The last couple of years have been tough for most businesses and for their employees. Forty percent of employees consider their job either or stressful,...More
job hunt (verb) 1. to pursue opportunities for gainful employment Specialists! Only a small number of search firms specialize in meeting-industry jobs....More
Angela Yee doesn't take traditional routes. When she found that her degree in graphic design carried no clout in California, she took whatever jobs she...More
HOPE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED Making Lemonade What do you do about a terrible job market for meeting planners? For Pat Schaumann the answer was to launch Current...More
A prolonged war in Iraq or the Middle East would destroy more than three million travel and tourism jobs globally and eliminate more than $30 billion in economic value this year....More
When the insurance market flattened out back in the 1990s, many companies went into other lines of business, such as financial services, to diversify...More
The good news, according to meeting industry recruiters, is that medical organizations, particularly pharmaceutical and medical communication firms, have...More
What I'm hearing from all the association human resources people I've been speaking with can be summed up in two words: downsizing and outsourcing, reports...More
While there are exceptions to every rule, generally speaking, positions in fields such as telecommunications, the hospitality and travel industry, and...More
I've had some interesting jobs in my life. I assembled bicycles. I spent a summer collecting unpaid tickets for a beauty pageant. I was a math tutor,...More
It's every manager's dream: focused, dedicated employees who need minimal supervision to excel. Well, it doesn't have to be a dream. Hiring motivated...More
The International Association of Conference Centers (www.iacconline.org) is reaching out to help one of its own. Before September 11, The World Trade...More
Let me guess. You're doing more training with fewer staff and less time. So how do you work efficiently without sacrificing quality? One answer is to...More
The International Association of Conference Centers (www.iacconline.org) is reaching out to help one of its own. Before September 11, The World Trade...More
For Immediate Release September 24 2001 Decrease in tourism demand signals the loss of millions of jobs worldwide. The World Travel & Tourism Council...More
For Immediate Release September 24 2001 Decrease in tourism demand signals the loss of millions of jobs worldwide. The World Travel & Tourism Council...More
They had been told he would appear via satellite--the rumor was his wife was about to give birth. So when Apple Computer's interim CEO Steven P. Jobs...More
BIG BUCKS SPENT ON TRAINING,SAYS NEW SURVEY Companies are spending more than ever on training. U.S. organizations with 100 or more employees budgeted...More
Look at the bulletin board. There's nothing here. No announcements, no statements. It's your worst nightmare. Classic management technique."So declares...More