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One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the U.S. Files For Bankruptcy

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The Select Family of Staffing Companies, one of the 10 largest staffing firms in the U.S., Select Staffing’s principal lender eventually sold its debt and it wound up spread among what the CEO estimated to be “about 100 hedge funds.” ” Staffing Talk has a call in to the company requesting an interview.

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5 Cost Cutting Tips For Staffing Companies

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Staffing firms are finding creative ways to cut costs. In 2008, global marketing, creative and digital staffing firm Aquent was spending a lot of money and time flying people to interviews. “We We didn’t have a great way of interviewing people face to face,” says Ann Webster , president of Boston-based Aquent.

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6 Clues to Identify a Back Door Hire

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He is the CEO of BackdoorHires.com and Adams, Evens & Ross , the nation’s largest credit and collections agency designed exclusively for the staffing and recruiting industry. In 2008 he was inducted into INC Magazine’s, “INC 500” for being the CEO of Adams, Evens & Ross, the 307th fastest-growing privately held company in America.

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The Peaks and Valleys of Talent Acquisition (As Told by Industry Veterans)

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What Recruiters Can Do During Downtime Our Head of Community, Shannon Pritchett, has very vivid memories of recruiting during the 2008 recession. She explains, “Hiring teams that have become too comfortable with a reactive, offer-letter-after-one-interview environment should be wary of waiting for the next shoe to drop.

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Staffing News of the Day, March 11, 2013

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staffing firms added 16,000 new jobs from January to February [Staffing Today]. Employment Trend Index marks highest level since June 2008 [Nasdaq]. On DancingGeeks.com, nerds upload videos of their embarrassing dance moves for a charity drive sponsored by Florida staffing firm Vitaver [Market Watch]. Fistful of Talent].

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The Top 5 Things to Do to Prevent Backdoor Hires

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He is the CEO of BackdoorHires.com and Adams, Evens & Ross , the nation’s largest credit and collections agency designed exclusively for the staffing and recruiting industry. In 2008 he was inducted into INC Magazine’s, “INC 500” for being the CEO of Adams, Evens & Ross, the 307th fastest-growing privately held company in America.

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Staffing News of the Day, January 17, 2014

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Coach your candidates on how to ace out-of-state job interviews [Business News Daily]. Job openings rose to 4 million in November , the highest level since March 2008 [Market Watch]. Fast-growing middle-market IT staffing company Stockell Consulting to merge with Aurora Systems Group [CIOL].