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So I’ve been reporting on the staffing world for a while now – talking with industry pros, going to conferences, reading all the niche pubs, etc. – and I’ve definitely gotten a very specific vibe during the process. And that vibe is a middle school [...]
OK, I got it wrong, and I have my staffing customer friends to thank for setting me straight. You see, when I first read about the healthcare reform act and its impact on employment costs, I thought ‘price goes up, demand goes down.’ That’s how [...]
As Gregg pointed out recently, we’re interested in knowing how Barack Obama’s immigration reform proposal will affect staffing. The bill has yet to be officially released (though there’s lots of rumors about it being “leaked”), so we realize that some of the opinions being thrown [...]
We just got this classic interview-gone-wrong email on Friday, and felt it was our duty to share this horror story with you. It comes from Debbie Dickerson, an executive search consultant with Link Staffing. ================================================== What started out as a glorious day quickly took a [...]
Today’s job climate can sometimes feel like an overwhelming popularity contest in which the rules are elusive and ever-morphing. Whose LinkedIn profile can glean the most hits, or the most skill endorsements? Whose résumé is the prettiest? Or the most peppered with personality? But it’s [...]
If you follow the fast-moving world of internet fads – like memes, viral videos, tumblrs, etc. – you’re probably aware of S*** (blank) s Say. This particular fad started in 2009 when an unemployed comedy writer started the Twitter feed $#*! My Dad Says, which [...]
We’re in an age of employer uncertainty. For the last few years, that uncertainty has been fueled by a difficult economy. And while it appears as though that’s improving, it’s making way for a new problem. The talent you’ve employed was happy just to hold [...]
You know the drill. You get all excited about a great new candidate that you sent to your client for an interview. He or she seems perfect – matching all the requirements and even having a little more experience than what was necessary – and [...]
I can’t remember hardly anything about the interviews I’ve had for jobs I’ve landed. Yet I can recall with great detail the circumstances of every awful interview I’ve ever had. I can describe the setting, relay a great deal of the questions, and sometimes even [...]
We love it when staffers send us their feel-good stories and industry gripes, but there’s something to be said for the ridiculous mishaps that only people in staffing can truly appreciate. A few months ago we published examples that people sent in, and it was [...]
Unless you work at Google or Pixar, your office probably isn’t lined with music speakers and flat-screen TVs. You probably don’t have phone and computer systems that allow you to work wherever you want, while doing whatever you want. And it’s not likely that you [...]
You know that scene from The Miracle on 34th Street, where Santa promises a kid he’ll get a fire engine on Christmas morning? The kid’s excited, but his mom is anything but. She’s been all over the city looking for one to no avail, and [...]
I assumed everyone had heard about this amazing story when it happened back in September, so never bothered to post it. But after repeated looks of confusion whenever I mention it in water cooler conversations, I realized some people actually exist who haven’t heard it. [...]
Someone sent us this email a few days ago, and while it’s a little sporadic and obviously inspired by recent hiring frustrations, it makes some decent points. When it comes to hiring recruiters and HR pros: Teamwork mentality is key (media people have this – [...]
As they say, “you gotta enjoy the little things in life.” Well I do. Specifically, when people mistakenly respond to our News of the Day emails, thinking they’re answering something else in their email inbox. When that happens, I really start enjoying the little things. [...]
We’re overloaded with data, statistics, and just information in general these days. To such an extent that we’ve become desensitized to its meaning and a lot of that information is just plain lost. For example: We’ve been hearing a lot about things like national debt [...]
As a news source for the staffing industry, we often take stories from the perspective of the staffer/recruiter, and as such I guess you could say we show favoritism. True, we call out poor practices and cheating companies fairly regularly, but that’s to single out [...]
The following email is real, though the names have been changed (for obvious reasons). It was sent to us by an HR professional and long-time reader, who tells us the applicant sought an accounting position. She says: “This guy applied online on Friday, I emailed [...]
Hatch Staffing Services sees your Bike to Work Week and raises you a half marathon. Seriously. Almost a third of Hatch staffers ran a half marathon last year. So when they hopped on their bikes last Monday for National Bike to Work Week, that peculiar [...]
It’s not often that I get the opportunity to chat with one of the many talented developers here at TempWorks (they’re always so busy working on the next new and exciting tech project), but when I do I always come away thinking we just mentally [...]
“If you can learn the art of making something from nothing in this world, by leveraging the resources of the universe, you will never want for anything because you can always make more.” Those words were uttered by Dr. Rajiv Tandon, or as I call [...]
The Deluge of Negativity Surrounding Email Email is the new pony express. Email is a distraction. Email is for old people. These are sweeping complaints, but they have compelling nuggets of truth under the surface. For instance, while transmitting an email isn’t slow, it often [...]
By popular demand, Staffing Talk has been following every new development the Affordable Care Act can dish out because, as readers like you have made clear, it’s kinda a big deal to staffing. Unfortunately it’s been a little while since we’ve had an update for [...]
