Staffing Talk
AUGUST 21, 2012
How do most staffing companies pay outside sales people? Is it base plus commission, commission only, base only, and is mileage always reimbursed? Those are a few questions posed to us by a Staffing Talk reader, Jody Audet of Castle Rock, Colorado’s TPM Staffing Services , and we went on a fact finding mission to get some of those answers. It wasn’t that easy though.
Jobvite
AUGUST 20, 2012
Today, 92 percent of companies use LinkedIn, Facebook and/or Twitter for recruiting, which makes social networking essential when job hunting. Here’s what you need to know about creating a positive impression to help get you hired. Job Seekers Beware: What You Post Online Can Help You Land or Lose A Job.
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Hiring Thing
AUGUST 16, 2012
'Today we''re going to talk about how to augment Rails testing with Thoughtbot''s fantastic Factory Girl'
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 7, 2012
I love soccer, playing poker, reading books of all types and creative writing. I also have a new hobby I am pretty excited about: agate hunting. I’ve discovered the joy of the outdoors and the excitement of each new find. My kids and I appreciate spending quality time while we “hunt” agates together and I have found the relaxing pace of this particular activity to be a useful counterbalance to the fast-paced world of executive search, where I make my living.
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Staffing Talk
AUGUST 3, 2012
Many of those who serve our nation as a member of the military find an entirely new set of challenges when it comes to starting, or restarting, their civilian careers. The unemployment rate for those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan for example hover some 40% higher than the national average. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary are trying to do something about that with Hiring Our Heroes/RecruitMilitary Veteran Opportunity Expo ; part of a
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Staffing Talk
AUGUST 16, 2012
What’s in a job title? Apparently lots of imagination. After some serious discussions this past week on fake job postings on Craigslist , and then responding to a Staffing Talk reader who obviously had an ax to grind with the staffing industry , I thought it would be good to have something lighter to end the week. These strange titles come from a compilation by Coburg Banks, a talent acquisition firm in the U.K. .
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 22, 2012
Amanda Phipps put this up on our Tempworks Facebook page but since everyone here reading my recent missives have quit that network, I’m posting this gag-that’s-all-too-true here:
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 15, 2012
A New York man with a part-time job was having trouble finding full time work. So he thought some research might be a good idea, specifically, to find out who his competition is for a particular position he is interested in. So he posted a fake job ad on Craigslist, and received over 650 resumes in response. This move is not likely to win Eric Auld any friends or fans among the staffing industry.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 14, 2012
LinkedIn has a lot going for it. It won the gold medal in 2011’s IPOs and now boasts more than 175 million users. It’s branched out to more than 200 countries and avoided the awkward missteps that have bedeviled its social rival, Facebook. It reported record earnings for last quarter, and its stock price is near its peak. Anecdotally, a few of my department heads use it successfully to place job ads.
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Staffing Talk
AUGUST 10, 2012
So do you have any questions for me? We hear that in interviews where we’re the candidates, and you probably say it yourself in most – if not all – of the interviews you conduct. I used that time to try and show off my dexterity, i.e., thinking on my feet (or sitting down as the case may be), and incorporating something we just talked about.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 23, 2012
How much does the resume and work history of a job candidate mean to you, versus their education, cover letter, how they do in an interview and just about everything else? That question was posed to me in an email recently by a woman who recently graduated from college, and came by Staffing Talk in her efforts to learn more about the staffing and recruiting business, and what you all are looking for.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 13, 2012
The signature item in Paul Ryan’s plan for reshaping the American tax system is his call for a value added tax of 8.5 percent. A value added tax, or VAT, works much like a sales tax in that it penalizes consumption, fosters savings and pole vaults tiring arguments about the fairness of income tax rates. 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
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 19, 2012
When you run a staffing business, you’re going to get the ‘haters’. Some haters will actively work against you, but for the most part will be people clueless as to what you really do and who will just talk smack about you. These can be frustrated job seekers. Jealous acquaintances. Hiring managers who had a bad experience with another recruiter. Indignant former employees.
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Staffing Talk
AUGUST 8, 2012
There are lots of reasons to hire those have served in our nation’s military. Good experience, good training, particularly when it comes to technology, and government incentives. When I wrote this piece last week about a series of hiring expos aimed at veterans, one commenter suggested a follow-up with specifics about tax credits and other incentives for employers.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 22, 2012
a realtime social feed where “users and developers come first, not advertisers”. If you look back over the last 60 years at who has made money in recruiting, you’ll see that it was often those who created systems around new ways to network better and faster. From the 1950s when Manpower and Kelly nailed telephone sales to the 2000s when LinkedIn ate Monster’s lunch via social media, it’s always been a game of finding the best way to connect and creating a business platform around it.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 23, 2012
A New Yorker article posits that the Cheesecake Factory model would improve quality control and innovation in healthcare? Can it happen in staffing too? I have never been to a Cheesecake Factory. I’ve seen them all around the country but the thought of stepping into one repulses me. Cheesecake I like just fine, once a month maybe, but to devote not just a meal but an entire restaurant brand around an unhealthy, highly caloric dessert offends the soul.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 6, 2012
I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I do not know. David Gee’s recent post about fake job ads solicited quite a few comments including one from a Carrie that I felt got to the heart of the biggest challenge in staffing today. She wrote: I am from a small staffing company and i can guarantee you we post as few jobs as possible to avoid the influx of unqualified resumes.
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Staffing Talk
AUGUST 9, 2012
Command Center opens seven new branch locations. [4-traders]. RCM Technologies, Inc. announced acquisition of BGA LLC. [Globenewswire]. CoWorx Staffing Services opens new location in Terre Haute. [WTHITV]. Novotus announced the addition of two key positions to the leadership team. Ron Bowker joins the organization as Controller and Tera Highbarger as Director of Program Management.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 13, 2012
For those of you who don’t have Staffing Talk comments delivered directly to your inbox, you might have missed this one from Jayla Monday morning. I borrowed the first line of her comment for this headline. To paraphrase the rest of her piece, she contends it is well known that staffing agencies lie , they post fake job ads , cause poverty and hardship for American workers and all in all simply aren’t a good thing for society.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 28, 2012
Being a software guy myself I am perpetually caught in the fallacy of thinking all software devs think like I do about their careers. That fallacy hurts my recruiting and retention, and so it’s great to come across an essay by another developer that tests me, that questions my answers. Such is the case of this column by Danny Crichton who happens to be an ex-classmate of Maggie, one of software engineers here at Tempworks.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 24, 2012
Disys to raise $20M to fuel acquisitions. [Washington Business Journal]. Jay Yarid joins SolomonEdwards as Business Development Manager for the Dallas office. [Yahoo Finance]. A federal judge Thursday threw out all guilty verdicts in a hospital kickback-bribery case against Batesville businessman Lee Garner and some against Tupelo’s Ray Shoemaker.
Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight
As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 2, 2012
Green Planet Group, Inc. announced that its wholly owned staffing subsidiary, Lumea, Inc., completed negotiations and has signed a Servicing Agreement with Tri-State Staffing Services, Inc., effective July 28, 2012. This Contract establishes a new “hybrid” agreement between the two parties which is the foundation of a long and profitable relationship.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 31, 2012
How Do You Hire a Chief? [Wanted Analytics]. TALX Flash Report August 31, 2012. [TALX]. Jobless claims in the US remain flat says the Labor Department. [Randstad]. Six ways to embrace a low paid future. [Forbes]. Majority of new jobs pay low wages, study finds. [CNBC]. OSHA steps up enforcement on construction-related falls. [Safety BLR]. Experts Predict : Half Your Workforce Will Be Temps.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 29, 2012
It may not be as destructive as Hurricane Katrina, but Hurricane Isaac is making its presence known in southeast Louisiana. About half a million people in New Orleans are without power. When we send out our Staffing News of the Day email, the replies and Out of Office messages come to me. Today I received these Out of Office messages from AM PM Staffing : AM-PM’s office will be closed until further notice due to Hurricane Isaac.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 22, 2012
Michael Page appoints new director. [Stock Market Wire]. Staffing 360 Solutions announced launch of Staffing 360 Alliance. [Stockhouse]. How high-performing staffing companies drive sales motivation. [Monster]. Young and old spend same amount of time job-hunting, StatsCan study says. [The Star]. Hamilton-Ryker announced commercial staffing expansion into Chattanooga.
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