Of the 3.7 million U.S. women who gave birth between July 1997 and June 1998, a record high of 59 percent were working, almost double the 31 percent participation rate of 1976, according to a report released late last month by the Census Bureau.
After a 22-hour flight that took him across the international date line, Stephen Coaker arrived Sept. 22 in Dili, East Timor, a shell of a city on the other side of the world. About 80 percent of Dili, and much of the island territory, was destroyed in a multiyear conflict over East Timor's independence from Indonesia.
Washington-area information technology companies Oct. 11 stretched their recruiting arms two hours north to Philadelphia, employing a novel strategy to lure fresh faces south.
In today's fiercely competitive labor market, cash is key to attracting skilled technical employees, human resources managers and business experts agree. But spiraling salaries and mammoth bonuses don't bind workers to their employers.
John Johnson was selected as the new assistant commissioner for service development at the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service.
John Johnson was selected as the new assistant commissioner for service development at the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service.
Many employees don't know what is withheld from their paychecks and why, or how they can use the withholding system to their advantage, according to the American Payroll Association, an education and training organization in San Antonio.
Many employees don't know what is withheld from their paychecks and why, or how they can use the withholding system to their advantage, according to the American Payroll Association, an education and training organization in San Antonio.
Douglass Hall, president of the telecommunications firm Comsearch in Reston, Va., recently decided to move his company from the bustling technology corridor to a less prominent location on its outskirts.
Four years ago, it was open season on information technology workers in Missouri. Employers desperate to fill IT spots thought nothing of poaching workers from neighboring businesses and government agencies.
