Fenton sees autonomous, flying robots moving beyond the battlefield, perhaps being used to fight fires as well as battles--with a single human able to survey a five-alarm blaze from the safety of an armchair.
Thirteen percent of companies cut pay between late 2008 and October 2009, and 29% of those planned to rescind the cuts in the following 12 months, according to an October survey of 875 human-resources employees by the HR association WorldatWork.
In a similar survey last summer by human-resources-consulting firm Mercer, Singapore surpassed Hong Kong for the first time in the cost of living.
Six out of ten private employers check the credit histories of at least some of their job applicants, and 13 percent conduct them on all candidates, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.
In a 2011 employee benefits survey from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), only 35 percent of the almost 600 companies surveyed even offered a compressed work week, and only 13 percent offered job sharing.
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The survey, which included 220 human resources managers and 2035 employed adults, found that 67% of companies already use temporary workers and plan to continue employing them to the same extent or a greater one in the future to maintain flexibility.
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According to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resources in Alexandria, Va, during the last presidential election, a quarter of employers had a written policy on political activities, some of which include restrictions on political chatter at work.
Adecco, the giant Zurich, Switzerland-based human resources consulting firm, just ran a survey of 500 hiring managers that found that respondents said they were three times as likely to hire a mature worker, defined as age 50 or above (60%), as they were to hire a Millennial (20%).
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The Department of Health and Human Services has been instructed to expand an annual survey of teen smoking and drug use.
Overall, 64% of human-resource-development managers who responded to the survey regard E.
The strategy is the most common way recruiters find potential candidates who aren't actively looking for a new job, according to a recent survey of 450 members of the Society for Human Resource Management.
CareerBuilder conducted a survey among 2, 611 hiring managers and human resource professionals and 3, 991 workers nationwide to find what employees value in the workplace, and what ultimately entices them to stay with their employers.
Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources for CareerBuilder, said at the time of the survey, more than 40% of unemployed job seekers had been out of work for six months or longer.
The starting point was a pioneering study in the mid-1970s on the ecology and metabolism of the city of Hong Kong, combined with a survey of the quality of life of individuals and human adaptation.
In a 2011 survey of corporate onboarding practices by the Society for Human Resource Management, about half of respondents said that limited time and insufficient human-resources staffing prevented them from offering formal programs for new hires.
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According to a new survey of 800 large and mid-size employers by the human resource consultancy arm of Aon, 83% offer employees incentives in wellness programs.
The survey covers a period known as the "information revolution" as human societies transition to a digital age.
The survey collected about 2, 500 outlandish excuses that hiring managers and human resource managers heard this year, and a panel sifted through them to find the 15 most unusual, never-before-seen excuses.
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About one-quarter of organizations have a written policy on political activities, according to a survey conducted during the last presidential election cycle by the Society for Human Resource Management, an Alexandria, Va.
In a recent survey conducted by an independent research firm on behalf of OfficeTeam, human resources managers were asked to recount the most impressive action they have seen or heard an individual take to try to land a position.
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Its rankings survey more than 4, 200 international executives and measure how well countries manage their economic and human resources to increase prosperity.
For instance, our survey indicates it's beneficial to have consistent technology processes in areas like fulfillment, procurement and human resources across business units and geographies.
Nearly 60% of human-resources executives graded their own performance-management systems a C or below, according to a 2010 survey by Sibson Consulting Inc. and WorldatWork, a professional association.
Half the employers in a 2011 survey by the management association reported incidents of bullying in their workplace, and about a fourth of human resource professionals themselves said they had been bullied.
Nearly half of respondents, who took part in the 2010 Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey, agreed that once someone is diagnosed with dementia they are not treated like "a thinking human being".
The survey was conducted from February 10 to March 2, 2010, among 2, 778 hiring managers and human resource professionals.
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