Industry News

8/25/2008 Coping with Soaring Gas Prices
Is your employer doing enough to ease your pain at the pump? According to a recent survey reported in Workforce. Com, 61 percent of survey participants reported having multiple jobs to pay bills.
8/25/2008 Demand for Older Workers Shatters Myths
The slowing economy has dampened the demand for older workers, but not much. The number of workers 55 and older is still growing significantly while those younger than 45 struggle with widespread job loss.
8/25/2008 Nation's Oldest Community College Has Long History of Teaching Safety
From the moment community colleges started preparing people for jobs in industry, safety has been a priority. Community colleges have not only offered independent courses on safety, they have incorporated safety into all of their technical programs.
8/14/2008 The Internet Can Be Dangerous to Your Job Search
"The number of job search engines has grown in recent years from a handful of major players, such as Monster.com and HotJobs.com, to hundreds of sites, offering everything from industry-specific and localized job search engines to dating service-like compatibility matching between job seekers and employers," said Challenger...
8/14/2008 Online Applicant Screening Pose Problems for Applicants and Employers
A growing trend among employers is to conduct job applicant screening online using search engines and social-networking web sites. Since material uploaded to these sites never seems to go away, it is reasonable to question how potential employers will view material that was published when a job applicant was in high school or college.
8/11/2008 Be Polite and Keep Your Head Down
Is the guy in the cubicle next to you a raging bull? Do you cringe every time you talk to the purchasing manager because she yells at you for submitting sloppy purchase requisitions?
8/11/2008 Crane Safety is Important to Everyone
If you cringe a little when walking or driving by a crane, your instincts are pretty good.
8/11/2008 Kiosk Technology Delivers Safety Training to Large Manufacturer
In this day of computers and high technology, educators have a variety of ways to deliver training. One of these options is the kiosk.
7/16/2008 Baby Boomers Create a New Way to Retire
According to a study conducted for Merrill Lynch by Harris Interactive in collaboration with Age Wave, baby boomers are not interested in traditional retirement lifestyles. They are looking, instead, for ways to integrate work and play thereby creating a new model of retirement living.
7/16/2008 Online Social Networking in the Workplace?
As the popularity of online social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace grows, so does the number of people visiting the sites during work hours. While many companies look the other way, a new survey reveals that nearly one in four are putting the kibosh on what is considered a productivity killer.
7/16/2008 Online Training Becomes More Accepted
According to a 2005 survey conducted by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), 29 percent of all corporate tuition reimbursement goes to online or blended programs. Nearly 60 percent of the 151 learning executives surveyed expected the role of online higher education to increase in their organizations over the next two or three years.
6/24/2008 Economic Trends May Change the Way We Do Business
While it is not the end of the calendar year, it is the end of the fiscal year and as good a time as any to identify some economic trends that may occur over the next 12 months.
6/24/2008 Seventeen People Complete Frontline Training at Potlatch
The Potlatch Corporation in Elwood, Illinois graduated 17 people from Joliet Junior College's Frontline training program on June 18. Six people completed all five of the Frontline modules and 11 completed four.
6/24/2008 Your Logo is Not Your Brand
It is a common misconception, probably started by graphic designers, that a great-looking logo is critical to branding success. The truth, according to many experts, is that a great-looking logo is only a small part of building a successful brand.
6/17/2008 Fuel Prices Could Benefit Some Americans
Could there be a hidden benefit to rising gas prices? Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., a Chicago-based outplacement consultancy says yes.
6/17/2008 Top Ten Work-at-Home Jobs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts a growing demand for many jobs by 2016. A number of them can be done at home.
6/2/2008 Are men experiencing a recession?
According to the latest household survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, men 20 and older have lost 700,000 jobs between last November and April.
5/22/2008 Planning for the Brain Drain
You've probably heard it many times: the workforce is aging; retirements will steadily rise, employers will be left with a massive brain drain.
5/7/2008 Corporations Create New Job
According to a recent Workforce.com article, more than 11 percent of Fortune 500 companies blog as part of their overall marketing strategy. That is a seven percent increase over the reported four percent in 2005. Many of these companies employ a full time blogger.
5/7/2008 How to Kill Creativity
In today'stuggling economy, employers want workers who can be innovative and creative. But, for many, the management style of their companies does more to kill a new idea than bring it to life.
4/11/2008 Employers Struggle to Find Ways to Deal with Generation Y Workers
According to a recent study sponsored by the consulting firm Novations, 19 percent of the 2,556 HR and training executives who participated in this study admitted to having difficulty communicating to this group.
4/11/2008 Better Business Planning Begins at the Circus
A circus executive speaking to a group of HR professionals may seem odd, but when the circus is the famous Cirque du Soleil, it makes perfect sense.
4/11/2008 Five Recession-Proof Industries
According to John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a global outplacement consultancy, there are some jobs that will always be in demand.
4/2/2008 Many Employers Want Less Than a Four-Year Degree
There are alternatives to the four-year college degree and many industries are making an effort to encourage people to consider them.
4/2/2008 Chicago High School Prepares for Job Shortages
According to a new report from Deloitte, a professional consulting firm, technology companies use outdated tactics to recruit and retain talent.
3/13/2008 Technology Workers Want More Control
According to a new report from Deloitte, a professional consulting firm, technology companies use outdated tactics to recruit and retain talent.
3/7/2008 Economy Not Deterring Employers From College Recruiting Plans
Despite signs of a steadily weakening economy, a new survey by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. found that many employers have not altered plans to hire spring college graduates.
3/7/2008 Facebook is for Corporations Too
Facebook is not just for individuals. Many major U.S. businesses are creating their own Facebook sites as a way to build brands and generate more job applications.
2/28/2008 Video Footage Shows Electrical Dangers
Sometimes we take safety for granted. We tell ourselves that we've done some procedure a million times without mishap. Then, one day, something goes wrong.
2/18/2008 The Future Will Demand More of the American Worker
To compete effectively, American workers need to find innovative solutions to productivity challenges.
2/18/2008 Post College Training Becoming More Important
A recent survey reports that employers are generally satisfied with the entry-level skills of college graduates, but want better assessment tools to evaluate their level of knowledge and need for post-college training.
2/5/2008 How To Recession-Proof Your Job
Outplacement Expert Advises Caution.
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. is an international outplacement firm headquartered in Chicago. Chief Executive Officer, John A. Challenger, has some advice for staying employed during the possible economic slump.
2/5/2008 Small U.S. Manufacturers Can Compete with Foreign Suppliers
All they need is a highly-skilled workforce.
"We're not going to compete on the price of our labor, we're going to compete on the skill of our labor," says Sandi Vito, Pennsylvania's deputy secretary for workforce development.
1/11/2008 Be Prepared for Telecommuting
Many jobs are perfect for telecommuting. Selling, for example, can easily be done from home. Other jobs may not be as accommodating.
1/11/2008 Tips for Helping Middlescents
According to Harvard University, middlescents are workers between the ages of 35 and 54. They are burned out, bottlenecked, and bored.
1/11/2008 Will Employers Be Desperate for Workers in 2011?
As baby boomers grow older, economists get more nervous. In a few years, this demographic bulge will begin retiring, creating the possibility for a severe labor shortage.
12/13/2007 Argonne Labs Helps Build New Supercomputer
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $25 million for the construction of a 50 teraflop (50 trillion calculations per second) supercomputer.
12/13/2007 Demand for Online Learning is Growing
According to a USA Today story (11/28/07), 20 percent of the 17 million college students in the United States say they have taken at least one online course.
12/13/2007 Disabled Vets Find New Opportunities in Labor Market
What do you get when you combine the coming surge in retirees with nearly full employment? You get more opportunities for disabled veterans.
12/13/2007 Problem with Homeland Security's E-Verify Program
Many employers are experiencing some problems with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) E-Verify program.