Towers Perrin Study: Companies Can’t Afford Complacency

ASTD Staff

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the global recession wears on, employees are feeling increasing stress in the workplace that, if left unchecked, could impact business performance, according to Towers Perrin's Workplace Watch, a newly launched quarterly look at empl... More »

Yoh Report: Tech Wages Hold Steady in 2009

ASTD Staff

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the most recent Yoh Index of Technology Wages, tech wages remained mostly unchanged in the first quarter of 2009. Throughout the first few weeks of 2009, wages held steady, hitting a peak of 32.81 early in the quarter-just a 1... More »

AP: U.S. to announce billions for green jobs, training

ASTD Staff

(DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press) WASHINGTON -- Some $4 billion from President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan that was budgeted to renovate public housing will be spent to create so-called "green jobs" by making the dwellings more energy efficie... More »

Green jobs training hits the road in Nevada

ASTD Staff

CARSON CITY, Nev.-Nevada officials have begun awarding contracts for "green jobs" training projects that will be funded by federal money-and one consulting contract for $48,000 or possibly more has been awarded to a Clark County commissioner. The contract was awarded by... More »

Int'l Differences on Working Past Retirement Age

ASTD Staff

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the economic crisis continues around the globe, adults in the five largest European countries and the U.S. have different ideas about what it will mean for their retirement and their pensions or retirement savings. Seven in ten Germa... More »