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How Innovative Are You and Your Firm?

We sometimes think of innovation as being a distinctly American quality – from the Industrial Revolution to Silicon Valley start-ups. The truth is, in today's global, and increasingly mobile, economy, innovation and innovators are found in all corners of the world. So reports HR Magazine.

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NFL Draft: Winning Lotto or Just a Lucrative First Job?

The recently completed NFL draft made a big splash at New York's Radio City Music Hall, much as it always does. But with a lively debate being played out in NCAA sports about college athletes being paid as employees, there was attention placed on what kind of careers most "lucky" emerging college stars can look forward to as pros. So reports the Huffington Post.

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Do HR Pros Consider ObamaCare a Success?

Six months after an admittedly disastrous rollout of the Affordable Care Act (aka ACA or ObamaCare) and its national health exchange Web site, the ACA's fortunes appear to have had a stunning turnaround.

 

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Is Sitting the New Smoking?

According to research done by scientists at the Mayo Clinic and other institutions, excessive sitting – particularly at the office, where millions of Americans sit for more than 5½ hours per day – may be the culprit behind elevated levels of obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. So reports Smithsonian Mag.

 

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Gone Missing: Millions of American Workers

It's no secret that hundreds of thousands – even millions – of jobs were lost during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. So reports MSN Money.

 

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Five Workplace Trends HR Pros Need to Know

One would expect a national survey of employers with 50+ employees (the same population, coincidentally, most impacted by the Affordable Care Act) to reflect significant change since the onset of the Great Recession in 2008. So reports Familiesandwork.org blog.

 

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'Why Can't I See the Picture Now?'

That question is said to have been asked by the young daughter of Edwin Land, the inventor of the Polaroid camera. Once she posed it, Land started thinking about developing a new kind of photographic process that changed the industry for the second half of the 20th century. Read more...

What ‘Mad Men’ Teaches Us About 21st-Century Marketing Pros

In the (final) season opener of 'Mad Men', AMC's wildly successful TV series set on the Madison Avenue of the 1960s, the familiar business-school mnemonic the "Four P's" (Price, Product, Promotion, Place – in no particular order) was mentioned during a client meeting. So reports Forbes. Read more...

Suicides on Wall Street Create Workplace Jitters, But No Clear Answers

We're all familiar with images from the Great Depression of bankers hurling themselves out of high-story windows when faced with overnight financial ruin. More recently, the rate of suicides spiked briefly during the Great Recession. So reports CNN Money. Read more...

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