WITHIN THE PAST DECADE, the nursing shortage has presented many faces: fewer persons are interested in nursing; few students are enrolled in schools of nursing (Green [1987] described this as trouble in the pipeline ); and fewer nurses are employed by hospitals. Another component of the shortage is
Byline: Mike Causey, THE WASHINGTON TIMES When it comes to the chopping block, Uncle Sam and corporate America do it differently. In the private sector, downsizing often is done quickly. Meanwhile, Uncle Sam takes his time, which can be a real plus for those involved. Workers in agencies about to
Byline: By Alan Jones The Prime Minister yesterday joined in criticism of careers guidance given to girls as an official report highlighted the lack of information as one of the causes of the 17% gender pay gap. Tony Blair was told bluntly by a member of a Government-appointed commission that
Source: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Posted: 2006-03-01
Byline: DEE J. HALL dhall@madison.com 608-252-6132 In a calm and forceful voice, graphic designer Eric Grant testified Wednesday that creating campaign material for candidates was a routine part of his job during the five years he was employed by Republicans at the Wisconsin Assembly. Grant, who
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Posted: 2006-03-01
Acquisition Community Connection (ACC) httpacc.dau.mil Policies, procedures, tools, references, publications, Web links, and lessons learned for risk management, contracting, system engineering, total ownership cost. Acquisition Reform Network (AcqNet) www.arnet.gov/ Virtual library; federal
Byline: Fareed Zakaria (Write the author at comments@fareedzakaria.com.) Which part of North America makes the most cars? If you answered Michigan, you would have been right for 100 years. But you would not be right anymore. Last year the Canadian province of Ontario surpassed Michigan in car
Byline: Carol Park Feb. 27--A $450 million rail complex on a 3,800-acre rail development at the Southern California Logistics Airport will create 30,000 jobs. Airport developer Stirling Airports International in Foothill Ranch plans to develop the rail complex in three phases in five years,
Source: The Business Press (San Bernardino, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-03-01
FELICIA SMITH, 27 FACTORY WORKER, MELBOURNE, FLORIDA SALARY: $17,160/yr HOURS WORKED: 40 per week plus overtime FAMILY LIFE: Single with one 6-year-old daughter I GET UP AT 5:30 TO MAKE IT TO MY JOB TEN MINUTES BEFORE MY 7:00 A.M. SHIFT at the Comfortex Window Fashions manufacturing plant in
THE freefall in manufacturing jobs in Birmingham is set to continue over the next decade, according to research by economic experts. The city of a thousand trades has seen industrial employment slump from 250,000 in 1978 to 75,500 last year with the loss of 900 businesses. And over the next decade
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-03-01
Byline: By DAVID WILLIAMSON Western Mail A bid to revive the glass industry in Cardiff Bay and potentially create more than 200 jobs appeared to have collapsed yesterday. Chesterfield-based Vitrium Holdings had been in negotiations with Nippon Electric Glass (UK) Ltd about taking over its closed
Source: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Posted: 2006-03-01
Byline: By Chris Morley HUNDREDS of Cable & Wireless staff in Birmingham were on tenterhooks about their jobs today as the telecoms giant announced it was halving its UK workforce. The struggling hi-tech group stunned its 5,500-plus employees by revealing that one in two of them would have to leave
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-03-01
Byline: Karen Mclauchlan Furniture firm MFI today plunged into the red and revealed the reasons behind its job axing, costing-cutting action plan. The group is to chop 1,500 UK jobs - including 600 at its Hygena factory in Stockton - as part of plans to revive its flagging fortunes. The group said
Telecoms group Cable & Wireless dealt a fresh blow to staff today by warning it could halve its UK workforce over the next five years. The group said it envisaged its current headcount of 5,500 would fall to between 2,500 and 3,500 over the next four to five years. It added that 350 jobs would be
Byline: Henryk ientek , store bosses Kwik Save directors (from left) Alan Birchall, Steve McArdle and Paul Niklas, who have set up a new company based in Huddersfield headquarters Fitzwilliam House A NEW company set up to buy supermarket chain Kwik Save is basing its operations in Huddersfield.
Byline: Lee Rasizer, Rocky Mountain News INDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Heimerdinger never can lament, a la Marlon Brando in his famous film role in On The Waterfront, that he could have been a contender. Every move Heimerdinger has made on NFL sidelines, including his latest decision to become the Denver
TELECOMS group Cable & Wireless dealt a fresh blow to staff today by warning it could halve its UK workforce over the next five years. The group, which runs a training and conference centre in Westwood Heath, Coventry, said it envisaged its current head count of 5,500 would fall to between 2,500
Byline: Jewel Gopwani Feb. 28--Northwest Airlines Inc. and its flight attendants union appear to have grown closer on a major sticking point in negotiations regarding outsourcing flight attendant jobs. The flight attendants union told members Monday that Northwest is backing away from a demand to
Source: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-03-01
A million pounds is being invested in an East Cleveland hotel which will lead to extra employment. Grinkle Park, at Easington, is building an extension called the Palmer Suite, which will be used as a wedding venue. The new function suite will create around 15-20 jobs. The project will allow
FURNITURE group MFI today revealed plans to cut almost 1,500 jobs as part of a restructuring drive aimed at reviving its ailing fortunes. The group said it will reduce UK manufacturing by 40 per cent and close at least 11 stores, as well as shut three home delivery centres and its sofa workshop
Source: Birmingham Mail (England)
Posted: 2006-03-01
Byline: Nicholas Azzara Feb. 28--MANATEE -- Statistically speaking, there are few places in the country with more attractive job markets than Manatee and Sarasota counties. According to the Agency for Workforce Innovation, Florida led all states with 252,000 jobs created in 2005. In the two-county
Source: The Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-03-01
Byline: Mike Lucas One by one, they found work elsewhere -- Brian Murphy and Jim Hueber with the Minnesota Vikings, Jeff Horton with the Iowa State Cyclones, Brian White with the Syracuse Orange, John Palermo with the Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes. And that meant there was just one left, Ron Lee; one
Source: The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Posted: 2006-03-01
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 February 2006-SmallCapReview: Stocks to Watch: Resolve Staffing, AT&T(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22022006 Resolve Staffing (OTC BB: RSFF) Announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to merge with ELS Human Resource Solutions, Inc. (ELS), headquartered in
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arcadia Resources, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ACDI) , a leading national provider of home care and staffing services, including travel nursing; mail-order pharmacy; health and wellness mail order catalog and Internet; Sears retail stores; and durable
NEW YORK -- Pharmacists are making the best of the problem-plagued Medicare drug benefit while awaiting expected improvements as Insurers and the government increase staffing for the program. Our pharmacists, technicians and others have worked tirelessly and endlessly to fill over a million
Statement of William Fleming Vice President, Pharmacy Management, Humana Inc. Committee on Senate Finance February 08, 2006 Mr. Chairman, Senator Baucus, and other members of the Committee, thank you for permitting me to testify about one of the most important benefits Medicare beneficiaries now
DESPITE MULTIPLE EFFORTS in the past decade to reduce spending, the costs of health care continue to climb. In an effort to quell the backlash from managed care, hospitals have reduced some cost-control mechanisms such as gatekeepers and preauthorization requirements (Strunk, Ginsburg, & Gabel,
Ahh! The perfect part-time job! Put a little time and effort into your search, and you may find employment that really works with your career goals. In high school, Brian Culver of Wheaton, Illinois had a fairly good idea that he wanted to be an English professor. But like most of his teenage
Carrier Corporation now offers a new resource, the Carrier Career Center, that allows applicants to search and apply for jobs with Carrier and its dealers. The Career Center is available by clicking the Employment link at www.residential.Carrier.com. In partnership with MEPatWork.com, the Carrier