ADVISORY/Web Layoffs Increase.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000 TOPIC: A dot.com employment report by outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas claims that lay-offs at Internet companies have been on the rise since May and could continue to surge over the next three months, as reported by CNNfn.com. The report alleges that the number of layoffs in October this year increased 18 percent to 5,677 from 4,805 in September. The study reportedly was based primarily on notices of layoffs and corporate filings. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Prof. Yannis Bakos is Associate Professor of Management at the Leonard N. Stern Leonard Norman Stern is the Chairman and CEO of the privately owned Hartz Group based in New York City. Additionally, he oversees operations of the extensive Hartz real estate portfolio owned and operated under its Hartz Mountain Industries subsidiary company, of which he also School of Business at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the where he conducts research and teaches graduate courses on electronic commerce. Professor Bakos is an internationally acclaimed expert on electronic commerce, having pioneered research on the impact of information technology on markets, and in particular on how internet-based electronic marketplaces will affect pricing and competition. Professor Bakos co-founded the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), which has become the leading forum for research at the intersection of the Information Technology and Economics disciplines. 212/998-0841 Mrs. Barbara Ling ling: see cod. is President of RISE a human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. firm for information technology. She is the author of the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best book The Internet Recruiting This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. Edge at http://www.barbaraling.com/recruiting.html, now in its 5th edition. She is also the creator of RISE Internet recruiting seminars at http://www.riseway.com. 732/203-1194; btl@riseway.com; btl@cybernex.net. Ms. Phyllis Shurn-Hannah is a successful minority female entrepreneur who has established a unique, critical niche in the human resource consulting Services Provided Human Resource Consulting firms provides advice to their clients regarding the financial and retirement security, health, productivity, and employment relationships of their global workforce. recruiting industry. She brings 20 years of experience to Cascade A connected series of devices or images. It often implies that the second and subsequent device takes over after the previous one is used up. For example, cascading tapes in a dual-tape backup system means the second tape is written after the first one is full. Associates, Inc., where she serves as president. 610/275-3635 cascadehr@aol.com. ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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