Clients will pay a small fee to place their resumes, describe dream jobs and take bids for their services from interested employers. Once the auction is closed, the client can reject all bids or set up interviews with any of the interested employers. Forty-one percent of respondents said that physical environment influences their job choice, and more than half said it plays a role in their decision to leave a job. Workplace environment was the third most important factor cited, behind compensation and benefits. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that for summer jobs, girls age 16 to 19 are paid 88.5 cents to every dollar earned by boys.
Analysts say that girls tend to work in lower-paying positions like child care.
You Can't Take Home Yellow Post-it notes and highlighter pens, those staples of office culture, will now be available in digital versions, thanks to a new company called Keeboo. The company has developed software that allows you to make a virtual book by gathering material from on and offline, applying the digital sticky notes and highlighting passages.