New Castle, DE – XONEX Relocation, a third party relocation services company, today announced that Bill Humphrey, former senior vice president and managing director, has been named the new president of the company. As President of XONEX Relocation, Humphrey will oversee all departments and regions of the company moving forward. Humphrey will also work closely…
25 Years ago on December 7, 1987 one of the most shocking Workplace Violence disasters happened in California when recently terminated employee David Burke killed his former boss Ray Thomson with a 44 magnum revolver at 22,000 feet aboard PSA Flight 1771. Burke also shot to death the pilots and flight attendant before he pushed…
San Francisco and Toronto, December 5, 2012 – Achievers, the leader in employee recognition and rewards software, is honored to receive gold awards for Best Place to Work and Technology Department of the Year in the 2012 Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry…
A man did not take his dismissal from his employer well. Fired for drinking heavily, he wandered his office in a drunken haze, carrying with him letters naming co-workers who he felt had wronged him and outlining his plans to either shoot them or chop them up violently. This was not an unplanned act as…
Cleveland, OH, November 29, 2012–It’s well established that a background check plays a critical function in identifying and hiring the best employees. On the flipside, however, that same background check is only as effective and reliable as the screening provider conducting it. So how do organizations sort through the marketing claims to identify the best…
COLUMBIA, MD—November 27, 2012, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is increasingly reinforcing federal contractors’ obligations to make good faith efforts to meet their affirmative action placement goals. Affirmative action plans (AAPs) must show good faith efforts were realized in advertisement, recruitment, promotions, terminations, and trainings. Berkshire Associates’ latest white paper, `Affirmative Action Good Faith…
LAKE FOREST, CA, November 19, 2012 — PreemploymentDirectory.com has released its 2012 Annual Background Screening Industry Buyers Guide that will help hiring managers and human resource professionals gain important insights about effective background screening practices and legal issues to enhance their screening practices. With the talent wars heating up once again the Buyers Guide will…
The International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), the world’s leading clearinghouse for the HRIM (Human Resource Information Management) industry, today announced that it would host a week-long Global Forum Webinar series December 3-7, 2012. These 90-minute sessions will be led by the industry’s top thought leaders to address the latest trends in HR…
This is a complicated matter that involves understanding general security awareness measures as well as understanding how and why people are targeted. Many Latin American countries while beautiful can be dangerous places. Violent street crime is an increasing problem as are the activities of more organized Transnational Crime Organizations (TCO’s). The proper approach to your…
San Ramon, Ca. — November 13, 2012 — A recent report conducted by eQuest’s Big Data division reveals that job seekers are no longer performing job searches like they used to. eQuest is a middleware company that delivers jobs on the Internet for the majority of the Global Fortune 500. Job board, social media sites,…