On AlterNet: hiring

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "hiring"

Time For a New Plan: Frightening Jobless Numbers Show Flaws in GOP Austerity Agenda

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. July 8, 2011.

While Obama pushes for a deal on the debt ceiling, jobs numbers make plain that the focus in Washington is in the wrong place: jobs, not deficits, are the crisis.

As Women Lose Ground in Latest Round of Jobs Numbers, Can We Stop Talking About the "Mancession"?

Lynn Parramore, New Deal 2.0. June 9, 2011.

The recent jobs report shows an uptick for female unemployment. So much for the ‘mancession’!

Major Scandal: There Are Unbelievable Corporate Profits Being Made, So Where Are These Promised New Jobs?

Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest. March 9, 2011.

The failure of big business to accelerate hiring is putting a big halt to the emerging recovery in overall economic activity.

Corporate Profits Return, But There's Nearly Zero Hiring

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. July 27, 2010.

Big American companies may never rehire large numbers of workers, even as their bottom lines keep growing.

Ban the Box: People with Convictions Deserve a Second Chance

Julie Roberts, AlterNet. March 11, 2010.

New Mexico lays the groundwork for other states to proactively help people being released from jail and prison to find work and truly rebuild their lives.

Factually Challenged Fox News Channel Hires Factually Challenged Palin

Media Matters for AmericaJanuary 11, 2010.

Palin is a master practitioner of pushing false claims and bogus information. Now she'll be doing that as a regular Fox news contributer.

Do Snap Judgments Amount to Bias in the Workplace?

Freada Kapor Klein, Jossey-Bass. November 30, 2007.

An expert on workplace diversity and fairness explains in her new book how unconscious bias routinely creeps into split-second decisions in the office.