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US Unemployment At 8.2%
June 1 2012 - Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 69,000 in May, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.1% to 8.2%.

High-Potential Entrepreneurs
May 30 2012 - Stanford Graduate School of Business has reported that its graduates are much more likely to become entrepreneurs than ever before. 16% of the class of 2011 have already started their own businesses compared to a mere 5% in the early 1990s and 10-year trend data is suggesting that there is a generational shift toward entrepreneurship.

Surface Diversity: Some Employees Subvert Diversity Programs
April 24 2012 - There is evidence to suggest that organizations are only achieving 'surface diversity' while key customer-facing staff such as servers are behaving in a racist way towards diners.

Multiple Internet Identities: Keeping Track
March 9 2012 - A growing number of internet users have split themselves into multiple personalities (albeit web-based) to conduct day-to-day business.

Employee Engagement
March 2 2012 - Employees need to feel like they are progressing. If you think about a time when you did something extraordinary at work, most likely you accomplished a difficult goal that was important to the organization.

Internet job-hunting is effective
December 7 2011 - Using the Internet for job-hunting reduced time spent unemployed by an average of 25%.

Workplace Flexibility Improves Employees' Health Behavior
December 6 2011 - Employees who have flexibility in the workplace tend to sustain healthier lifestyle habits.

Recruiting Practices and Employer Branding
August 26 2011 - Recruiting practices need to be consistent with branding strategies or organizations risk missing out on top talent and potential revenue.

U.S. Employee Trust Still Low
July 12 2011 - Employees still do not trust company management, nearly three years after the beginning of the economic downturn, according to results from a Maritz© Poll conducted by Maritz Research.

Employee Performance Reviews
April 22 2011 - A half of the participants in an online survey conducted for Globoforce think that employee performance reviews do not provide accurate appraisals of their work.

Discrimination and Job Loss
April 20 2011 - New research shows that jobless Americans face discrimination unrelated to their skills or to ways in which they lost their previous jobs.

Honesty is best for job-seekers
March 12 2011 - A recently published study indicates that honesty pays off for job applicants.

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