We will deliver, Australia Post vows

ASTD Staff

Thousands of Australia Post workers walked off the job today in a dispute over a new workplace agreement, but Australia Post has tried to minimise the impact of the walkout. The organisation says it still has plenty of people to sort Christmas mail, but postal workers c... More »

Unisys Poll Finds Workplace IT Preferences Changing

ASTD Staff

An online poll of more than 500 enterprise information workers recently conducted by Unisys Corp. showed that a majority prefer using their own PC or a hosted virtual desktop to do their work and to access information resources. Only a minority continues to subscribe to... More »

Three Ways to Fish in the Global Talent Pool

ASTD Staff

The world is your talent pool. We've been hearing that message ever since corporations started chattering about globalization. The real issue is, how well do you fish in that pool? The difference between strategically fishing and merely flailing the waters of an increas... More »

Recession has made the workplace more honest, report suggests

ASTD Staff

Times are bad, and it's a dog-eat-dog world. We're in it for what we can get. Cut a safety corner here. Pad expenses there. Take the kickback because everybody's doing it. Right? Not at all. The recession appears to have made the workplace a more honest place. Since 199... More »

UK: Work and training guarantee for young jobless extended

ASTD Staff

Young people who are unemployed for six months will be guaranteed work or training, Chancellor Alistair Darling, has announced. The scheme, which will begin next month, was unveiled as part of his pre-Budget speech in the commons. Currently only those under 24 years old... More »