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“The interview and hiring process is just like writing code. If you have bad specs at the start, you’ll end up with something flawed at the end.” When you speak with Bob Norton, founder/principal at Franklin Key Associates, as I did recently, you get lots [...]
“Neither candidates, nor companies, really know exactly what they want,” opines Bob Norton, a former business analyst turned information systems search and placement firm founder. “From the client side, it’s figuring out the business problem they have, not the laundry list of skills they think [...]
You’ve heard now former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is the latest resume creep right? His official Yahoo and eBay bios said he had a a degree in computer science. He does not. But did you know he is blaming the discrepancy on an executive placement firm? The recently deposed [...]
How do you know how good the company is that you are using to perform background checks? If you use a company that has botched the job bad enough you might hear from the authorities, and/or see your company on the evening news. That’s what [...]
“I’ve been applying for jobs since 2010,” says an outgoing young woman still searching for that first career job in the field of her college major. “I’ve been shocked by the number of places you never hear back from. You start to wonder, should I [...]
Every day I go to LinkedIn to find out who has been looking at me, or for me perhaps. Recently I discovered that a staffing and recruiting entrepreneur from California had been on my page. It seems he liked the trophy wife Craigslist ad story [...]
“Think of job posts as targeted direct marketing,” said the speaker at a recent recruiting conference. “The best hires come from the best job posts and the best job posts include the most ways you are different. Typical job posts do not impact a candidate’s [...]
What do you say to someone, or put in writing, informing them you are not going to hire them for the job they applied for? I think it’s a serious question, and it is one I have written about on this site. And in fact, [...]
Happy Monday! It has been a while since we have run photos of people performing chores and doing work that should make you appreciate what you do for a living…whatever it is you do for a living. And just to make things a little more [...]
Staffing agencies in France can now place young people into apprenticeships with client companies. The new law to promote vocational training was approved last summer, but just took effect this month. Employees of staffing agencies can accompany young apprenticeship candidates in their search for an [...]
Wanted: Trophy Wife. I am looking to fill an immediate opening in my home, as soon as possible. The position will be demanding, but the perks of the job will absolutely outweigh the stresses of the day. The perks include plenty of free time to [...]
If independent contractors are part of your workforce, the IRS is watching. The IRS says it intends “to end the business practice of misclassifying employees in order to avoid providing employment protections.” According to a federal report, officials from one region said, “Workers were misclassified [...]
David Gee discusses his recent interview with a business reporter about blogs, and talks about his experience blogging for Staffing Talk, including why it exists.
Can we please teach young people instead of dumbing down the process? Young people need apprenticeships, mentors, internships and leadership to teach them how to become great professionals. They do not need the search for a job to be a Facebook app and then they [...]
Asked about the most important workforce challenges they currently face, 94% of HR leaders answered with two words; “employee engagement.” However, when those same 770 HR leaders were asked how many of them were currently tracking employee engagement levels, 42% answered in the affirmative. That’s [...]
The value of shares of publicly traded staffing companies took a hit this week after a sluggish U.S. jobs growth report for March that saw the U.S. temporary workforce shedding 7,500 jobs. That is the first drop since June. Here is how Wall Street viewed the news [...]
The headline caught my attention: 5 Ways to recruit socially – Hint: LinkedIn is NOT one of them. Over at tech publication ZDNet, they recently ran a piece by Alex Churchill, CEO of VonChurch, a recruiting firm specializing in the digital entertainment industry, detailing the [...]
Hope you are all having a good Friday, and to everyone celebrating Easter, a Good Friday. It’s time for another Five Question Friday. Today we are talking to Dave Neville, founder and owner of NewTown Solutions, a technical recruiting and staffing firm. He specializes in [...]
Naked man runs for the woods at a music festival and falls, fractures his spinal column and the staff move him from the woods. The naked man was Daniel Weaver, of Hudson, N.Y., who was paralyzed from the chest down during last summer’s All Good [...]
Wouldn’t it be great to get a call from someone who wants you? An employer who invites you to leave your present career position and go work for them? It’s fun to do the recruiting, but it would also be nice to be the one [...]
How can a staffing firm engage its employees, raise its profile and help make its community a more vibrant place? Teaming up with nonprofits is one way. Partnerships between staffing firms and nonprofits can take many forms. Sometimes a staffing firm works with one nonprofit, [...]
“Neither candidates, nor companies, really know exactly what they want,” opines Bob Norton, a former business analyst turned information systems search and placement firm founder. “From the client side, it’s figuring out the business problem they have, not the laundry list of skills they think [...]
How do you know how good the company is that you are using to perform background checks? If you use a company that has botched the job bad enough you might hear from the authorities, and/or see your company on the evening news. That’s what [...]
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