News tagged with personnel
Google develops algorithm to stem talent loss
May 19, 2009 |
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Google, concerned by the recent departures of several top executives, has developed an algorithm to try to identify which employees are likely to quit, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Kuwait: Swine flu cases detected among US soldiers
May 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Several swine flu cases have been detected among U.S. soldiers passing through Kuwait, officials said Saturday.
Promotional tests can discourage some of the best, says new research
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 19, 2009 |
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Standardized tests are a common choice for organizations looking for an objective way of fairly evaluating who is the best person for the job.
Nokia to lay off 170 workers worldwide
May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 170 workers worldwide to further cut costs as the global downturn continues to weaken demand in the mobile phone industry.
Young ex-servicemen at increased risk of suicide
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Young men who have served in the British Armed Forces are up to three times more likely to take their own lives than their civilian counterparts, research published tomorrow (March 3) has found.
Deaths to local soldiers matter in shaping war opinion
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Americans think locally when they consider whether the loss of U.S. troops overseas warrants troop withdrawals, a new nationwide study suggests.
New NIST trace explosives standard slated for homeland security duty
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Security personnel need to be able to find explosive materials and persons who have been in contact with them. To aid such searches, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, with support from the ...
Taiwan's Foxconn agrees on suicide compensation
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Taiwanese employer of a young Chinese man who killed himself after being interrogated over a missing iPhone prototype has agreed to pay compensation to his family, a company official said Tuesday.
Researchers find startling numbers of active-military personnel engaging in frequent binge drinking
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Binge drinking is common among active-duty military personnel and is strongly associated with many health and social problems, including problems with job performance and alcohol-impaired driving, according to a new study ...
Stereotypes, bias and personnel decisions
Dec 03, 2008 |
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In an article in the December issue of the journal Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Frank J. Landy questions research that is said to demonstrate that stereotypes about social groups bias personnel decisions. He arg ...
Reserve, National Guard at higher risk of alcohol-related problems after returning from combat
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Younger service members and Reserve and National Guard combat personnel returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk of new-onset heavy drinking, binge drinking and other alcohol-related problems, ...
Army personnel show increased risk for migraine
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Two new studies show that migraine headaches are very common among U.S. military personnel, yet the condition is frequently underdiagnosed. The studies, appearing in Headache, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Headac ...
Multiple vaccinations have not caused ill health in UK soldiers in Iraq
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Multiple vaccinations have not been a cause of ill health in UK service personnel deployed to Iraq, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
