With the economic recovery progressing at a painfully slow pace, companies are continuing on their recessionary path of doing more with less. This is especially true in Information Technology. A recent article on www.SearchDataCenter.com – a Web site for IT…

The weather may not be the only thing heating up this summer. According to an employment survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), hiring could hit its highest levels since 2007 in May and continue its hot streak…

Time for a little good news, (sort of) bad news regarding jobs and unemployment. First, let’s get the bad news over with. The Washington Post reported that

It’s no secret that job applicants can be less than honest on their resumes. But according to a recent Human Resource Executive article, some of them are backing up their false claims with fake references. In the article, one recruiter…

Last week on this blog, we warned of the latest Department of Labor (DOL) crackdown aimed at unpaid internships. As further evidence that the DOL is getting serious about illegally unpaid internships, they have released a new fact sheet that…

Over the past several days, we’ve discussed certain contract positions that can be exempt from the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which requires most employees to be paid at a rate of 1.5 times the regular…