The majority of senior executives and managers expect compensation to their subordinates to increase this year.
More than three-quarters (77 percent) of business leaders expect to increase employee compensation, based on responses to a nationwide survey of 251 senior executives and managers conducted by NFI Research.
More than half cite business conditions (57 percent) […]
More CEOs apparently held on to their jobs last year than in 2006 – despite the subprime lending fallout.
Chief executive departures fell 8.3 percent from 2006’s record levels, say analysts from Challenger Gray & Christmas.
Last year, 1,356 chief executives were relieved of their duties, down from nearly 1,478 during 2006.
Of the exits, 134 came […]
Higher education in Colorado accounts for $4.25 billion in wages and salaries, according to a study released yesterday [630Kb pdf] by the Adams Group.
The analysis counted 57,675 people working in higher education in Colorado, with another 39,888 indirect or induced jobs.
The $4.25 billion figure comes from the assumption that the jobs pay the average state […]
Read: State’s higher education creates $4 billion in wages and salaries
The nation’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.7 percent during November as employers continued to hire at a moderate pace, according to a Labor Department report released late last week.
Employers added a net 94,000 jobs to their payrolls during November, down from an unexpected gain of 170,000 jobs during October.
The jobless rate has held steady […]
Goodwill Staffing Services has been awarded a contract from the State of Colorado to fulfill temporary staffing needs in El Paso and surrounding counties.
Temporary employees may be hired to work at state-run colleges, correctional facilities, the Department of Revenue and the Forest Service.
Goodwill Staffing Services is a division of Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs […]
Construction workers across the nation worked more but were injured less often last year.
The non-fatal injuries and illnesses case rate decreased from 6.3 cases per 100 workers during 2005 to 5.9 percent last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
Construction injuries and illnesses totaled 412,900 last year, […]
Young professionals in Colorado Springs don’t have a very bright outlook about the future of their careers here.
Results from a joint survey [800Kb pdf] between The Colorado Springs Economic Development Corp. and the Colorado Springs Young Professionals show young up-and-comers believe there’s a lack of professional career opportunities in Colorado Springs.
Even though 58 percent […]
Read: Young professionals all dressed up with no where to go
Be careful how you smile around the office – it says a lot about your professionalism.
Raise your eyebrows with a smile and your flirting. Curl up the edges of your mouth while your brow is furled and could be perceived as condescending.
That’s what Patti Wood, self-proclaimed body language expert and author of Success Signals, says.
She […]
Shhh. Don’t let your boss know it’s Cyber Monday – the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday that Americans go to work and do their holiday shopping online.
Even though the management might frown on it, more and more people appear to be using the day to shop while on the company dime.
This year, 68.5 million consumers […]
The income gap between black and white families has grown as pay for black men has decreased while pay for white women has increased, according to results of three studies released today.
The studies are part of the Economic Mobility Project and compared racial pay differences as well as whether children are typically make more money […]