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Developing a Social Business Network

More employers are using social networking tools to enhance employee interaction. 

EMC Corp.’s social business network, called EMC/One, had been in place about a year when the economy turned sour. The developer of information infrastructure products was about to learn the value of a Facebook-like platform for use within the company.

July 11, 2011
Tags:
Social Media, Employee relations
Can They Keep Our Lights On?

Here’s one natural disaster the nation’s utility executives can see coming: a tsunami of retirees that could swamp the economy. The electric power industry estimates 30 percent to 40 percent of its 400,000 workers will be eligible to retire by 2013. From executives to plant managers, and from engineers to skilled craft workers— who literally keep the lights on—the retirement deluge threatens to create a chasm between supply and demand for workers.

News Updates
June 1, 2010
Tags:
Retirement, Workforce Planning, Technology