Employment Spot

The economic climate has hurt businesses a great deal. Now, companies are facing layoffs and they do not know where to turn. Companies work hard to develop a relationship with their employees, and when they have to lay them off, they want the transition to be as smooth as possible. The question many employers are left to ask is how can they possibly have layoffs while keeping the situation as positive as possible?

For many businesses, the answer is quite simple. They choose outplacement instead of simply letting their employees go. This helps the transition go much more smoothly and keeps the company from suffering resentment from former employees. Read the rest of this entry �

The Wall Street Journal’s CareerJournal.com recently released a report about the national shortage of qualified bank tellers. The banking industry has exploded in recent years, with additional bank branches springing up all over the country. In previous decades, bank tellers needed “only basic skills” and received “modest wages.” Many bank employment experts thought that the role of bank tellers would diminish or even disappear with the increased use of new technology such as ATMs and online banking services. The exact opposite has been true. The role of bank tellers in the industry has completely transformed from a mechanical and routine position to one that requires excellent customer relations, problem solving and marketing skills. Bank tellers are often the first face of the company to customers and they have become central in recruiting and selling to new customers.

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