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• "Tell Me About Yourself:" The 25 Toughest Interview Questions (and tips on how to answer them!)


• Pensions and Distributed Work: An Unlikely Pair of Trend-to-Watch Topics


• Blawg Review #124; Labor Day Special Historical Edition


• How to Write a Great Reference Letter


• Disparate TREATMENT vs. Disparate IMPACT


• 9 Tips to Beat the Heat and Look Professional: Women


• HR Record Retention Requirements: Or, How Long Do We Have to Keep Those #$#%# Records ?


• IT Jobs Outlook, From Dept. of Labor


• Determining What the Popular Job Sites Are For Recruiting

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Career & Job Search

Testing the waters with internships
Internships, a rite of passage for job-hunting students, are attracting the attention of older adults who are eager to dip into new ventures, paid or not, before taking a full plunge.

Five ways to prepare for a layoff
Stay focused on your work, but go on the offensive at home, getting handle on expenses, researching savings and money-market yields for holding liquidated investments, and more.

Screw pleasing your parents: 11 careers that will make YOU happy
"Maybe it's time to start thinking about what it is that you really want to do instead of pleasing your family."

Compensation comparison taboo breaking down
For many young professionals, previous generations' don't-ask-don't-tell etiquette about salary comparison seems like a relic; salary info. is now fair game, at least with friends.

Employee Benefits

Erosion of Employer-Provided Health Care
Most important factor in overall decline in coverage is decline within jobs in all sectors, not shift away from jobs in manufacturing sector.

Who really pays for health care?
Rather than coming out of corporate profits, the increasing cost of health care has resulted in relatively flat wages for 30 years.

Opinion: it's time to separate health insurance from the workplace
Major candidates' proposals depend on continuing most problematic aspect of current health care system: employer-based coverage.

Angie's List to allow health-care industry ratings
In boon to consumer-directed healthcare movement, Angie's List members will be able to rate physicians, insurers, etc.

Work Trends

Worker productivity up at 2.2 % rate in first quarter
Worker productivity rose by better-than-expected amount in first three months of year while labor cost pressures eased. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that productivity, the amount of out...

U.S. Shed Fewer Jobs Than Expected in April
Economy lost 20,000 jobs in April. 4th consecutive month of decline, but significantly less than many predicted, with unemployment down a bit to 5 %.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on making the most of company wikis
Thousands of cos. use wikis to aggregate knowledge, collaborate, document best practices, and brainstorm. What makes wikis work and how cos. should use them.

AT&T to cut 4, 600 jobs
Layoffs to affect about 1.5 % of workforce, mainly management-level employees. Head count to stay stable in '08 as co. hires workers in its growth areas.

Top News Stories

Grad Guide 2008 -- Bridging the Gap From College to the Workplace
Q&A on wide variety of questions relevant to new grads -- and others thinking about job change and search.

The Economy Changes, So Change With It
Great advice on looking for work during a down economy. "Plenty of jobs are out there, and certain types of workers remain in high demand."

When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web
Search Facebook for your favorite school system, and see public profiles of 20-something teachers, often revealing a sense of humor that can be overtly sarcastic and/or unprofessional.

Republicans Block Pay Discrimination Bill
Measure would have eased tight time restraints to file claims, in response to Supreme Court's Ledbetter decision.

Employment Law

N.J. jury awards Orkin termite technician $5.1M in whistleblower suit
$4 million for emotional distress and $1,063,184 in punitive damages is believed to be largest verdict for a state whistle-blower case.

Wal Mart to pay $300,000 settlement in disability discrimination lawsuit.
EEOC case said applicant with cerebral palsy was asked during interview about ability to work using wheelchair, told he was best suited for a greeter position, but not hired.

Transgender discrimination lawsuit settled
Houston business settled lawsuit filed by transgender woman who said job offer was rescinded because company learned she was born a man.

Immigration agents detain hundreds at poultry plants
Federal immigration agents fanned out across five states, detaining hundreds of employees of Pilgrim's Pride, one of nation's largest poultry companies.

Human Resources

Will Your Investigation Meet Jury Expectations?
Most cos. are not particularly sophisticated in their investigation policies and procedures, but juries have high expectations, especially of big cos.

HR's New Worry: Cyberslander
Discussion of hree problems that make it hard to control cyberslander --

Recruiting trends
Questions that can provide an indication of whether you are keeping pace with current trends in recruiting.

Hiring: common mistakes
Hiring process is fraught with legal pitfalls, especially for unwary and untrained managers.

Labor Relations

Steelworkers Union OKs 4-year International Paper deal
Steelworkers approved new four-year master economic and security agreement with International Paper covering 32 converting facilities.

Bloomingdale's workers may strike
Workers may hit the picket lines at Bloomingdale?s flagship store on the Upper East Side as early as next weekend.

GM to restart Detroit plant amid threats of more strikes
GM will resume production Monday at Detroit assembly plant for first time in a month, after American Axle strike forced shutdown.

Hundreds of strikers rally outside American Axle meeting
CEO says company's original U.S. facilities simply aren't viable without more competitive labor agreement with UAW.