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Are You Still Hiring Like It's 2009??

Recruiter

Many small and mid-sized businesses are struggling to stay fully staffed. With unemployment under 4 percent, the talent market is as competitive as it has been in 50 years — but unfortunately, many small businesses haven't updated their hiring procedures in a decade.

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Why our APSCo Trusted Partner status matters to you

RecruitmentJuice

Since 2009, The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has been a leading force in the world of recruitment, working to maintain the health of the entire industry. From lobbying to helpdesks, toolkits and legislative guidance, APSCo helps businesses across the recruitment sector succeed and grow.

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As Staffing Industry Grows, So Too Do Sourcing Woes

Recruitics

Staffing agencies have been on the rise since the official end of the Great Recession, near the end of 2009. In fact Staffing Industry Analysts, which annually surveys enterprises to gauge the size of their contingent workforces, found that 18 percent of large companies’ workforces were temporary in 2014, up from 12 percent in 2009.

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3 Benefits Your Clients Need to Know About Seasonal Hiring and Staffing Agencies

Spark Hire

Crawford Thomas Recruiting , a full service staffing agency supporting multiple offices from the southeast to midwest United States, was seeking a better way to access and interview a talent pool of premium candidates for clients across geographical barriers. Staffing agencies are helpful even after the seasonal hiring influx.

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Disrupting the Status Quo with Brand Differentiation — Important Then, Important Now

The Staffing Stream

And that’s an improvement from 2009 when women represented just 10%. But before 2009, female entrepreneurs were even more rare. My journey as a female founder of a staffing firm began in 1995. Unlike those before us, Atrium was not defined by staffing capabilities but by our flair for talent retention.

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The Big Value-Add AI Staffing Holds For Recruiters

Ideal

There are two sides to most AI staffing discussions. The first side is the business productivity one: 70% of staffing firm executives, for example, believe that AI staffing will play a role in improving recruitment. There is legitimate potential for more recruiting productivity using AI staffing. A sheer “cost play”.

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SIA Collaboration in the Gig Economy Recap (Part 2)

TimeSaved

A few weeks ago, we shared five key takeaways from the Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference on the future of staffing that all agencies should be aware of going forward. Between 2009 to 2022, the share of the contingent workforce has grown by about 75% and is expected to keep growing.