Salary.com finds top five SVI cities located in the nation’s mid-section;

three of the bottom five cities are on the Pacific

WALTHAM, Mass.--Salary.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLRY), a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions, today announced the results of its 2008 Salary Value Index (SVI). The SVI ranks the best and worst American cities in which to build personal wealth. Topping the list as the best city is Plano, Texas, while the high cost of living in New York City placed it at the bottom of this year’s list.

Do you need to squeeze more profit, but not squeeze your customers?  Is your CEO looking to the sales team to increase the bottom line, without looking at how streamlining internal efficiencies can increase revenue and performance?  Ask yourself, are you running the most efficient operation?  Maybe it’s time find out, the good news is there is still time to register for NAPEO’s CFO Seminar scheduled for July 16 & 17th at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.

There aren’t many days that go by that I don’t notice some idiot driving down the street… texting, or attempting to text while they drive.  Or is it really they are attempting to drive while they text.  It really doesn’t matter I don’t believe that the two work well together at all.  Being on the sales side of the PEO Industry, I find myself constantly pushed by deadlines, projects, quotes, prospects and the desire to stay current.  I have to admit, in the past I have hit a few buttons on the keyboard while driving, but not anymore, I have found a better way… Jott

Global Employment Screening Company Shares 10 Insights About Hot Topics Hiring Professionals Will Need to Track During the Upcoming Year

CLEVELAND--employeescreenIQ, a global leader in employment screening, announced its 2009 list of 10 background-screening trends yesterday at the Society for Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference and Exposition taking place in Chicago. The company annually develops this list of trends and releases it each year at the event. The list is designed to provide hiring professionals with information about important screening topics in preparation for the upcoming year. 

Report shows major productivity differences between healthy and unhealthy workers

CHICAGO--ComPsych Corporation has released its 2008 Health & Productivity Index, a workplace wellness study which revealed only 5 percent of employees with unbalanced diets had high levels of energy, while 50 percent of workers with balanced diets had high energy. ComPsych is the world’s largest provider of employee assistance programs and worldwide leader in GuidanceResources (EAPs, behavioral health, wellness, work-life and crisis intervention services).