While you were busy wondering why this song won’t go away already, severely testing your neighbors’ patience, or making an appointment for a mani/pedi STAT…here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week:

• McDonald’s supersizes its hiring efforts McDonald’s recently announced a “one-day hiring spree” on April 19, during which the corporation will offer 50,000 new jobs across its 14,000 locations nationwide. Sort of like Supermarket Sweeps, but with hiring. (CNNMoney)
• Wrap your mind around this (if you can): Lack of career development hinders women’s career development. A new study indicates the reason so few female CEOs exist is that they lack the same type of career coaching their male counterparts get. Who says gender bias still exists in the workplace? (WSJ)
• Small- and medium-sized businesses: 1; big businesses: 0 Recent data shows large businesses are much slower to hire than their smaller counterparts. WTF, big businesses? (USA TODAY)
• More companies take the “equal” out of “equal opportunity employers” The legality of companies specifying that they will only consider job applicants who are currently employed has come into question lately, as more employers jump on this bandwagon. (NPR)
• Employees don’t like pay cuts. Public workers nationwide believe the public has a false public perception that they are paid too much, and are therefore vulnerable to budget cuts targeting their pay and benefits. (MSNBC)
• City somehow surprised to find that employees don’t like pay cuts. An Ohio city’s attempt to save $54,000 backfired – in a big way – after three workers, who (shockingly) were unhappy to see their hours, pay and benefits reduced, decided to quit instead – which ended up costing the city $75,000 in severance and unused vacation time. (I think this is what they call “a teachable moment.”) (UPI)
• Facebook gives Google a run for its employees. Facebook’s recent high-profile acquisition of some of Google’s top employees underscores a trend commonly seen following times of economic change: high performers leaving companies for new opportunities. (You’ve been warned, Apple.) (Inc.com)
• It’s not what you know…it’s who your people know Finally figuring out what we already knew, more employers are finding that their best hires are coming from employee referrals these days. (NPR)

What left an impression on you this week?