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Red Hawk Casino Names Richard G. Corbin Vice President of Human Resources (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Red Hawk Casino announced today that Richard Corbin has been named Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Corbin has more than 21 years of experience in human resources management.

New Carnival of Human Resources (About.com)
The bi-weekly Carnival of Human Resources is up at the Ask a Manager blog. As always, there are interesting posts and you have the opportunity to read a variety of...

Cohen named human resources manager (Aberdeen American News)
Dennis Cohen has been named human resources manager at Hub City Inc. in Aberdeen....

HUMAN RESOURCES MINISTRY COMING UP WITH A NEW LABOUR POLICY (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Bernama) -â€ The Human Resources Ministry is realigning and adapting all its policies to meet the present changing labour market scenario in the country.

Adayana Adds Human Resources Generalist to HR Team (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
INDIANAPOLIS----Panda Cable recently joined the Adayana team as a Human Resources Generalist in the Indianapolis office.

WEINSTEIN CO. TRIMS 11 PERCENT OF WORKFORCE (New York Post)
The Weinstein Co. is laying off about 11 percent of its workforce as the sickly economic environment further invades Tinseltown, The Post has learned. Two sources close to the situation said human resources called the employees into a meeting...

Quota for Indians in civil service doubled (The New Straits Times)
KUALA LUMPUR: The cabinet had doubled the quota for Indians in the civil service from 3.5 per cent to seven per cent. Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had directed the Public Service Department to do so yesterday.

Wallace named DHR director (The Demopolis Times)
The board of directors of the Marengo County Department of Human Resources this week appointed Ellen Wallace as its director, effective Dec. 1. Wallace will succeed John Marler, who served as the agency’s director for more than 20 years and retired on Sept. 30.

Worsening financial crisis affects job market (China Daily)
China's human resources authorities say the worsening global financial conditions have begun to weigh on the country's job market. That's the message released at a press conference on Thursday.

China fears job riots (CNN)
China's job outlook is "grim," and the global financial crisis could cause more layoffs and more labor unrest until the country's economic stimulus package kicks in next year, the nation's minister of human resources and social security said Thursday.