Teacher Absences: Is this any way to run a business?
Public school teachers in the United States are absent between nine and 10 days per year, on average. In other words, between kindergarten and 12th grade, a typical student is…
Latinos exceed 50% of U.S. population growth
It's no secret that Latinos are the fastest-growing traditionally underrepresented group in the country. But a new report by the Pew Hispanic Center reveals that Latinos accounted…
Gen Y: What’s Mine is Yours?
What’s Mine is Yours,Generation Y,Gen Why,Millenials,tech-savvy teenagers,Google Maps,Facebook The Centralian Advocate recently reported on a global trend among tech-savvy teenagers…
You won’t believe what the energy industry is running out of!
While Washington tries to figure out how the U.S. can free ourselves from our dependence on oil, another shortage is going to create a seismic shift in our ability…
OOPS! Math mistake forces teacher layoffs
You can only sit back and smile at the irony of this story. U.S. high school students are getting their lunches eaten when it comes to math and science…
Cheating in high school soars
Surveys show that cheating in school — plagiarism, forbidden collaboration on assignments, copying homework and cheating on exams — has soared. The latest national survey of 25,000 high school students by…
Poor workplace planning crippling business growth
Rising labor costs, severe staffing delays, and chronic job vacancies are derailing organizational productivity and growth. Put simply, inadequate workforce planning and poor management of talent demand are major barriers…
Cost of turnover exceeds $26,000 per employee!
With rising economic uncertainty and shrinking profit margins, organizations can ill afford the cost of placing "poor fit" candidates into critical roles. According to a just released study…
New Study Reveals 50% of Organizations and New Hires Regret Their Decisions
Organizations or their new hires regret their hiring decisions 50% of the time, costing the average organization millions in the way of lower performance, less engaged new hires, and higher…
New Study Reveals 50% of Organizations and New Hires Regret Their Decisions
Organizations or their new hires regret their hiring decisions 50% of the time, costing the average organization millions in the way of lower performance, less engaged new hires, and higher…