This post was originally published May 22, 2012, but we felt it was poignant enough to re-publish for all you new readers out there. I love getting stories like this in my inbox. The woman who sent this to me felt like it was too [...]
Paul Phipps
Paul has worked specifically in the staffing industry since 2006. From web design to managing IT to marketing strategy and SEO, Paul has had his hands in just about every aspect of the staffing industry.
Contact Paul at paulp@tempworks.com
There’s few terms that get our attention here at Staffing Talk more than “retro posters” and “impending danger.” Animals doing human things is one of them. But that’s beside the point. The images below are work safety posters made by the National Safety Council in [...]
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted a reader submitted story. We hired Trevor Kupfer about a month ago to work on Staffing Talk full-time. Hopefully all of you have been enjoying his unique brand of humor. I know I have. Obviously people are [...]
An email was passed around the office last night about Germany’s temporary urging of its citizens to stop using Internet Explorer. You read that right. Germany is asking its citizens to stop using Internet Explorer. This isn’t some crazy scheme devised by an obsessed Google [...]
It’s that time of year again — when we all start planning our yearly trip to ASA’s Staffing World. This year the event will be held in Las Vegas. We love to take this opportunity to meet up with our readers and contributors in person to [...]
As the years go by we get further and further away from the 9/11 tragedy. To put it in perspective, most 5th graders don’t remember it happening at all. Like many of you, I still remember it like it was yesterday. But probably not like [...]
If you have a Kindle-owning employee asking you for advice on how to get ahead in the temporary workplace, you can direct them to a book available for download for free this week only. Tim Whitney, author of one of our most popular posts, has [...]
I received an email yesterday from a single mother who had some strong words for the staffing industry. She raises an interesting question though. With the strict attendance demands that are put on the temporary workforce, do single parents become more of a liability than [...]
It may not be as destructive as Hurricane Katrina, but Hurricane Isaac is making its presence known in southeast Louisiana. About half a million people in New Orleans are without power. When we send out our Staffing News of the Day email, the replies and [...]
Press releases find their way into my inbox on a daily basis. But this one stood out to me. Labor Finders has committed to providing 1,000 different companies with a free temp for a day. It will be interesting to see if anyone takes them [...]
I spent this past weekend in downtown Chicago. Like many large cities, I was frequently approached by people who appeared to be homeless. They’d ask me for a dollar, a cigarette, or to let them shine my shoes. It was the shoe shine guy that [...]
When you’ve been planning an event for six months, you are always a little bit nervous about how it’s going to turn out. Much like a wedding, the feeling you get after hosting a conference is one of relief, mixed with pride (as long as [...]
This week we will kick off our first ever industry conference: The Works 2012. We had an overwhelming response — the event sold out within a few weeks. Of course, to say it “sold out” might be a bit of a stretch. The event is [...]
Technology is comprised of three basic components: hardware, software and people. That third one might throw you for a loop, but people are what technology is all about. Without people, technology just sits there, directionless and meaningless. How many of you remember using punch cards? [...]
For a couple weeks we have been running reader-submitted real-life staffing stories. We’ve been calling them “True Staffing Stories.” The first two were positive, but the third one highlighted what happens when you aren’t cut out for staffing. Today’s story comes from an intern at [...]
Last week we published a couple heart-warming stories that some of our readers sent in. They highlighted special reasons why they decided to make a career out of staffing. But there are plenty of people who aren’t cut out for it. This morning an ex-staffing [...]
Last week, we ran a story titled “The Temp That Changed My Life“. The heart warming story was submitted by a longtime reader who preferred to remain anonymous. She shared with us how a certain temp worker completely changed her outlook on life. This triggered [...]
A few weeks ago I covered a story that was originally run by Business Insider. I called it “Whatever You Do, Don’t Act Like These Guys“. The story featured a recruiter named Joe Goddard and an anonymous emailer. Basically both guys acted like idiots and [...]
