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Around the Staffing Industry:

• The manufacturing industry faces huge hurtles with the majority of their workforce retiring in the coming years and lack of interest from younger generations.  [CNN Money]
• A simple chart showing the U.S. job crisis helps people to understand just how bad it is.  [Policy Mic]

Talent Management:

• Want to win the “war on talent?”  It’s time to dust off that employee referral program.  [ERE]
• Attract talent to your organization using these unusual techniques.  [Recruiter.com]

Around the Government:

• The senate just passed a bill protecting gay and transgender employees from workplace discrimination.  [Washington Post]
• The October Jobs Report reflects another 12,000 federal government jobs lost.  [Gov Exec]
• With 85,000 federal employees furloughed during the recent government shutdown, the U.S. saw about a $2 billion loss in productivity.  [Washington Post]

Around the IT Industry:

• While hiring in most tech hubs has decreased for IT professionals, Silicon Valley is starting to see an uptick.  [Staffing Industry]
• IT staffing companies saw more revenue growth this past quarter than expected due to high demand for their services.  [Staffing Industry]

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