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January 20, 2000

40 Acres and a Mule

The similarities between many Internet Recruiting models to sharecropping in the Old South. Put down your carpetbag and sit a spell with John Sumser.

When Dot.Com Employment Fails to Impress
Many workers, recruiters, and consultants are discovering that the near-anarchy and brutal hours at Internet startups are not for everyone.

Virtual CEOs
A new application service provider, Virtual CEO, uses the speed of computer technology to accelerate the way organizations gather, measure, and interpret performance data, and how they make key business decisions. One wonders how this self-reported "revolutionary" technology factors in the relationship component, which drives all behavior.

New Combinations
Cascade Associates Inc., a Philadelphia-area diversity staffing/recruiting and HR consulting firm, joins forces with national temporary employment agency, Wilson & Wilson.

IT*CareerNET, Inc. has signed a joint marketing contract with Miami-based 5th Avenue Channel, which will allow IT*CareerNET.com, Inc. to link its IT recruiting and career services with 5th Avenue Channel's soon-to-be-launched broadcast cable television and Internet video-streamed content.

Monster.com has become the first dot.com sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Games, and has been named the Official Online Career Management Services Sponsor of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and the 2002 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams. Also in the news is Monster.com's donation of a 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl to promote Groundhog Shadow Day, a nationwide effort to give young people a close-up look at careers. Monster is also hosting a Virtual Job Shadowing event on the official Job Shadow Day website.

Defining Deviancy Down
Has the labor shortage resulted in employees who don't dress and act the part? Dick Grote, an NPR commentator, says it may come back to bite you.

Check Out The Competition
CampusCareerCenter recently launched a database search service, CandidateConnect.

For what is described as the largest mobilization in peacetime, the Census Bureau has launched a drive to hire over one-half million people nationwide to conduct Census 2000.

Gearing Up
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development announces nearly $4 million in State funds to create 305 new jobs and retain 1,015 jobs in Southcentral Pennsylvania. In a related story, Harrisburg Area Community College is a provider for the Guaranteed Free Training Program of the Workforce and Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania.