Nov 19th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama wants to bring change by recruiting people from across the aisle for his cabinet. Some are comparing this plan to Abraham Lincoln's so-called "Team of Rivals." Civil War historian Matthew Pinsker says Lincoln's idea didn't work out so well.
Nov 19th, 2008 · The Census Bureau is recruiting people to help with the next big population count — the 2010 Census. It's hiring about 140,000 workers to help update address lists. After the census is mailed out in 2010, the bureau plans to hire about one million people to follow up with residents who don't mail back the form.
Nov 19th, 2008 · It may be a tough economy, but one man in New York only looks like he's begging. Paul Nawrocki lost his job as a manager at a toy company. He's gone through most of the year without a job. So now the 59-year-old businessman puts on a suit. And tie. And a sandwich board that reads, "Almost Homeless." Instead of begging for change, he hands out his resume to passersby. He's heard no offers, but did get an interview with a recruiter.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Most of the sailors in Australia's navy have been ordered ashore for two months leave starting next month. They've been ordered to take that long — paid — holiday leave because Australia's navy has been left with too few hands on deck, as would-be sailors find other jobs. Skeleton crews will provide security during the holiday break. Australia's defense minister says the navy hopes to increase recruitment by becoming something no navy has ever been: family friendly.
Nov 4th, 2008 · For over a century, organized labor was wary of foreign workers. The more immigrants in the labor market, the less bargaining power for unions. But in recent years, some labor unions have changed their minds and want workers — no matter their legal status — to join.
Sep 27th, 2008 · Al-Qaida increasingly has resorted to using women as suicide bombers in Iraq. So the country's police force hopes to combat that threat by recruiting its first female members.
Sep 11th, 2008 · Armed with a visual-arts background, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter writes music draped in vivid imagery and colorful textures. Temple recruits the Mountain Stage house band to back him up in a live performance.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Downtown St. Paul has been getting a facelift ahead of the Republican National Convention. This means filling vacant storefronts with high-end retailers on short term leases, recruiting street musicians though they're normally banned, bolting down trash bins and planters. There're even spray-painting the leaves green and feeding birth control to the pigeons.