UPS is taking on temporary staff to work in positions including package sorters and driver helpers. They will work through the company’s busy season, which covers the holiday period from Thanksgiving to Christmas.
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In an effort to boost worker skills to better match the needs of employers, President Barack Obama today unveiled Skills For America’s Future, a new initiative to increase workforce development, worker training and job placemen…
With elections near and joblessness still so high, Congress and even the Fed are chasing short-term solutions that won’t really help matters. More finely targeted policies would be effective, but don’t expect any until, with lu…
If the recession and subsequent high employment proves anything, it’s this: The scarcity of jobs hasn’t made workers any smarter. Just-fired CNN anchor Rick Sanchez is a good example. Unfortunately, he’s hardly the only one.
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It’s great fun to see big-shot CEOs get out of their corner offices on the TV hit Undercover Boss. But it would be even more fun to watch America’s true corporate titans do it. We imagine undercover assignments for Steve Jobs, …