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“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 [...]
The constantly evolving labor market makes a knack for reinvention key to a long-lasting staffing business. “I’ve had to realign my business several times,” says Laurie Kahn, founder and president of Media Staffing Network, in Scottsdale, Ariz. “You have to be flexible.” Since she started [...]
This cartoon goes out to anyone who’s ever had a hard time getting a job. You know what this feels like. One thing I noticed is that around day 90, you take a shower, shave and start all over again.
A successful marketing campaign plays to a company’s strengths and establish it as a leader in its niche. For Celarity, a Minneapolis-area staffing firm that specializes in the placement of marketing and interactive professionals, the goal is to be “the go-to source for Minnesota marketing [...]
I’m a sucker for old photography. I don’t mind admitting I have a pretty impressive tintype collection at home. I started looking through old pictures of staffing offices, ads, and signs and found a lot more than I thought I would. When looking at these [...]
This post comes on the heels of our last article: Customer Service is Dead (And Not Just In Staffing). While searching the interwebs for funny customer service pictures to complement the article, we found so many we couldn’t resist sharing them with you. Here are some of the [...]
Flexible staffing meets the executive suite. At a recent networking event I attended, someone asked about a position they had seen posted by 3M “seeking a Temporary US National Sales Manager for our Infection Prevention Division.” He thought it looked funny to see “temporary” and [...]
I recently spoke with several contract workers to see how they liked contingent work, how client relationships were working, and what they thought of their staffing companies. One contingent worker was very upset with his staffing company. If you read below, you will see that [...]
When you have a service-oriented, six-branch staffing company serving 15 states, you can’t afford network down time due to a new software installation, or any other reason for that matter. That’s why Personnel Staffing, a highly respected, 30-year-old staffing agency based in Birmingham, Alabama, turned [...]
I have worked at a few warehouses in my life. I still have a couple scars on my forearms from one of them — caused by repeated burning. Working there sucked bad. Undercover warehouse worker/journalist Mac McClelland recently took a job at a major online [...]
Mark Toth takes on the hopelessness of love contracts. Does anyone have a different take? Excerpt: HR: Hello, Greg. Greg: Hello. HR: I heard you’re dating Marcia. Is that true? Greg: No, actually I’m dating Alice. HR: Oh, really? I thought Sam was dating Alice. [...]
The subject of today’s Five Question Friday, James Carchidi, came to our attention in a very organic and authentic way. Actually he came to my attention specifically, with an invitation to connect on LinkedIn, accompanied by this nice note: ”I really admire your articles in [...]
After a brief holiday hiatus, Five Question Friday is back. Every week we will check in with staffing professionals from across the country to find out what’s on their mind, and what’s driving their business. Today we are joined by Mike Frommelt, a Principal and Co-Founder of [...]
This marks the first installment of what will be a weekly series we are calling Five Question Friday. By that we mean we will be asking different HR, staffing and recruiting professionals from around the country the same five questions every week. The answers aren’t [...]
With more than 550 offices in three countries, the CEO of the world’s 11th largest privately-held staffing company says it’s one thing to take revenue from the communities in which they do business, but giving back is equally important. “It’s not how much you take; [...]
The wallets of millions of Americans might be slimmer these days, but their waistlines certainly aren’t. What can we do about it, and what should we do about it? Can we pass new laws? Should we not hire - or fire – someone who is [...]
Talk about institutionalizing a wrongheaded idea. A new twist in hiring, as seen on both job boards and in online job postings by employers, is that candidates must be employed to apply for an open position. This from a major job board: “If you are [...]
I have an ongoing dialogue with a friend of mine, Lars Leafblad, around such topics as interviewing and finding top talent. He is an open, engaging and inquisitive person by nature, and his position as principal at a retained executive search firm gives him plenty [...]
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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