Mothers Work Announces Settlement of EEOC Lawsuit and Groundbreaking 'Employment Secret Shopping' Program.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mothers Work, Inc., the leading designer and retailer of maternity apparel in the world, announced today that it has recently agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the Miami office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging pregnancy discrimination and retaliation. Although...

Media richness & individual perceptions of teams.
Abstract The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that lean communication media influence the perceptions of participants in virtual versus face-to-face teams. Students participated in either a virtual or face-to-face team environment and returned completed surveys. Results illustrate that leaner media richness in virtual teams accounts...

Playbook: the ABCs of interviewing: how to find the right employee by conducting the perfect interview.
Whether you have two or 200 people working for you, at some point in your career, you will conduct employment interviews. For many people, this prospect may be unnerving. What kind of questions do I ask? What can't I ask? Won't the application tell me everything I need to...

Interviewers' ratings of data quality in household telephone surveys.
Data quality is assessed in many ways, including level of error, effects of the interviewer, how the instrument itself impacts the type and quality of data collected, and how respondents' cognitive and motivational abilities affect their answers. One aspect of data quality that has not been examined in detail...

Ethnic group differences in cognitive ability test scores within a New Zealand applicant sample.
Given the widespread use of cognitive ability tests for employment selection in New Zealand, and overseas evidence of substantial ethnic group differences in cognitive ability test scores, a study was conducted to examine the extent to which cognitive test score distributions differ as a function of ethnicity within a...

Building Your Career Portfolio.
Why not show your interviewer what you can do, and set yourself apart from other candidates? Here's how. You're at the $500,000 level of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Regis Philbin leans over, looks you straight in the eye, and reads off the big question: ...

A model of successful work experience for employees who are visually impaired: the results of a study.
Abstract: This study explored the factors that contribute to a successful work experience for employees who are visually impaired from the perspective of employers. The employers who were interviewed emphasized the dual responsibility that employees have to empower their own success and that employers have to enable the employees'...

Another look at facial disfigurement.
In a now classic article entitled, "What is beautiful is good," Dion, Berscheild and Walster (1972) outlined the existence of a "physical attractiveness stereotype." This stereotype works so that people who are seen to be physically attractive are also seen to be more socially desirable, likely to secure more...

So you didn't get the job ... It's not over! How to handle the rejection letter.
Imagine interviewing for an exciting opportunity with a Fortune 100 company in a very appealing location. The campus interview goes well, followed by a day-long visit to corporate headquarters. Everyone there is thoroughly professional, genuinely cordial and seemingly very interested in your academic accomplishments and what you offer the...

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
819-994-5559 Mennonite Central Committee, Aylmer Resource Centre, Alymer, On. For employment assistance services in Aylmer and East Elgin County. To assist 875 unemployed citizens overcome barriers to employment to determine their employment needs, career interests and work-related skills and experience, offer assessment, interviews, develop employment action plans...