More workers with disabilities found jobs last month, according to the Department of Labor. Among people with disabilities, 8.7% were unemployed in September, compared with 11.3% in August, while the overall jobless rate climbed slightly to 5%.
More than two-thirds of construction companies find it difficult to hire craft workers they need, according to the Associated General Contractors of America, and in Florida, 68% of those surveyed struggle to fill salaried positions. The Florida Department of Transportation, the Miami Jobs Corps Center and CareerSource South Florida will hold a career fair Tuesday to connect construction employers with potential workers.
Professionals with neurotic personality traits tend to have a harder time focusing in a working world defined by technological advancements, writes Jocelyn Glei. The sheer amount of technology competing for workers' attention makes it harder to get into a suitable work flow.
A group annuity contract from Prudential Insurance will be used to assume pension liabilities for 36,000 US retirees in United Technologies plans who are paid monthly benefits of $300 or less. "It just made a lot of sense from an economic perspective to transfer those liabilities (for participants with small monthly benefits) to an insurer whose core business is managing retirement assets," said Robin Diamonte, UTC's chief investment officer.
There is always some trendy topic among leadership experts that companies are eager to follow, Josh Bersin writes, but in the end there are five basic traits of companies that regularly develop talent. These include knowing and living the culture, exposing people to growth assignments and not siloing off HR with the task of talent development.
