While you were busy waiting to see if you’d be named Barbara Walter’s Most Fascinating Person of 2009, lining up to take a shot at your neighbor’s flat screen, or trying to get the one-hit wonder of the decade out of your head (ha ha, good luck), here’s what was happening in the world of hiring and recruiting this week… 

• With internships on the rise, check out what makes a company a best place to intern.
• Speaking of lists, here’s one you don’t want to be on…
• Some employers looking to a unique – and tasty – economic indicator.
• Remember the kids in high school who bought their term papers online? Well, they’ve grown up and branched out…
• I wonder what Ronald McDonald would have to say about all of this.  
• Note to self: When thinking about posting sensitive company information online…don’t.
•  Is cross-cultural training the new management training?
• If Obama has his way, small businesses could see funding coming their way.
• Now you can salsa dance your way to being considered a great place to work.
• 10 Business Words to Ban (wait…only 10?)
• How to be successful: Play in traffic.
• And finally…Colleagues find themselves getting closer to one another (quite literally).