We Teach New Supervisors to Judge Employee Performance

How do we teach our supervisors to write more effective performance reviews? As we’ve d...

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Merrill Pays $1 Million to Settle SEC Charges It Misled Pension Funds

Merrill Lynch agrees to settle regulatory charges that a Florida office misled municipa...