Human Resources News

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Top-line growth in the bottom half of the year
Human Resource Solutions' Roberta Matuson: As year-end approaches, many business owners and their people slow down dramatically as they crawl across the finish line. However, the year is not over. Here are some ideas for boosting your top-line this year.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Blog: Is contract staffing surge a predictor of economic recovery in Mass.?
Eliassen Group's Tech Staffing division COO Mike McBrierty: Many economists have long viewed the state of contract hiring as a leading indicator of a region’s economic recovery. In the technology-heavy Massachusetts region, particularly in Boston, the surge in contract hiring our contract staffing firm has seen over the past year is very encouraging.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Despite jobs lost, Mass. still a leader in U.S. tech employment
Massachusetts held onto its sixth place slot for tech employment in 2010, although the state did lose 2,200 tech jobs between 2009 and 2010. But, the almost one percent drop in tech jobs was lower than the figure for all of the U.S.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Noncompete agreements in Mass. poised for compromise
The all-or-nothing arguments of noncompete agreements in Massachusetts may be moving into gray areas. Calls for compromise included a veiled threat from the Patrick Administration that if a middle ground isn't found that the state could consider "outright elimination of enforceability."

Friday, July 29, 2011

Mass. economy looks at ‘modest’ growth
The Massachusetts economy is expected to grow by 2.9 percent this year, and by 2.8 percent in 2012, with almost 150,000 new jobs coming on line between the start of 2011 and the end of 2012, according to research by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

How To Toolbox: How to choose a staffing agency
With the current state of the economy still leaving employers uneasy, temporary staffing offers a slight benefit at a pivotal time. And due to the high demand, the temporary staffing jobs sector has been thriving in an the otherwise slow economy.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The List: New England's top international development agencies
Mass High Tech tallied the names of the international development organizations in New England with the most New England employees – draw your own reports of the list, organizing by New England employees, number of New England companies it's working with and type of organization.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Survey: Tech executives' confidence, hiring take off
Executives in New England tech companies are reporting new levels of confidence and hiring plans, according to Mass High Tech's quarterly Pulse Survey. The survey showed strong jumps in executives' confidence in growth within their technology sector and in their expected growth in workforce.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

High-tech talent war heats up for executives
C-level executives at high-tech companies say they are getting more offers, and richer, from recruiters trying to woo them away from their current posts, according to a survey released today by Polachi Inc.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

The List: New England's largest technology employers
Mass High Tech tallied the names of the top technology employers in New England – draw your own reports of the list, organizing by New England employee numbers, total employees and 2010 revenue.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

How I See It: Management's rite of passage is wrong
Do you remember what it was like when you were first promoted into management? It's been more than 25 years since I was tossed into my first management job and left to fend for myself with little preparation, and from what I can tell, little has changed in terms of the way we develop and support our new leaders.
Policy Tracker: H-1B visa cap met; SBA office may study impact of ADA web access rule
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has hit its annual cap of 65,000 H-1B visas, which are used by U.S. businesses to hire skilled foreign workers; In separate news, the U.S. DOJ is considering a rule that would require businesses that are open to the public to make their websites accessible to people with visual impairments or other disabilities.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Boston reported among leading job growth cities in 2010
Forget the doom and gloom reports pointing to a smattering of job cuts last year. Boston was among the leading cities nationally to have added jobs in 2010, according to a report in the Hartford Courant.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Boston tech salaries rise, beating national average
High-tech job board Dice.com reports Boston is beating a trend that has tech salaries down or flat nationwide. The average tech paycheck rose 2 percent in 2010 and the first weeks of 2011, to $86,782.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Boston in the mix for U.S. high-tech employment rankings
Boston ranks fourth among the largest high-tech employment in 2009 for U.S. cities, with its 219,800 high-tech workers, according to a TechAmerica Foundation report that tracking high-tech industry employment data in 60 cities, including Boston rivals San Jose/Silicon Valley and New York City.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Study: CEOs with top-tier MBAs no better than other CEOs
Whether a company chooses a CEO with an MBA degree from a prestigious school or not has no affect on the company’s long-term performance, according to a recent study by the University of New Hampshire. The study also concluded that having a degree from a top school doesn’t afford any greater job security for a CEO than an average degree does.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Study: Life science, tech execs see salaries rising
Life sciences and technology companies are again raising their top executives’ salaries, after a period of near stagnation – but the raises still fall short of historic year-over-year gains.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

How I See It: Damage to company image impacts intangible capital
I-Capital's Mary Adams: In the middle of the crisis, much of the conversation is about the message. The real lesson for all of us in reputational crises is the hard work that goes into preventing and mitigating them.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Novartis deal over, Alnylam plans layoffs
Cambridge RNAi-focused biotech Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. is planning to cut up to 30 percent of its workforce as the company completes the last year of a five-year alliance with Novartis that is expected to bring milestone payments to the company.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Softscape acquired by competing software firm
Wayland human resource software firm Softscape Inc. has been bought by its competitor SumTotal Systems Inc., a Mountain View, Calif. maker of talent management software.