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Technology Contract Gigs Driving IT Jobs Recovery
A new report shows that even as unemployment held the line at 9.7 percent in March, online contract work is booming, with some pockets of IT showing a 29 percent year-over-year increase in available gigs. Compiled by the online talent marketplace company Elance, the Elance Online Talent Report examined the contract bookings for the first…
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Employers Tread Lightly on New IT Jobs, Hiring
Employers are treading lightly when it comes to adding new IT jobs, a trend that will likely mean more volatility—with job numbers rising and falling—in the months ahead. That’s according to David Foote, CEO and chief research officer at IT labor market analyst firm Foote Partners. Foote made the assessment based on the numbers released…
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CEO Priorities Shift To Customer Retention
CEO Priorities Shift To Customer Retention Growing confidence tempered by business caution will result in an aggressiveness to harvest the successes of the past through improved productivity. At the same time, CEOs are taking those returns and investing them in building a future that can deliver high returns. CEOs are maintaining tight cost control to…
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Ahead of Jobs Recovery, ADP Adds Talent Management Service
Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a provider of human resources, payroll and benefits administration services, announced the enhancement of ADP Workforce Now to include talent management capabilities aimed at small to medium-size businesses. The solution offers HR resources, benefits administration, payroll, time and attendance, and talent management functionality designed for midmarket organizations with 50 to 999…
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Payroll Firm ADP Reports U.S. Jobs Still Declining
Job declines are narrowing for the U.S. economy, but things still haven’t turned around enough so that we are adding jobs. The private sector of the economy shed another net 23,000 jobs between February and March, according to the most recent ADP National Employment Report from payroll processing and HR outsourcing firm ADP. The service-providing…
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SMB Hiring Trend Continues
SMB Hiring Trend Continues The Small Business Employment Index put out by business and financial management provider Intuit shows that small businesses continued to hire more employees in March. This news underscores a trend that began in mid-2009. The Index estimates roughly 175,000 new jobs have been created since last June. March Ushers in 50,000…
