GD eNews | Vol. 4, No. 18 | September 30, 2005
Battle Bulging Premiums: Affordable Healthcare Options for Women Business Owners and Employees Leading Healthcare Specialists Offer Free Advice Tailored to Growing Companies
Des Moines, IA -- According to a survey by Mercer Human Resources Consulting, healthcare costs are anticipated to increase by almost 10 percent in 2006, which is three times the rate of inflation. With this in mind, women business owners... Continue»
Posted on September 30, 2005 to Ethnicity and Gender
Black Firms Seek Contracts After Katrina
By Latif Lewis -- Washington, D.C. -- Congressional Black Caucus members say growing small businesses and creating job opportunities are imperative to close the wealth gap, eradicate poverty. Continue»
Posted on September 26, 2005 to Disparity
Blacks in a New World of Jobs
CHAPEL HILL -- Skilled and professional African-Americans face new competitive workforce challenges as corporations accelerate the "offshoring" of white-collar jobs. New economic survival strategies will be required if blacks are to thrive and prosper in the years ahead. The white-collar... Continue»
Posted on September 30, 2005 to Disparity | General
Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series(tm) Rises in August
The number of new online job ads rose to 2,130,000 in the month of August, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series™. This latest monthly figure is up over 4 percent from early summer (June 2005), with gains... Continue»
Posted on September 30, 2005 to Getting The Job
Doing Housework Hurts Wages of Young and Middle-Aged Women
While prior research has shown that housework has an adverse effect on wages, a new University of Michigan study finds that only young and middle-aged women are affected. "Despite a slight reallocation of housework activities from wives to husbands in... Continue»
Posted on September 30, 2005 to Career News
Entitlement Perceptions Lead to Workplace Tensions
The work ethic of new entrants into the labor market is under assault. Members of this group, labeled the “Entitlement Generation” — those born between 1979 and 1994 — have been described as impatient, self-serving, disloyal, unable to delay gratification... Continue»
Posted on September 30, 2005 to Career News
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