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In the early part of this decade, the Commerce Department estimated that U.S. businesses would need to hire one million new computer scientists, engineers, systems analysts and computer programmers by 2005. That was five years ago!

Yet graduates with degrees in computer science are still being produced at a fraction of the rate needed. Even though the current economic climate has produced a “seller’s market” in employment opportunities, The Information Technology Association of America reports shortages of web experts and other information-technology specialists, and similar shortages are cropping up in other industries as well.

The Employee Confidence Index dropped 1.0 points to 51.6 in June. The Index, which measures workers’ confidence in their personal employment situation and optimism in the economic environment, decreased as a result of more workers being concerned with the strength of the economy.

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A strong resume and interview may place job seekers in the running for a position, but a new survey from OfficeTeam finds the results of a reference check can be the real deal maker — or breaker. Managers interviewed said they remove more than one in five (21 percent) candidates from consideration after speaking to [...]

A study of 4,000 working parents found that employees with child and dependent care supports provided by their employer report far less stress and significantly better health than employees without access to these benefits.

If there’s one message that corporations and employees need to hear about relocation in 2010, it’s “be ready.” With this year’s rise in activity related to mergers, acquisitions and restructuring comes an increase in the number of relocations to meet new business needs.

Today’s university students are extremely concerned with issues of globalization and sustainability, but only four out of 10 believe their education has prepared them to address these issues, according to a new IBM study designed to gauge the attitudes and opinions of the next-generation global workforce and business leaders.

Despite difficult economic times, the number of Americans volunteering in their communities jumped by 1.6 million last year, the largest increase in six years, according to a report released today by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

A new, highly detailed forecast shows that as the economy struggles to recover, and jobs slowly return, there will be a growing disconnect between the types of jobs employers need to fill and numbers of Americans who have the education and training to fill those jobs.

Restaurants are expected to add 428,000 jobs this summer season, a 4.6 percent increase over the March 2010 employment level, according to National Restaurant Association projections released today. America’s restaurants are the nation’s second-largest private-sector employer and job-creator–with nearly 13 million employees–a number projected to grow by more than one million positions in the next [...]