“Just how stupid are you?” That’s likely not a question on the job applications in your office. But a couple of Swedish professors say it should be. And they also say the correct answer for the job candidate is, “How stupid do you want me [...]
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The more stories and comments sent to us by staffers, the more enlightened we become about the ridiculous things some job-seeking candidates say/do and the ridiculous requests your clients ask of you. While most of this content is humorous and even cathartic, it sometimes crosses [...]
StaffingTalk received this story recently from an anonymous staffing specialist. It offers an eye-opening perspective that just might make your love your job a little more… 2013 has been pure hell. You ever have one of those days when you can’t wait to go home [...]
Imagine biking to a job interview through the swamp-like humidity of Portland in the summertime. You’re wearing a vegan t-shirt that fits you more tightly than it should, thanks to your alterations (cutting up the seam, removing fabric, re-sewing). Across your chest, you’re sporting a [...]
At first glance, a partnership between an online staffing site and a temporary staffing company seems akin to mixing oil and water. The atmosphere so far seems to be one of enmity and suspicion. But slowly, both staffing models are starting to capitalize on each others’ [...]
What I’ve learned from the media about job-seeking Millennials is pretty unflattering. Apparently, we don’t have a clue how to interview (let alone how to dress for the occasion), and we exhibit all kinds of casual, oddball behavior in professional contexts. Yet paradoxically, the internet [...]
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 [...]
“Yeah, I made a mess of my finances at one point. But even though I cleaned that up a long time ago, my credit history is hurting me when it comes to getting hired.” I recently went back to a meeting of a networking group [...]
Understanding the factors that allow you to recruit – and retain – great employees is critical to business success today, and can even lead to a distinct competitive advantage. Like Gregg and Trevor and Kinzy and everyone associated with Staffing Talk, we are always searching [...]
We’re living in an era of quirky perks, from company climbing walls to gourmet in-house chefs. It seems everywhere you look, a high profile company is one-upping their competitor not with the number of zeroes in their salary (or even their benefits), but with perks. [...]
When was the last time you used a job candidate’s handwriting analysis when making a hiring decision? If your answer is never, you probably don’t live in France. While we typically make most hiring decisions based on resumes, applications, interviews, personality tests and so on, [...]
If you ask industry insiders where staffing is headed over the next few decades, many will look at the trends of recent years and posit that the industry will continue becoming more concentrated. By that they mean the “big boys” (Adecco, Randstad, Manpower, Recruit, etc.) [...]
So this “story” arrives in my inbox the other day about a successful marketing executive who was suddenly persona non grata among recruiters and hiring managers because of so-called “digital dirt” that showed up whenever someone Googled her name. And it goes on to list [...]
The end of recruitment agencies. The end of the job. The end of full employment and what it means to you. The end of traditional job postings. The end of sourcing. The end of the office as we know it. The end of the résumé. [...]
As anyone in the staffing industry will tell you, we are nothing without our clients and associates. Both are important, integral. Without either one, we wouldn’t be in business. Like a giant, ever-changing jigsaw puzzle, it’s our job to match them up with each other, [...]
With The Supreme Court now deliberating one case and starting another, the issue of Affirmative Action is once again a hot debate topic. In this case The Supreme Court debate revolves around college admissions at the University of Texas and University of Michigan, but this [...]
The path to becoming a recruiter is often not straightforward. It zigs and zags, taking detours into sales and customer service before it emerges happily into the previously unknown Land of Staffing. The career lacks visibility – and the kind of nudge that only a [...]
Businesses and organizations spend all this money on the office, and they make people show up there all the time, yet that’s not where the work gets done. What’s that about? Why is that? Those are some of the questions about the workplace asked by Jason [...]
