With his credibility severely tarnished by a sexual harassment case, CEO Mark Hurd has stepped down from his position as HP CEO. Hurd is being charged with sexual harassment, a probe which showed he had a “close relationship” with a former HP contractor who received improper payments.
Hurd, 53 and married, was brought into the sexual harassment issue when one of HP’s former contractors revealed she had a close personal relationship with the HP CEO.
While the investigation did not find any violations of sexual harassment, it did find violations to HP’s standard of business conduct. Hurd had filed “numerous” inaccurate expense reports that compensated or reimbursed the woman for around $20,000 during a 2 year stretch.
Hurd came into HP in 2005 and stands to receive $12.2 million upon his separation. Cathie Lesjak, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will act as the interim CEO until the company finds a suitable replacement for the disgraced Mark Hurd.
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22
May
Posted in Business News, Career by Damien |
While President Obama has focused on the economy and working with Democrats in Congress to overhaul the financial industry, other crises have come into play – most prominently, the oil spill in the Gulf. This again has forced his attention from the one thing the public cares most about – finding jobs and getting the economy back on track.
Currently, two in five Americans (42%) give President Obama positive ratings on the overall job he is doing while 58% give him negative ratings. This is almost unchanged from last month when 41% gave him positive ratings and 59% gave him negative ones.
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,503 adults surveyed online between May 10 and 17, 2010 by Harris Interactive.
While it is not surprising that 92% of Republicans give the president negative ratings, one-quarter of Democrats (25%) also give him negative marks as do 68% of Independents. There is also an educational gap on his approval ratings. Two-thirds of those with a high school degree or less (65%) give the president negative marks while three in five of those with a post-graduate education (61%) give him positive ratings. Just over half of those with some college or a college degree (55% and 56% respectively) give the president negative marks on his overall job.
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The Ideal Dialogue Company announced today the latest release of their flagship solution built to optimize call center agent hiring. IDEAL Voice 2.0 builds on its own previously successful evaluation platform which keys into a candidate’s ability to demonstrate social competence. The system provides comparative feedback of vocal perception, accent level, and overall potential to engage customers in effective dialogue.
IDEAL Voice captures scripted and unscripted speech during the recruiting process. Analytic reports show how each candidate scored across multiple dimensions. This report data provides a strategic basis for hiring and training decisions.
IDEAL Voice 2.0 includes expanded reporting, including the capability for central managers to see results from multiple locations. This function enables hiring managers to assess and compare recruiting effectiveness at each site within their organization. The new release also brings enhanced reporting for use in training initiatives and integrates with the Ideal Dialogue Company’s IDEAL Agent training system. This seamless, voice-based staffing approach is being hailed by its users as a revolutionary solution for finding and fostering highly engaging agents.
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The Ashdown Group Jobs Index (AGJI) monitors demand for marketing personnel by tracking the number of advertised jobs within the UK Marketing sector. Data is compiled throughout the month and released in the first few days of the following month.
February 2010 has seen a 9.66% increase in the number of marketing jobs being advertised compared to January.
The UK employment market is beginning to gather pace, leading the way is the marketing sector having posted the greatest growth figures over the past 6 months with a 27.5% increase in demand versus July 2009.
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24
Dec
Posted in Business News, Career, Jobs and Careers by gracelim |
2009 was a busy year. It was full of turmoil’s, recession, economy crisis and more. But despite this entire people still remain solid and continue to work hard for their family. For the following year, it is best to make necessary precautions to consider keeping at least everything safe. Like celebrities, not all of them had the best of the year. Some were so blessed that they ranked richest.
Sometimes a new set of circumstances can dictate a temporary change in career strategy.
For example, you may have been cruising along in a marketing position that tapped your abilities as a writer and strategist. Then you get a promotion that adds one of your major weaknesses — a lack of good public speaking skills — to your job description. What to do?
“The rules of the game have changed, and you would be well-advised to sharpen your act” by getting some speech training, Evans says.
So in a good way, there still this mindset within us that we stay at our comfort zone. Infact, if we continue to do this, we will never grow and be able to somehow sharpen and practice our skills.
Whatever strategy you adopt, each points to the need for every worker to find his or her passion — and build a career around it.
“It’s generally accepted that people whose job is actually their passion perform incomparably better than those who just do a job because it’s a job,” Evans says.
That is why never apply for a job you are not capable of because you are getting nowhere. Its better for people to have a job they are happy at.
Under this scenario, you reduce your “cost” to your employer by agreeing to a salary cut, accepting an unpaid furlough, or switching to a four-day week.
“It’s the Southwest Airlines strategy — you make yourself indispensable based on price,” Evans says. “It can be a strategy for success, but it also can be a strategy for survival in hard times like now.”
This has all been advised from Mr.Evans who keeps us reminded of the key factors we should sharpen and the best strategies to act. London-based economist and business strategist Vaughan Evans taught us that we have to adjust to our environment and always be passionate at we do.
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