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Full Employment Council | September 07, 2014

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) has passed through Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support and is now headed to the President’s desk. The WIOA was approved by a vote of 415 to 6 by the House of Representatives yesterday; it was approved by the Senate on June 25th by a vote of 95 to 3.Legislation to update the Workforce Investment Act has been overdue for more than 10 years. This new legislation, renamed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, pro...

eQuest | November 06, 2013

eQuest today announced that they have commissioned cartoonist Mark Anderson to complete the first ever 12-month calendar based solely on a Big Data theme for the Human Resources industry. Anderson, whose work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Barron’s, will now concentrate his efforts on providing recruiters a humorous month-by-month view on the daily life of HR through the eyes of Big Data....

Glassdoor | January 15, 2020

Corporate recruiters have the highest job satisfaction of any other position on Glassdoor's list of 50 Best Jobs in America for 2020. The rankings are based on a combination of satisfaction, available opportunities and salary. Based on Glassdoor data, corporate recruiters make a median base salary of $65,607; that, combined with openings and satisfaction put the job in the list's No. 37 spot. HR managers ranked higher overall, earning the No. 12 spot with a salary of $83,190 and more job...

LinkedIn | January 14, 2020

Various midsize metropolitan areas around the country sport hiring rates well above the national average due to a focus on "a single home-grown industry so robust it can be an enduring job magnet, all by itself," according to a Jan. 9 LinkedIn report. Healthcare dominates many, responsible for hiring growth in Kalamazoo, Michigan; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Boston; Cincinnati, Ohio; and both Allentown and Erie, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Fayetteville, Arkansas, relies on retail for ...