NEWSTALK 860 » employment http://ksfa860.com Fri, 24 May 2013 18:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Jobless Claims Fall by 42,000 — Is the Job Market Doing Better? http://ksfa860.com/jobless-claims-fall-by-42000/ http://ksfa860.com/jobless-claims-fall-by-42000/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:37:02 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=159894 After last week's disappointing March jobs report, the Department of Labor released some rather encouraging news on Thursday.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/jobless-claims-fall-by-42000/feed/ 0 iStockphoto What Does Your Facebook Profile Tell a Prospective Employer? http://ksfa860.com/facebook-employer/ http://ksfa860.com/facebook-employer/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:09:15 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=77578 It’s pretty common for companies to scout out the social media accounts of prospective hires — and now a new study from Northern Illinois University says Facebook profiles are actually a pretty good predictor of job performance.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/facebook-employer/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images NASA Wants to Hire You — No, Seriously http://ksfa860.com/nasa-hire/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-hire/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:27:52 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=73769 Lots of little kids dream about becoming astronauts — and for some lucky grown-ups, those dreams could become a reality. NASA recently concluded an open call for civilians to apply for a spot in the next astronaut class.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/nasa-hire/feed/ 0 NASA Working the Night Shift May Literally Increase Your Risk of Diabetes — Health Check http://ksfa860.com/night-shift-increase-risk-diabetes-health-check/ http://ksfa860.com/night-shift-increase-risk-diabetes-health-check/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:05:11 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=64480 All you ladies out there now have an excuse for getting out of working night shifts. A new study indicates women who work these hours could be increasing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Who knew?

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/night-shift-increase-risk-diabetes-health-check/feed/ 0 rubber_slippers_in_italy, Flickr How Far Will Your Company Go to Change Your Behavior on the Clock? http://ksfa860.com/company-change-behavior/ http://ksfa860.com/company-change-behavior/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:22:27 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=61794 You probably already know about existing employee monitoring software that can capture your keystrokes or screenshots or track which websites you visit while on the clock — but a new patent idea from Microsoft would take workplace surveillance one step further with software that can actually analyze human behavior.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/company-change-behavior/feed/ 0 messagingrobot, Flickr Man Will Do Anything (Legal) For Money http://ksfa860.com/man-will-do-anything-legal-for-money/ http://ksfa860.com/man-will-do-anything-legal-for-money/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:13:26 +0000 Andree Valentine http://ksfa860.com/?p=1775 Travis Boyles will do “whatever you want him to do for less money than whoever you are paying to do it now.” In a Craigslist ad offering this service, Boyles makes 35 (often humorous) suggestions of what exactly he could do for you.

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