Staffing Talk is sponsored by TempWorks Staffing Software and Payroll Funding
From the category archives:
Unemployment rate increased from 7.5 to 7.6 percent because more people began looking for work [The Independent] American Staffing Association finds first quarter temp and contract staffing up 2.9 percent compared to last year [Globe Newswire] Walmart worker demonstrations have amounted to small successes over [...]
The image above is from ABC’s lead story on the jobs report this morning in which temp agencies accounted for more than 26,000 of the new jobs. The job climate outside of temp is not doing well. Unemployment would be at more than 11% if [...]
The “keeping up with the Joneses” effect isn’t new, but a new study provides fresh fodder for the long-held contention it’s not so much a particular salary or income level that would make us happy, but more whether we are doing better financially than our [...]
Job gains are steady but painfully slow after 135,000 new positions were added last month [NBC News] U.S. ranked as “fourth hottest” digital recruitment market, behind Brazil, India, and China [E Releases] NFL hall-of-famer Dan Marino joins Corporate Resource Services as shareholder/ business development advisor [...]
American Staffing Association says placements from January to March were up 2.9 percent compared to the same period last year [American Staffing] AMN Healthcare CEO says perfect storm is forming in U.S. healthcare that will drive greater demand for staffing solutions [Street Insider] A visual [...]
The New Yorker’s current issue has an article up on the power of names (grab it free while you can). Staffing firms take note. Your name, your website domain, and your email address all play a critical role in how your candidates and clients perceive [...]
***Correction: CFO of Idaho-based industrial staffing firm Command Center resigns after one year of service, not one month as previously stated *** Developed nations have been stuck with either strong job growth or an increase in job quality with soaring unemployment [Washington Post] Pulse survey finds [...]
As ridiculous as it was that eHarmony moved into the hiring sphere, yesterday an even more outrageous plot was unveiled. The Telegraph broke the press release that BeautifulPeople.com is launching an online staffing tool in which employers can advertise openings to BeautifulPeople’s database of 750,000 [...]
DOL grants $10 million to create temporary clean-up jobs in tornado-ravaged areas [Department of Labor] Texas Gov. Rick Perry “poaching” companies away from other states, promising low taxes and fewer regulations [Dallas News] New York-based staffing provider Hudson Global Inc. names former Adecco exec as [...]
We’ll never know what kind of President Mitt Romney would have been, but a just released 138-page document does reveal what his White House would have looked like. And it would have looked a lot like a consulting firm, or as the Romney Readiness Project [...]
Global staffing provider CorTech acquires Illinois-based Stafflogix; the overarching brand is now CorTech [Staffing Industry Analysts] TechServe Alliance and Inavero scrutinize the process of finding, hiring, and onboarding IT professionals, and here is their advice [MSP Mentor] Entangled in a tax law abuse scandal, IRS employees [...]
Number of unemployment benefit applications rises a modest 10,000 [USA Today] Non-financial perks are rated most attractive for legal staffers, especially flexible hours/telecommuting [PR Newswire] Despite more computer science degrees being awarded to Black students, there’s disproportionate representation – especially as businesses push for foreign [...]
If you are confused about the new I9 form and rules, take heart. The Feds are, too. A few months ago US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) released a new version of Form I-9 with the mandate that electronically pre-populating (or auto-filling) Section 1 would [...]
How Houston added more than two jobs for every one it lost after the stock market crash [The Atlantic] ManpowerGroup finds 39 percent of companies are having trouble finding workers; skilled trades tops the list of “toughest jobs to fill” [Today’s TMJ4] A new kind [...]
[I’m just back from 10 days visiting clients and friends in France with my wife. I’ll be posting video, pics and commentary here over the next week or so.] Anyone doubting that France retains its position as the eldest daughter of the Christian family hasn’t [...]
Consumer confidence elevates to highest level in five years, coinciding with rising property values [Bloomberg] ManPowerGroup study finds global talent shortage is highest since beginning of recession [PR Newswire] Excuses won’t be tolerated as OSHA revamps temp safety efforts [HRE Online] Rahm Emanuel selects Chicago-based [...]
Sex at work is a lot more common than most people think. At least that’s what former Fortune 500 HR head Liz Ryan and a Business Insider survey that one of her recent columns spawned would have us believe. Ryan, who has her own blog, [...]
I’m quick to tell The Huffington Post lefties that make it over here to Staffing Talk to whine about low pay and ‘rip-off’ temp firms that they should just thumb a ride up to Mandan or Williston where you can make $20/hr flipping burgers and [...]
Interview with CEO of ManpowerGroup: What’s next for the job market? [Wall Street Journal] Surge in litigation-related work is prompting one in three lawyers to add staff [PR Newswire] Six Indians arrested for swindling 500 students through a fake campus recruitment agency [IBN Live] Survey [...]
This article was sent to us by Josh Tolan, CEO of SparkHire, a video powered hiring solution that allows staffing professionals to collaborate with their clients around video interviews. It’s no secret recruiters and staffing professionals love passive candidates. These candidates have already proven and [...]
This article was sent to us by Josh Tolan, CEO of SparkHire, a video powered hiring solution that allows staffing professionals to collaborate with their clients around video interviews. It’s no secret recruiters and staffing professionals love passive candidates. These candidates have already proven and [...]
My eight-year-old son and I were doing some landscaping in our yard one day when he paused, looked up at me through squinted, sweat-soaked eyes, and said, “Dad, wouldn’t it be great if we never had to work?” To be honest, I can’t say I’ve [...]
“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 [...]
