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Stopping Abuse is a Bad Thing?? [VIDEO]

Amy Sciarretto — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:30:07 +0000

A Safeway employee in Northern California was rewarded for heroically coming to the rescue of a pregnant women being assaulted by her boyfriend inside the grocery store in a shocking way. He was suspended by his bosses. Ryan Young, who works as a meat clerk at the Del Rey Oaks Safeway, witnessed Quyen Van Tran [...]

Could Your Social Media Profiles Cost You a Job?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:11:28 +0000

A new CareerBuilder survey of 2,300 hiring managers and human resource professionals shores up the warnings many experts give job-seekers about social media — namely, what you post could wind up costing you a position.

Is a Female Dominated Work Force a Positive Development?

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:09:48 +0000

Depending on how the workforce is measured, women have either become the majority of workers in the United States or are right on the cusp of becoming so.

According to a new survey from Allstate-National Journal, most Americans think this is a positive development.

Interview Horror Stories Finally Revealed From Employer Survey

Shauna Wright — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:14:16 +0000

Many job hunters have reported some rather bizarre interviews, but they aren’t the only ones surprised during the process. Turns out employers have plenty of eyebrow-raising stories of their own. A new survey of 3,000 hiring managers and human resource professionals by the job-database site CareerBuilder revealed that some prospective employees have a serious lack [...]

What Does Your Facebook Profile Tell a Prospective Employer?

Shauna Wright — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:09:15 +0000

It’s pretty common for companies to scout out the social media accounts of prospective hires — and now a new study from Northern Illinois University says Facebook profiles are actually a pretty good predictor of job performance. Researchers conducted an experiment in which three “raters” (one university professor and two students) looked at the Facebook [...]