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Is the HR Accountable for Mass Layoffs?

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Other functions within tech companies saw workforce reduced by 10-20%, while 50% of recruiter workforce was downsized, wrote The Wall Street Journal. “ A year ago, tech companies couldn’t hire enough recruiters to fill all of the open technology positions. Layoffs in the 1970s-80s , including at Boeing Co. and General Motors Co.,

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Just-in-Time Scheduling—Good News and Bad News

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Employers should consider the following related to just-in-time practices, Plumb suggests: You need a sophisticated and accurate timekeeping system, says Plumb, that can manage fluctuating hours of work and can handle the distinction between hours originally scheduled and hours actually worked. 2008)—Electric utility linemen.

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Is the HR Accountable for the Mass Layoffs?

Keka HR Blog

Other functions within tech companies saw workforce reduced by 10-20%, while 50% of recruiter workforce was downsized, wrote The Wall Street Journal. “ A year ago, tech companies couldn’t hire enough recruiters to fill all of the open technology positions. Layoffs in the 1970s-80s , including at Boeing Co. and General Motors Co.,

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Business survival planning in a crisis: Lessons from the front lines

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But you can make better, smarter decisions when equipped with the knowledge and expertise of those who have been there in the past – be it the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 that led to the Great Recession or the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. The worst thing you can do is be idle in the midst of the storm.