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Hackers Target Companies with Wire Transfer Fraud Scheme
Experts say executives need to be especially cautious
By Aliah D. Wright 1/30/2015
Since October 2014, hackers have been running two scams simultaneously.
First, they’ll hack into a company’s computer system and hold some computers hostage with ransomware. Then, while IT tries to ascertain how to fix that problem, the hackers will hijack an executive’s e-mail account and send an e-mail to an employee with access to the company’s finances to wire money for a seemingly valid business reason.
The FBI reports that companies worldwide have lost more than $215 million to this scheme.
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Are Apprenticeships Programs Set to Take Off in the U.S.?
By Bill Leonard 1/30/2015
Although President Barack Obama made only a brief mention of apprenticeships in his 2015 State of the Union address, proponents believe that these job-based training programs are on the verge of expanding rapidly throughout the United States.
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Career Goals for Many Executives Appear to Be Shifting
Study: When it comes to being CEO, a third say ‘no’
By Bill Leonard 1/29/2015
When researchers for the Korn Ferry Institute recently asked a group of top-level executives “Do you want to be CEO?,” they were surprised by the response. Among the nearly 550 executives polled, approximately one-third (31 percent) either didn’t want the job or were ambivalent about becoming their organization’s top executive.
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Assess Potential Violence Promptly but Carefully
Case highlights tension between accommodating mentally ill workers and providing a safe workplace
By Roy Maurer 1/29/2015
Is an employee who admits to violent thoughts in the workplace a clear-cut case for termination? Not always, as a pair of companies recently found out.
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85% of Companies Targeted Market Median for Base Pay
Job market not seen as compelling significant wage growth
By Stephen Miller, CEBS 1/29/2015
Five years out from the end of the Great Recession, most organizations—85 percent—determined the value of employee jobs in 2014 using the market-pricing approach and targeting employee base salary at the 50th percentile (that is, not pushing wages up by offering above-average pay, which is often needed to attract and retain talent in a competitive job market).
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Recruiting Tech Trends for 2015
By Mir Ali 1/29/2015
With the economy looking up, the war for talent is intensifying, with human capital a key priority on the CEO agenda. As such, organizations need to find new ways to attract, engage, hire and retain talent in a more concerted and focused manner.
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Inclement Weather Poses FLSA Challenges
By Allen Smith 1/28/2015
When work closes because of inclement weather, exempt and nonexempt employees are treated differently under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), management attorneys note.
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