IT worker optimism plummets.(BAY AREA NEWS)

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Enlisting and retaining top-quality employees is arguably the toughest challenge a small business owner faces.

Confidence among U.S. workers rebounded in June as the Hudson Employment Index gained over three points, from 99.9 to 103.0. That is the highest reading since January's 107.0 Index, but well below the level of 107.5 during the same period a year ago. The increase was driven by improved perceptions ......

Labor markets in all economies are subject to transaction costs associated with recruiting and monitoring workers. These transaction costs typically arise due to information problems of two types: (a) the productivity of heterogeneous workers is not known with certainty (adverse selection), which leads to recruiting costs and (b) work effort ......

Pens, hats and key chains are the usual stuff of corporate mementos. But Wellspring Group's, first client received a batch of homemade cookies, made by co-founder Melissa Peirce. "Big (staffing) companies give you hats and shirts with their logo on it, and this personal touch stood out," said Noemi Guadalupe, ......

The slow pace of hiring in Corporate America, coupled with rampant fears of layoffs, has worker confidence at a 12-month low.

This was not partucuarly good year for the employment agency industry. Many agencies reduced their staff numbers when their customer employers retrenched, others merged with sister offices in other cities, and still others closed their doors. The problems began this past April when the bellwether temporary employment market began seeing ......

Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews Jim Schell of Opportunity Knocks, a consulting company; and Chris Schatte of ......

Last Tuesday the Federal Reserve reduced the rate at which banks can borrow money (the Discount Rate) by 25 basis points. What does it mean for you?

The IRS is trying to make it easier for employees to complete the paperwork through a no cost on line program called Free File for employees with a 2007 adjusted gross income of $54,000 or less.

39% of respondents to the January 2008 Spherion Workplace Snapshot admitted to a workplace romance. More employees think workplace romance won’t hurt their career, lots of them turn into marriages and fewer people try to hide the relationship....

What will you say to the employee whose devotion as a football fan is matched by their devotion to partying that resulting in a sick call on Monday, February 4th?