Hire with your head; using performance-based hiring to build great teams, 3d ed.
9780470128350 Hire with your head; using performance-based hiring to build great teams, 3d ed. Adler, Lou. John Wiley & Sons 2007 300 pages $29.95 Hardcover HF5549 Consultant and trainer Adler presents...

An unacceptable delay.
Byline: The Register-Guard At a time when the United States is struggling to control illegal immigration, the growing delay in processing applications by legal immigrants sends exactly the wrong message. For at least the next two years, the Citizenship and Immigration Services will take an...

Bullhorn Gets $26 Million to Bolster Its 'On Demand Staffing and Recruiting Software.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-13 June 2008-Bullhorn Gets $26 Million to Bolster Its 'On Demand Staffing and Recruiting Software(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Bullhorn, a provider of On Demand staffing and recruiting software, announced the completion of $26 million in new financing, led by venture capital firms Highland...

Lukes to ask for report on hiring freeze effects.
Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos COLUMN: CITY HALL NOTEBOOK Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes may have lost the battle last week when her call for a one-year freeze on municipal employee wage hikes went nowhere, but she's now pursuing a new strategy aimed at lowering city expenses. ...

BI acts on crime rings in Cebu; Sends team to Mactan airport to probe report on escort services.
Byline: JUN RAMIREZ Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Marcelino C. Libanan yesterday dispatched a team to Cebu City to look into reports that crime syndicates are operating escort services at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). Libanan's move is in response to a report from an...

Clinton resident pushes for `weaker' fire chief status.
Byline: John Weeks CLINTON - For the third time in the past 18 years, a group of residents is out to strip the "strong chief" status of Fire Chief Richard Hart. At Town Meeting on June 23 (see preview, page 1), two citizen-sponsored articles will...

West Boylston town meeting is tomorrow; 51 articles include $19.9 million budget and grant to hire two firefighters.
Byline: Patricia A. Clark WEST BOYLSTON - A fiscal 2009 budget of $19,996,233, acceptance of a grant to hire two new firefighters, and increased funding for summer recreation programs will be among the issues taken up by voters at the semiannual town meeting tomorrow. The...

Dangerous mandate; Senate should reject nurse staffing bill.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION The state Senate should reject nurse staffing mandates that would drive up costs while threatening the quality of patient care. The House last week passed the misleadingly titled "Patient Safety Act" promoted by the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The measure setting minimum...

Selectmen name new treasurer; Building inspector hiring on hold.
Byline: Patricia A. Clark STERLING - The Board of Selectmen appointed Donna Erickson as town treasurer/collector at a meeting Wednesday night. There were seven candidates for the post, two of whom were interviewed by the board. After some discussion, board members agreed that although both...

New principal's roots firmly in Sturbridge.
Byline: Craig S. Semon STURBRIDGE - A school committee member credits serendipity and her level of investment in the community as being key factors in her being named the new principal at Tantasqua Regional Junior High School. Jennifer Lundwall of the Fiskdale section of Sturbridge...