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2009 Optimas Awards.(A)(Awards list)
Dec 14, 2009 ... IF YOU WERE to just list the names of the nine winners of the 2009 Optimas Awards, it would be hard to see what they have in common. The U.S. Navy is charged with winning wars, warding off aggression and preserving freedom of the seas. Bright Horizons Family Solutions cares for kids while ...
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS; The media company sees $5 million in savings as it provides a wealth of free health services to employees via a comprehensive work-site medical clinic.(A)
Dec 14, 2009 ... Byline: Jeremy Smerd While other employers this fall were scrambling to provide shots to their employees to inoculate them against H1N1 flualso known as swine fluDiscovery Communications was giving the shots free to high-risk employees and their dependents. What ...
Mass unemployment.(A)
Dec 14, 2009 ... Byline: Fay Hansen The Washington jobs summit this month failed to come to terms with the extent of the unemployment problem. Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies has issued a full tally based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data adjusted for the decline in ...
DAVITA; Faced with a "broken' recruiting function, the dialysis provider overhauls the department to speed hiring and find important management talent.(A)
Dec 14, 2009 ... Byline: Ed Frauenheim Dialysis provider DaVita was hurting several years ago because of problems with a key corporate function: recruiting. The Denver-based company's recruiting department was understaffed, inconsistent and lacking in feedback to recruiters. Nearly 10 percent of ...
U.S. NAVY; The military branch maintains a massive workforce with programs that offer personnel a greater choice of jobs, education assistance and family support.(A)
Dec 14, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Schoeff Jr. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, held little appeal as a destination for U.S. Navy sailors in May 2005. The Navy found itself needing to fill 259 jobs that year at the base. Only 42 people volunteered initially. That's when the service decided to utilize a novel ...