The News Review:
- What to Do When Employers Won’t Provide References
- Jerry Huben’s 68-year career in aviation comes in for a landing
- Monster online jobs index dips in June
What to Do When Employers Won’t Provide References
Wall Street Journal
While many companies have “no talk” policies in place you’d be surprised at how much information people are willing to give over the phone says Jeff Shane vice president of Allison & Taylor Inc. a Rochester Hills Mich. -based reference-checking and employment-verification firm. And not all of it is positive. More than half of the reference checks conducted by Allison & Taylor come back as negative according to Mr. With the increasing popularity of social-networking sites today’s employers have more options when screening prospective employees.
Jerry Huben’s 68-year career in aviation comes in for a landing
Los Angeles Times
makes C-17 cargo planes in Long Beach. Huben said he wasn’t planning to retire until a back injury sidelined him. Sommer told the crowd that the company was prepared to release Huben from his 1941 employment agreement which among other things required punctuality and working “60 minutes of every hour. It was time Sommer said for Huben to “go play.
Monster online jobs index dips in June
Reuters
Labor demand in the real estate rental and leasing industry jumped the most in June coinciding with signs of stabilization in the housing sector Monster said. By occupation online job hirings for lawyers police and fire-fighters jumped the most in June it said. The Monster Employment index is a monthly analysis based on a selection of corporate career sites and job boards. The margin of error is approximately plus or minus 1 percent. (Reporting by Richard Leong Editing by Chizu Nomiyama).
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