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RSS employmentAsia Crisis Postmortem: Where Did the Money Go and Did the United States Benefit?
White Paper However, the increase in the deficit was more than offset by increased spending on consumer goods and producers’ durable equipment, so that employment and production rose. The recent currency crises in Asia have raised important questions about the... [03 Jul 2008]
A Comparison of Longwall & Continuous Mining Safety in US Coal Mines 1988-1997
White Paper This paper contains the results of an examination of accident, injury, employment, and production information reported to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and provides information on some of the measures... [03 Jul 2008]
Need to Know: Integrating e-Learning with High Velocity Value Chains
White Paper Concepts that were central to the formation of organizations, employment, and work itself are being challenged by the velocity of today's economy making possible unparalleled advances in our ability to innovate, compete and connect with partners... [03 Jul 2008]
The Beginning of the Worldwide Info-communications Revolution: Changing the Face of Society
White Paper These advances are bringing about significant changes throughout the business world--in corporate activity, employment opportunities, for example--in individual lifestyles, and in regional and international society. [03 Jul 2008]
Profile of British Columbia's High Technology Sector
White Paper The key indicators examined include gross domestic product, revenue, employment, wages and salaries, establishment counts, and international trade. This Profile of the BC High Technology Sector is part of an ongoing project to monitor the growth... [03 Jul 2008]
Employment Services Firm Reduces Operational Complexity and Costs With
White Paper Manpower is one of the world's leading employment services providers, helping more than 400,000 clients each year fill job vacancies in 72 countries. While demand for temporary staff remains strong, global employers increasingly require services... [02 Jul 2008]
French National Employment Agency (ANPE): Improving Services to Job Seekers Via Robust Web Infrastructure
White Paper A public institution, ANPE is France's national employment agency. One of France's most heavily trafficked Web sites needed to upgrade its infrastructure with an open solution that could handle more users and new services, while accommodating the... [02 Jul 2008]
The Dutch City of Almere Transforms the Way It Works to Improve Social Services and Cut Costs
White Paper Netherlands Social Services Department needed to improve the management of un-employment benefits-related budget and transform from a department-oriented to a process-based entrepreneurial culture. The challenge was to place the unemployed in jobs... [02 Jul 2008]
Cost-Benefit Analysis for Network Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper Assessing the cost-benefit tradeoff of a network intrusion detection system requires an understanding of the effectiveness of the system and the cost of its employment. This paper proposes a cost-benefit analysis methodology and builds a cost model... [02 Jul 2008]
Avaya Case Study: Association of Accounting Technicians
White Paper Although much transaction and communication took place online, participants still valued person-to-person voice communications, especially when making choices on curricula and classes, or employment and career advancement. [02 Jul 2008]
Prisoners to gain IT skills
News But its newest vocational academy - launched yesterday by the minister for prisons, David Hanson, and the minister for skills, David Lammy - will offer training in data cabling and network installation for the IT industry, boosting inmates... [11 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Blogging cowboys ride the Wild Web
Comment We've seen several employment cases with bloggers sacked, or at least disciplined, for comments posted about their workplace. Perhaps many users would realise that slagging off their employer online might be something to avoid but there are plenty... [05 Jun 2008]
UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants'
News The Work Foundation report notes that up-skilling native workers, while important, will not in itself be enough to power the UK's 'knowledge economy' - pointing out that employment in knowledge industries in the EU grew by 24 per cent between 1995... [02 Jun 2008]
Agile and Flexible Employment Services in Belgium
White Paper Le Forem a Leading public employment and vocational training services agency in Belgium needed to focus more on delivering joined-up and rewarding citizen service. Faced with an imminent loss of its monopoly position, the agency also needed to... [31 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: The skills drain needs fixing
Comment This decision will increase the fears of UK IT workers who - as demonstrated by the reaction to previous articles on employment skills and loyalty - clearly already feel that outsourcing and offshoring have turned them into second-class citizens. [27 May 2008]
