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Waltham based DataStar, Inc. allows its employees up to three paid days per year to participate in volunteer community service activities. This policy has proven to provide a great benefit to all involved at relatively little cost to the company.

FreshPath Consulting announced it closed a new deal with MB Associates to help them deliver a new online Personal Career Management service.

List Ranks Area's Largest Privately Held Companies, Based on 2008 Revenues

Boston staffing firm, Hollister, announces that it will donate office space to March of Dimes.

Hollister announces that they have partnered with The American Marketing Association as a Gold Sponsor

Andrew Furst, founder and principal consultant at FreshPath Consulting, Inc. (www.freshpathconsulting.com) will offer a seminar on Job Search Strategies, focused on using job search engines.

“Inc. Magazine” has recognized TalentBurst as the 1791st fastest growing private company in the US. 2009 is the third consecutive year that TalentBurst was on Inc Magazine’s list of top 5000 fastest growing private companies in North America.

Navigent3 today announced a strategic alliance aimed at targeting prescription drug misuse in schools and the general workplace. Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic across North America, responsible for more fatalities than traffic accidents.

This internationally recognized and certified two-day workshop will be held at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, MA on December 8th and 9th. Discover how to tap into your ability to engage and transform your organization.

On October 7, 2009, join Yankee IABC and Southwest Airlines’ Millie Richter for a dinner presentation in Providence, RI, on Southwest’s highly successful employee engagement, social media, and internal communications programs.

Building on recent success delivering negotiations training in the Hartford area, the Negotiation Training Institute has expanded their corporate learning programs for negotiation skills training to Boston, Philadelphia, New York & Washington.

Equipment leasing vs. buying is more attractive during periods of economic downturn, and the financing of equipment is becoming increasingly important as businesses strategically invest in their infrastructure.

SmashFly Technologies, provider of the WildFire recruitment marketing platform, today announced that the consulting and software development firm Esika Infotek will distribute SmashFly’s WildFire Recruitment Marketing Platform across India.

Boston, MA – With growing concerns over the economy and unemployment, BulletBlocker announced today its Corporate Security Program. The program enables companies to extend discounts to employees for discreet, bulletproof protection devices.

R&L Associates/Aries Group, Inc., a business specializing in staffing solutions, received national certification as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

We Are Looking For Agents who want to Specialize in: Leasing, Sales, property management and real estate investment for clients.

Bold New Directions, a global leader in communication training, is pleased to announce that they are offering the Think On Your Feet® business communication training program to companies in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Kip Hollister gives fellow business leaders tips on how to survive the recession

It takes more than brains to get freelance work but BRAiNLance.com has a smart new site to help businesses outsourcing jobs select the highest IQ minds from the top Universities in the world. Green Technology at work - the site runs on BRAiNpower!

The Platinum Sponsors of the Boston Business Journal’s Best Places to Work Event Congratulate the 2009 Best Places to Work in Massachusetts

In response to the current economic environment, Cambria is offering economical executive coaching options to support leaders through change and accelerate their development.

MCG Partners is awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year”

How do you get or keep a job when unemployment has reached the highest point since 1983? Find out what Boston Image Consultants Doris Klietmann and Evangelia Souris of OPTIMUM Image have to say on the topic.

Cambria introduces the Leadership Agility Bench Strength Assessment™ to evaluate and accelerate the development of key leadership talent. It is designed to complement succession planning, talent review, and targeted executive coaching.

Boston Image Consultant Evangelia Souris of Optimum International Center for Image Management (international image consulting firm) is interviewed by WWD about Men's Dress Shirts and the Recession and how men are dressing differently to get ahead.

MCG Partners, a premier provider of leadership, talent and organizational effectiveness, announced today the launch of Career Transition Advisors, a prominent provider of career transition, career search, career management, and outplacement services.

Olde World Style Divination and psychic readings at New England SEERs psychic entertainment tour 2009.

A leader in the world of executive coaching and leadership development helps Cambria Consulting, Inc., expand its presence in this fast-growing talent arena.

Five time company founder and CEO, venture capitalist, consultant and New York Times bestselling author Christine Comaford-Lynch joins the newly-formed Advisory Board of Universal Benefit Plans.

Cambria and ChangeWise announce a new way to measure “Leadership Agility” – the first on-line assessment of a manager’s ability to respond effectively to today’s leadership challenges.

USTransferPricing.com, the leading transfer pricing site and eTaxJobs.com, the leading tax jobs site have joined forces to launch a new transfer pricing jobs board. The transfer pricing jobs board includes more than 180 positions.

Leading publication “Inc. Magazine” recognized TalentBurst as 294th fastest growing private company in the US in it’s 2008 Inc. 500 list. It was previously ranked #649 on the Inc. 5000 list in 2007 and has jumped 355 spots this year.

InternshipRatings.com gives students an outlet to freely express their experiences and therefore help others learn about interning at companies. The site allows students to rate their experience by surveying various aspects of their experience.

Editorial on "Fat Cats": CEOs can be lots of things: white, black, male, female, old, young, or some combination thereof. But can they also be obese? Fat chance.

Human resource professionals track a good bunch of human capital associated costs. There is cost per hire, cost of a vacant position, cost of a bad hire, and, there are returns from a recruit who goes on to be a long-term success.

Leading Vendor Management Systems contingent workforce staffing partner TalentBurst Inc., was retained as a tier-1 staffing partner by a top VMS in CA, to serve their banking client near San Jose, CA.

There is some bad news for the recruiting world: job creation rates are slowing down to 6% - 4%. There is some great news as well: As global markets consolidate, recruiters get the fantastic opportunity to revamp their head hunting machinery

TalentBurst Inc. is recognized as the #1 vendor by a leading VMS that manages human capital procurement for a leading global financial services client based in California.

Dont let the economy get you down. Find out how you can have the job of your dreams right now!

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Image Enhancement programs are not always successful in group settings. Boston Image Consultants of OPTIMUM International Center for Image Management offer time tested Image Consulting solutions to the problem.

AirlineCareer.com, a leader in airline online training and recruitment has launched a new Aviation Job Board for employers and job seekers.

Marketing the Next President of the United States "- Boston Image Consultant comments about the many facets of image and how they affect the perception of political candidates.

Patients receive a new suite of online health information and management tools

DOING GOOD EVEN BETTER How to be an Effective Board Member of a Nonprofit Organization by Edgar Stoesz

The CPA and business advisory firm, Rucci, Bardaro & Barrett, has promoted Christopher Keenan to the position of Supervisor.

Trimount Communications expands services with the addition of the MediaSmart Training Program.

Secrets to success? In the final analysis, all six of the people who responded that they are finding success easy all currently have mentors. 23 of the respondents who do not have mentors are all finding it difficult to achieve success.