Workforce Trends
Background Checks and the Job Search
If you’re on a job search today and haven’t been on one in many years, particularly since before 9/11, you will likely encounter many important changes in the application and hiring process.
Prevalence of Background Checks
One such change is the extent to which employers now use various forms of background checks before hiring.
A 2004 [...]
Labor Dept. Training Disabled Vets in IT Work
Suitable employment opportunities are among the many needs of our disabled vets returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With a focus on the number of dead, it is easy to lose sight of the much larger number of wounded. Due to medical progress, many of them have survived severe injuries that would have [...]
Much Employee Creativity Unused on Job
The following is a guest post from The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, with a few of my thoughts appended thereafter. (Do I sound like a lawyer there, or what?)
At a time when many economists and futurists are pointing to creativity and innovation as one of the cornerstones of U.S. competitiveness in the years ahead, [...]
State of the Union(s): A Labor Day Follow-Up, With Questions
A handful of union-related items today, a week after Labor Day.
First:
The New York Times notes that there was no Labor Day parade this year in the Big Apple, where it all began in 1882:
If you wanted to see labor in action on Labor Day, you’d have done well to visit a [...]
Wanna Start a Company in Your Garage? Go Work for a Big Company First.
I came across this article about the myth of “garage” business creation a bit late (it was published in Fast Company in March), but:
(1) it’s good;
(2) maybe you missed it too; and
(3) I want to put my own gloss on it.
The Myth
Some ordinary guys, without money or power, triumph via a brilliant insight [...]
