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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, [...]
Think about the last time you needed plumber or a technician. Did you call up and ask, “What’s your hourly markup?” Heck, it’s that time of year where you may be hiring a landscaper to put down several cubic yards of fresh mulch. When you [...]
“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 [...]
Staffing firms are finding creative ways to cut costs. The key, say those who have done it, is to make sure the cuts help the firm do business better, not just spend less money. “You cannot cut your way to profitability and still remain effective [...]
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 [...]
As recruiters who use technology to our benefit, sometimes automated emails go out that don’t make 100% sense. It’s not intentional, and most of us do whatever it takes to avoid this. As past, present or future job seekers, we will inevitably be on the [...]
Small, local staffing firms face a challenge in competing with larger, national companies. Big companies may be able to offer lower prices, for example, since they can centralize some of their services. But the local connection can also be an advantage – one that smaller [...]
I know sometimes it seems like background checks are a pain. But a recent story from Evansville, Indiana reminds us that all it takes is one person to severely damage the reputation of your firm. A registered sex offender, Benjamin Dewayne Judson, was arrested on multiple charges, such [...]
[In this essay, Margaret hits hard on an issue that all of us in staffing recognize intrinsically: 1) great communicators win, and 2) in the internet era it’s written communication that gives the best bang for the buck. Enjoy. –Gregg] There was a time when [...]
Your business will rise and fall on the quality of your employees. Yet, the hiring process can make it difficult to find the right person for the job. If you’re not sure what look for, you can wind up with a candidate that seems perfect [...]
At PlaneTechs, there are two types of customers: “customers that pay us and customers that we pay,” says David Pearson, the company’s president. The company, based in Oak Brook, Ill., recruits and places aviation technicians all over the country to work on both commercial and [...]
The Apple Store is an extension of the widely popular (and super chic) Apple brand. From its physical design and layout to the way it’s staffed–by adopting brand elements into the stores has resulted in a shopping experience that mirrors the consistent, high-quality consumer experience [...]
Quite a few people I know have long dreamed of owning a staffing company. They speak of their dream like it’s some lofty goal attainable only by others. They say things like “If only I had the time get it started” and “I wish I [...]
Whether you’re pitching your services to a potential client or coaching a candidate on interview strategies, your interviewer will likely get very similar plugs from your competitors. To rise above the noise, you need to make what you say more memorable than all the other [...]
Even with unemployment high, lots of good jobs are going unfilled today because of a widening skill gap in America. Staffing companies are in an ideal position to bridge that gap. There are staffing firms that create solutions to train and re-tool workers to meet [...]
One candidate you’re trying to place needs to improve her hygiene. Another didn’t get a position he was banking on to end months of unemployment. And a client has asked you to fill a position at a salary that is well below market rate. Being [...]
“I get all of my clients through referrals. Word of mouth is all the marketing I need.” Those words didn’t come out of my mouth, nor would they. I tell people they need tools and channels and content and process and stuff. No, this was [...]
Finding a new job may be at the top of your employees’ New Years’ Resolutions list. A recent Right Management Survey highlights that most employees want to leave their current position. Even more alarming: the percentage was just as high last year. Here’s the key [...]
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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| Volt Info Sci Inc | 7.06 |
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