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What the Ryan Plan Would Mean for Staffing

Staffing Talk

Although most staffing owners I suspect would favor the Ryan plan because among other things it would help move some of the 107 million Americans on the public dole off it, the actual effect of a VAT on the staffing industry is not so clear. If the VAT is applied to staffing as it does to most industries, that 8.5%

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Staffing Success Story: Stressing Placements Over Profits

Staffing Talk

CEO Holly Monaghan started working in 2003 for an accounting firm owned by her firm’s previous owners. “I think if you ask most staffing firms, they don’t keep up with that,” Monaghan says. Based in Atlanta, The Waters Organization focuses on one specific niche: office professional support staff.

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The Moneyball Effect on Healthcare Staffing and Scheduling

The Staffing Stream

Back in 2011, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill hit the big screen to bring Michael Lewis’ 2003 underdog story of the Oakland A’s to life. But while advanced analytics are seeping their way into many areas of healthcare, one that remains untapped is in accurate forecasts of staffing needs. But data isn’t perfect, and algorithms are not magic.

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Staffing Firm COO Kathryn Clark Melanson Lands In Court For Third Time

Staffing Talk

A Connecticut staffing firm COO faces felony forgery charges after allegedly failing to pay $40,000 in overtime wages. In 2006, Melanson admitted to falsifying W-2 forms in 2003, for nonexistent wages and withholdings from her freelance job at the New Britain Herald. Melanson said she made $210,000 from the newspaper.

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Rethinking Mobile for the Staffing Industry

Staffing Talk

[originally published on the Tempworks Staffing Software blog ]. This post is about the rapidly changing mobile industry and how it is impacting staffing and the Tempworks product line, but before I get into that let me get a little braggadocio out about our current offering.

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All-In at Acara: How Sa Tanya Bowden’s Love for Meeting New People Has Played Into Her Success

Acara Solutions

In 2003, my brother referred me to an opportunity at Acara—formerly Superior Staffing Services. I advanced within the company, was promoted to Personnel Manager, and oversaw the organization’s hiring process from application to offer. After twelve years, I left and acquired a new role as a dispatcher for a non-profit organization.

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How Do You Measure Productivity In Your Staffing Business?

Staffing Talk

And before that, while teaching at Harvard Law School, Pozen was asked in 2003 by Governor Mitt Romney to serve as secretary of economic affairs, to oversee economic-related state agencies.