Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
After our “ where to put your next branch office ” post attracted lots of readers this week, including at least one from Mongolia as we found out in the comments, we thought we would follow with the 25 best cities in the U.S. when it comes to jobs. Okay, let’s get one thing established right away. No area of the country is experiencing explosive growth at the moment.
Professional Alternatives
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Succession planning is a critical factor in the long-term success of your company. If a key executive retires, or if an unforeseen event removes top leadership from their role, you need to ensure that business will carry on. Whether the changes are planned or not, if you do not have an effective succession strategy in place, your business continuity could be at risk.
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Makena
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
CIO’s at some of the top companies are recognizing the value implementing a Business Relationship Management framework can have on an IT organization. After all, the concept was actually created by CIOs as the solution to a recently definable problem that the business side of things sees a barrier to the use of IT in companies mostly because they (the business, not IT) do not understand what can and cannot be done with IT.
Jobvite
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
Facebook, the world’s largest social network with 845 million users, just filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with a hefty $75-$100 billion valuation. This would beat Google as the largest U.S. Internet IPO in history. Roughly 60% of the US population has a Facebook profile with 483 million users logging in daily from around the world. This tremendous IPO will create a sea change in the recruiting space, enabling it to go above and beyond what is has been in the past.
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Bersin
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
'In our Lexicon , we define Talent acquisition as “a strategic approach to identifying, attracting and onboarding top talent to efficiently and effectively meet dynamic business needs.” The term Talent Acquisition (TA) is often used synonymously with Recruiting. However, these are two very different things. Recruiting is a subset of TA, and includes the activities of sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessing, selecting and hiring.
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Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
This is for all you staffing sales pros who’ve taken a shovel or two in the face. The beginning starts a little slow. Cut to about 70 seconds in for the real deal.
Professional Alternatives
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
First impressions are everything. In job interviews, even more so. When you first meet a potential employer, they will form an opinion about you right away, largely based on how you present yourself. No matter what type of job you are interviewing for, it’s vital that you maintain a professional appearance, because how you look can either make or break your efforts.
Professional Alternatives
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
When applying for a new job, chances are you will be one candidate among many applying for the same position. So, what can you do to make a great first impression, stand out, and win the day? As one of the most awarded recruiting and staffing firms in Texas, we have some insight on this topic! Here are our top tips for helping you stand out and nail that next job interview: 1) Do Your Research Understanding the company you are applying to and the people you will be interviewed by will give you c
Professional Alternatives
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
If you are on your way to a job interview, the last thing you want is to be stuck in traffic or lost. While most of us depend on Google Maps or an on-board GPS device to get us where we need to be, this is not always a reliable approach. How many times have you been on your way somewhere, and your app tells you it will take 20 minutes, but you still end up being on the road for an hour?
Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch
Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!
Professional Alternatives
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
Having a well-crafted resume that hits all the right points is a critical component in landing your next position. Unfortunately, these days, it’s not just about getting noticed by the hiring managers, it’s also about including keywords that will get picked up by software bots. Showcasing your unique talent and skills is the primary purpose of a resume, but sometimes it’s not enough to get past the algorithmic firewall.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Quite a few people I know have long dreamed of owning a staffing company. They speak of their dream like it’s some lofty goal attainable only by others. They say things like “If only I had the time get it started” and “I wish I was rich so I could start my own company.”. Bullcrap. Getting your business off the ground does take time and money, but the first step doesn’t require a dime.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
It is losing money and market share, but that doesn’t count for much anymore. Taleo just sold itself for a cool $1.9 billion to Oracle. Some things need to be said about this. Suggestion for the developers: call your headhunter. There are a lot of great companies out there including mine that are looking to build great things, and they won’t be asking you to mate a fish with a bird.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Do you allow employee-owned phones, tablets and laptops to connect with your company networks? Plenty do. But how do you adapt to the bring-your-own device trend and protect critical business data, belonging to either you or your clients? And if you restrict personal device use, how do you do it without pissing off your workers, particularly younger ones?
Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo
HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Whether you’re pitching your services to a potential client or coaching a candidate on interview strategies, your interviewer will likely get very similar plugs from your competitors. To rise above the noise, you need to make what you say more memorable than all the other pitches and candidate interviews your audience will hear. A key strategy: Tell stories.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
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 being recruited , right? Well, now you don’t have to wait for them to come to you, you can let others know you might be in the market for a new position with JobPoacher.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Registration for Staffing World 2012 is now open and we hope to see you there! [The American Staffing Association]. 10 things bosses never tell employees. [Inc.]. Is America overworked? [The Fiscal Times]. Founder and CEO Dan Campbell provided a behind-the-scenes look at how staffing firm Hire Dynamics has achieved results that would be remarkable in good economic times—even more impressive to have achieved these results during a major recession.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Social media in the workplace: Legal questions raised over business social media creations. [Inside Tucson Business]. Unemployment costs are killing small businesses. [The Baltimore Sun]. A triple-A debt rating or not , a lack of quality job creation threatens the long-term viability of the Canadian economy. [The Mark News]. High school girl wins scholarship.
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Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
[The Eggplant resents and strongly denies any association with TheOnion that has been attributed to it in the popular press.]. (The Eggplant). ISSUE 35•45 | 02.24.12 | News in Brief. Jackson, Missippi–Factory owner Doug McCraken has never felt so good about himself. He says he used to suffer from peptic ulcers, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, and stress all because he worried law enforcement would eventually catch up with his penchant for hiring illegal Mexicans, Hondurans, Chinese and t
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
What a waste. Arguably the most gifted voice of our age, snuffed out by bad lifestyle choices, Whitney is a stinging reminder that talent only counts for so much.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Don’t hold your talent back. Let wild horses run. There are those who refuse to see the connection between this 9-year-old’s conquest of Megaramp and recruitment but I’m betting the real staffing entrepreneurs out there do. The real staffing entrepreneurs know that there is no resting on your laurels. Every day you have to go out and win for your clients again, and the only way to do that is to constantly evolve and not hold your talent back.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 19, 2012
Everyone likes an underdog, but here in Minnesota where we blow our wad on flameouts like Donovan McNabb we have a certain reverence for the kid who comes off the bench to save the day. So here in honor of those staffing specialists that place a temp who becomes a hero at the client site, we offer the Staffing Talk Star Temp Employee of the Week. Last week our star temp (actually he’s gone perm) was Jeremy Lin.
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Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
New Intelligent Office Survey finds that people don’t want to be corporate executives. [MarketWatch]. Workplace email language predicts if they are sent up/down the ladder. [TruthDive]. After 13 years of helping connect employees with employers, CTS Employment Services will be closing its doors on July 31. [North Bay Nipissing]. Collegial humor can build ties in workplace.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Breaking Down the Five-Factor Model in the Workplace. [Gist]. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a free online service that allows workers to check their employment eligibility status, according to a statement from the citizenship agency. Guam workers can use this tool. [GuamPDN]. Nearly one-third of workers who had office romances married their co-worker, finds annual CareerBuilder Valentine’s Day survey.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Don’t let weak economy keep your business down. [The Globe and Mail]. Jobless claims fall to nearly four-year low. Applications for unemployment benefits drop 13,000 to 348,000. [MarketWatch]. Facebook Brand Pages for Timeline Coming Soon. [Read Write Web]. Mapping the financial impact of population movement in the U.S. [information aesthetics]. Lou Perez, along with Paul Rodas, has been exonerated of the worker’s compensation fraud charges brought against Perez’s enterprise, Checkma
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
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.
Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright
Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Although professional recruitment remains strong, industrial staffing and most low-end clerical staffing has fallen off badly in the last year. That according to this report in the French daily Le Figaro, with Agence France Press.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Charlotte is rubbish at new business. I’m not much better. The peak of my staffing sales career was getting horse-collared out of the Pacific Telephone building in midtown Sacrament in 1975.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Poor acting. Nonsensical plot. Boring. Career Builder, your ad stinks so bad it might get some attention.
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