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TODAY'S ARTICLES
High-Tech Visa Fix On The Horizon? Republicans are likely to attach a bill expanding the number of so-called "H1-B" work visas avail for hi-tech workers to
spending legislation Congress will pass just prior to leaving town to concentrate on campaigning for the fall elections. Continue
Temp Work:
Beneficial And Convenient? Larry Rogers knows all too well the life of a Manpower temporary employee. In 1995, Rogers took a
Manpower job at the South Charleston Stamping and Manufacturing Plant, assembling car parts with 850 other workers on MacCorkle Avenue. Rogers knew he had to work 15 months at $4.25 an hour with Manpower
before he was hired full time at the stamping plant. Continue
Can You Make Better
Hiring Decisions with Electronics? Some
employers seem to think so; for instance, Home Depot's (Atlanta) electronic kiosks installed in its 98 stores prescreen hourly employees. After two computerized prescreening tests, the best employees
emerge from the process, according to Al Frost, director of management development. Continue
How to Hire
Employees In a Tight Job Market Hiring
is one of the hardest aspects of running your own business. So how do you know whether the person you are considering will perform well in your workplace? There are qualities a person may have during the
interview that indicate how well he or she is suited for the position. But you have to ask the right questions to know. Continue
Working It
Out ; Be Careful How You Use Your Work Computer For the last 10 years, I've had conversations with managers who were
frustrated by employee misuse of computers. At first it was Solitaire. Many employees would begin the work day with a quick game of Solitaire. Throughout the day, they would launch repeated games of
Solitaire. Continue
Salaries Continue To
Soar For Computer Science Grads In an era filled with stories of young computer programmers making millions seemingly
overnight, it should be of no surprise that computer science students across the country are seeking higher starting salaries this year. At Brown University, several seniors said they expected job offers
with lucrative salaries upon graduation. Continue
