Sorry, you’re not funny enough to work here. A new survey of chief financial officers finds that most think it’s somewhat or very important to have a sense of humor if you want to fit in with their companies. The survey of 1,400 CFOs, conducted on behalf of staffing firm Accountemps, found that 57 percent think an employee’s sense of humor is somewhat important when it comes to fitting in with the company’s corporate culture. Another 22 percent said it was very important. Only 20 percent thought humor wasn’t important at all. [Life INC]
PeopleScout says it placed about eight-thousand veterans last year, and wants to build that number. The company’s annual conference for its clients is scheduled around the Super Bowl — it brought in former Steelers coach Bill Cowher to give its plans a Super Bowl glow. Patrick Beharelle, CEO of parent company SeatonCorp, says the company will work through veterans’ groups like the American Legion to get more veterans into the pool from which hires are made, and prioritize veterans’ experience during the hiring process. [WIBC]
Worker who started as a ‘temp’ finds her niche at EMSA. [Tulsa World]
“It usually takes us the whole quarter to catch up, but we were back to our baseline by the third week in January,” says Lori Hourigan, regional manager of Robert Half International, a professional staffing agency in Cherry Hill. “And a lot of our temp jobs are going permanent, whereas in 2009 there were almost no permanent positions.” [Courier Post Online]
Adecco Staffing US releases annual job market perspectives report. [PRNewswire]
Wal-Mart-contracted warehouse jobs saved by Judge. [The Huffington Post]
Command Center announces revenue of $5.22 million for the month of January. Revenue Up 20%; company positioned for “continued growth” in 2012. [MarketWatch]
Pacific Crest Group has launched a new corporate placement service structured for Bay Area businesses. [SBWire]
Cross Country Healthcare announces fourth quarter and year-end 2011 earnings release date and conference call information. [MarketWatch]
Professionals Incorporated announced the addition of Angie Sidorovski as a research recruiter. [Syracuse]
The Melita Group announced a new partnership with PayScale. [PRWeb]
BOLT Staffing Service, Inc. recently added Alexandra Cunningham to its sales and support staff. [North Bay Business journal]
U.S. workers continue to be optimistic about the economy and job market. [Randstad]
Custom Staffing Services says it’s been frustrating because a large chunk of people who are unemployed are taking advantage of the system, instead of getting back to work. Lorry Rieckers says the unemployment is their biggest competitor. She says at least ten people a day turn down a job because they would rather use up their 18 months of unemployment benefits. ”We’ll even tell them we’ll call and say they declined work because they want to stay on unemployment and they still continue to get their benefits….yeah it’s frustrating,” Lorry Rieckers said. [TriState Homepage]
