November 2008

First, talk to HR — and be mindful of what you ask of your co-workers By Eve Tahmincioglu About a month ago, Lewana Dupree was on her lunch break when she drove past a building with a long line of people wrapped around the block. It turned out to be a shelter called The Source […]

Want to know just how bad the economic slump is? The worst in 20 years, if canapés and wine glasses are any indicator. That’s the finding of Battalia Winston Amrop, an executive search firm that has been surveying businesses across the country about their holiday party …

With so many workers receiving pink slips this holiday season, can you still expect to see a gift on your desk this holiday season? Well, maybe. About 29 percent of offices will be giving gifts to their employees, but this is 3 percent MORE than last year, according to the Battalia-Winston annual …

New York, NY (AHN) – Of 1,000 medium to large U.S. companies surveyed by human resources company Mercer in October, 40 percent will cut the budget allocated for salary increases in 2009. The reduction is part of the cost-cutting measures to be adopted by American firms to cope up with the …

The global economic crisis has spurred new rounds of layoffs, home foreclosures and personal bankruptcies. It’s also hit an annual workplace rite – the office holiday party. Many large companies — American Express, Disney and Viacom – among them, have cancelled big holiday bashes as the economic …

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–With Mike Duke taking over as chief of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the company is getting a logistics master with expertise in international and U.S. operations to help keep the successful retail titan on track… …In his 13 years at Wal-Mart, Duke has run the company’s U.S. …

Battalia Winston Recruits General Counsel For Apptis Executive search firm Battalia Winston has placed Paul Mamalian as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Apptis, Inc., a provider of IT solutions and services for government and industry. Kathryn Griffin, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Battalia Winston, conducted …

Orchid Isle Auto Center on the Big Island threw a big holiday bash last December for 90 employees at a popular Hilo club, featuring door prizes, free-flowing food and drinks and entertainment by comedian Augie Tulba. The company even booked hotel rooms in Hilo for 16 Kona-based employees.

Bah humbug! Fewer companies are planning to deck the corporate halls this holiday season, while others are slashing their party budgets in half, according to two new surveys. Can companies spread good cheer without breaking the bank? As the economy continues to slump towards the end of the year, many American companies caught …

Across the U.S., companies are canceling annual end-of-the-year holiday bashes to cut costs, or in some cases just to blend in with the rest of a world that’s too worried about money to feel like a party… …In its survey of 100 companies, outplacement consultant Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. found …