THE EMPLOYMENT SCENARIO

Contributing Writer Colleen O’Dea asks the question: “Are Employee Benefits Making a Comeback?” The collective response by the employment lawyers she interviewed is: Hardly.

Our Top 100 Employers listing and related article follows. Compiled by Assistant Editor Anthony Bucci, this year’s ranking of private-sector companies with 1,000 or more employees reveals a total of 502,568 jobs, a decrease of 1,523 compared with last year’s total.

Contributing Writer Jennifer L. Nelson brings us “The Value of the MBA.” Complementing this higher education article is Managing Editor George Saliba’s feature, “The Growth of Workforce Development.”

There is also a feature story on how executive search and placement firms are assisting clients with locating difficult-to-find, highly qualified candidates.

Additional articles in the August magazine include “Bankers Notice a Shift in Business Activities” on page 54.  We also feature our Trade-Talk Roundtable, with the New Jersey Hospital Association.

Finally, we have a special section, “C-Suite Leadership,” where corporate leaders write about their background and the formula for success.

We hope you enjoy this issue.