Engage in Your Public Workforce System!

ASTD Staff

As I have mentioned many times in my blog posts, ASTD members who engage in the public workforce system have access and information to many opportunities for the organizations. There are many ways to get engaged. From serving on at local or state Workforce Board, involv... More »

Australia: Government defends skills training program

ASTD Staff

(From abc.net.au) -- The Federal Government is defending its multi-billion dollar skills training program aimed at easing Australia's critical skills shortage. The program was set up by the Rudd government in 2008 and was designed to provide hundreds of thousands of tra... More »

Gen Y: Thriving in a Diversified Workforce

ASTD Staff

(From PRWEB) -- Jazzing up the workplace. That's what many organisations are doing in order to recruit and retain the future engines of their workforce -- the 'twenty somethings' or Gen Y. Taking the lead are multinationals with an offering of interesting perks, such as... More »

Integrated talent management, good HR and leadership

ASTD Staff

(From Canadian HR Reporter) -- i4CP sent a newsletter recently commenting on the need for "integrated" to be added to the term "talent management" in order to update it and make it more powerful as they suggest in a new book. They mention the number of providers in the ... More »

Business Sector Wary of Available Local Employment

ASTD Staff

(From International Business Times) -- In new research released today, it was revealed that 44% of new recruits are falling short of employer expectations. The opinions of more than 2,000 employers and employees were gathered by recruitment specialist Hudson for its ann... More »