With the nation's unemployment rate at a 26-year-high of 10.2%, more Americans are hunting for, and landing, work overseas, according to staffing companies and executive search firms.

Jeff Joerres, CEO of Manpower, the No. 1 U.S. staffing company, says about 500 clients are seeking jobs abroad, up from a few dozen six months ago.

"It suddenly looks like there may be better opportunities outside the U.S.," Joerres says. "It is a phenomenon we haven't had before."

While the number of globe-trotting job candidates is still relatively small, the trend reverses a longtime pattern of far more foreign workers seeking jobs in the U.S., Joerres says.

Fifty-four percent of executives said they'd be likely or highly likely to accept a foreign post, according to a survey of 114 executives Friday by talent management company Korn/Ferry. Just 37% of those surveyed in 2005 said they'd go abroad.

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Tags: global workplace, career development, relocation

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Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) -- Senior management respect for worker contribution has been found to be the top leadership factor promoting engagement, according to a global survey of 28,000 employees in 15 countries by Right Management. Other senior leadership behaviors that correlate highest with employee engagement include implementing and communicating organization strategy. Right Management is the talent and career management expert within Manpower, the global leader in employment services.

Right Management analyzed dozens of leadership practices and behaviors in order to determine which are most strongly related to employee engagement. Those with the highest correlations are:

1.    Senior leaders value employees
2.    Senior leaders have the capability to make my organization successful
3.    Senior leaders effectively implement my organization's strategy
4.    Senior leaders effectively communicate my organization's strategy to employees

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Tags: employee engagement, leadership, talent management, career development

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Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) -- With the economy cautiously turning the corner, senior leaders are focused on hiring and developing talent, according to a survey of more than 450 senior executives on LinkedIn® by Right Management. 94 percent of executives said talent management is a top priority for 2010. Right Management is the talent and career management expert within Manpower, the global leader in employment services.

The findings present good news for employees and job seekers. Employers are preparing themselves for growth opportunities as the economy rebounds and are looking for ways to enhance performance and productivity. One-third of the senior executive respondents will be hiring new talent in 2010, while 36 percent will focus on developing current talent. Twenty percent reported that increasing employee engagement is a top priority. Career development opportunities and efforts to increase engagement typically improve retention, which may explain why only 4 percent of senior leaders indicated they would be focusing efforts on retention.

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Tags: talent management, employee retention, career development, executives, new economy

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At a time when talent management has become a much higher priority for companies, many are planning to replace their manual talent management processes with automated ones that integrate compensation, recruiting, performance management, learning management, career development and succession planning, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm.

Watson Wyatt's 2009 HR Technology Trends Survey found that more than half of companies (56 percent) are planning to use more talent management technology over the next 24 months. Among those companies, 46 percent said they plan to integrate their existing technologies or leverage their current integrated systems, while 27 percent will start from scratch with a new integrated suite. The survey, which was conducted in February and March 2009 and includes responses from 181 large employers, also found that 37 percent of companies have made talent management a higher priority as a result of the economic crisis, while only 15 percent of employers have made it a lower priority.

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Tags: talent management, technology, succession planning, career development, economic downturn

Categories: The Economy

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 31, 2009 -- Axiom Consulting Partners LLC announced today that WorldatWork has published its article titled ‘How to Align Career Development and Succession Planning’ in its March edition of workspan magazine.

“Axiom is delighted to be releasing this important piece of thought leadership by our colleagues Traci McCready and Chris Hatcher in workspan magazine,” said Steve Strelsin, President – Axiom Consulting Partners. “WorldatWork is the preeminent organization of total rewards practitioners and we are especially pleased that Axiom has been asked to share our approach for aligning career development and succession planning as some of the key elements of the rewards mix.”

Total Rewards are all of the tools available to the employer that may be used to attract, motivate and retain employees. Total Rewards include everything the employee perceives to be of value resulting from the employment relationship, which include the following five elements: 1) compensation, 2) benefits, 3) career, 4) culture and 5) work environment.

‘How to Align Career Development and Succession Planning’ is available for download at Axiom’s website.

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Tags: talent management, career development, succession planning

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(MENLO PARK, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire) Eight percent of chief information officers (CIOs) anticipate adding information technology (IT) personnel in the second quarter of 2009 and 6 percent plan staff reductions in the next three months, according to the latest Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. The net 2 percent hiring increase compares with a net 8 percent increase projected last quarter. The majority of respondents, 83 percent, plan to maintain current staffing levels.

The IT Hiring Index and Skills Report is based on telephone interviews with more than 1,400 CIOs from companies across the United States with 100 or more employees. It was conducted by an independent research firm and developed by Robert Half Technology, a leading provider of IT professionals on a project and full-time basis.

Key Findings

• Help desk/technical support and networking are the job areas experiencing the most growth.
• Desktop support is the technical skill set most in demand, overtaking network administration, which led as the top skill for the past two quarters.
• One in five IT executives who plan to add staff will hire a mix of full-time and contract workers.
• Reduced IT budgets were cited as the primary factor for reductions in IT personnel.
• CIOs in the Mountain region(1) are most optimistic about hiring activity.

Tags: interviewing, career development, it employees, workforce

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Occupational Health and Safety online reports that the National Association of Manufacturers has established a new Manufacturing Skills Certification System. The program is designed to fill gaps and is attached to a competency model.

From OHS Online: The NAM system will help new workers and newly unemployed workers seeking new careers. "At a time when millions of Americans face unemployment, manufacturing jobs with excellent salaries and across all skill levels are unfilled because of the lack of qualified applicants," said John Engler, NAM's president and CEO. "These tough economic times call for clear pathways to help new and transitioning workers gain the skills they need for good jobs."

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Tags: career development, competencies, certification

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