Companies Slip Workouts Into Work
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- June 21, 2012
More and more companies are installing indoor walking tracks, stairwell programs, and treadmills in their offices in an effort to find clever and relatively inexpensive ways to get people moving without cutting into busy workdays or needing to join a corporate gym. The director of well-being and innovation at health insurer Humana Inc., Brent Densford,
READ MORERevenge of the Nerds: Tech Firms Scour College Campuses for Talent
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- June 9, 2012
You don't have to be a star athlete to be recruited and courted on campus these days. Today, outstanding computer science majors are being enticed by tech companies to come on board even before they graduate. Companies are wooing these top college students with offers of equity, high salaries and free food. The Wall Street
READ MOREID Thieves Loot Tax Checks, Filing Early and Often
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 29, 2012
Identity theft tax fraud has become a huge problem. The Treasury inspector general for tax administration told congress that in 2010, 940,000 fraudulent returns were filed by identity thieves. Those refunds would have added up to 6.5 billion dollars, and he said there could have been another 1.5 million returns they didn't catch, with potential
READ MOREPeople Want Jobs That Make a Difference, Even If It Means A Pay Cut
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 24, 2012
A new survey comparing college students soon to enter the work force with current workers found that everyone wants an "impact job," and would do a lot to get one. Co.Exist, 5/23/2012
READ MOREHis profit, your problem: While Mark Zuckerberg has made billions, Facebook users have been paying with their privacy
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 22, 2012
Considering the fact that more and more companies are checking the Facebook posts of potential employees and even asking for their passwords, people now need to be even more careful to make sure they don't post any photos or personal information about themselves online that could cost them a job. The fact that there is
READ MOREGap Year Momentum Grows as Studies Show Higher Performance After Delaying College Admission
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 15, 2012
College admission officers say the gap year is gaining momentum. And now, some of the nation's most competitive colleges — Harvard, Middlebury and Princeton, among others — have adopted formal policies to allow students to defer their admission. Higher education experts say that giving students an opportunity to explore the real world for a year
READ MORETOPS: Investing in employee health pays off
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 7, 2012
TOPS Club Inc., a non-profit weight-loss support organization, is encouraging people to use May, Employee Health and Fitness Month, as an opportunity to promote the benefits of workplace wellness. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) encourages employers to establish an employee wellness program because it not only improves employees’ health, but it can also contribute to a
READ MOREMade in America: Global Companies Expand in U.S. Towns
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- May 3, 2012
Global Foundries, which makes semiconductors, has helped breathe life into the small town of Malta in upstate New York with new jobs and training programs at area schools. The town has been transformed economically because of their commitment to getting this global company to pick their town for a new factory. Germany's Siemens, Scandinavia's Electrolux,
READ MOREPatients in the Dark on Medical Costs, Study Finds
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 25, 2012
A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco found that medical costs vary wildly from hospital to hospital. People often fail to ask ahead of time what a procedure is going to cost, and then they suffer from sticker shock when they get the bill, especially if insurance isn't picking
READ MOREPinterest could be worth over $7 billion
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 24, 2012
The virtual pin board is one of the fastest-growing Internet companies ever, with almost 19 million users. NBC News, 4/20/2012
READ MOREInspiring Insights by Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, The Man Who Built A $1 Billion Startup
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 13, 2012
Following Facebook's announcement of their acquisition of Instagram for $1 billion in Facebook shares and cash, the Instagram story will surely inspire aspiring tech entrepreneurs around the world. Answers by co-founder Kevin Systrom on the leading Q&A site, Quora, offer glimpses of how the 28-years-old entrepreneur managed to build a $1 billion startup in just
READ MOREShould you pay someone to do your taxes?
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 10, 2012
Here's a rational approach to figuring out whether it makes sense to have someone else do your taxes. CBS News, 4/6/2012
READ MOREHere’s your health insurance. Now step on the scale.
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 9, 2012
In today's workforce, more employees are being asked to take medical tests and to exercise, participate in disease-management programs and quit smoking to qualify for hundreds, even thousands of dollars' worth of health insurance premium or deductible discounts. Proponents say such health plans offer people a financial incentive to make healthier choices and manage chronic
READ MORE‘Massive’ credit card data breach involves all major brands
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- April 2, 2012
A data breach at a payments processing firm has potentially compromised credit and debit card information from all of the major card brands, including Visa and MasterCard. CNN, 4/2/2012
READ MOREFacebook Passwords: Employers and Schools Demand Access; Facebook and Senators Respond
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- March 29, 2012
Find out what to do if a potential employer insists on having access to your Facebook account. Senators are saying that it may actually be illegal to demand facebook passwords. ABC News, 3/26/2012
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