Staffing Talk
JULY 27, 2012
I was on a national job board site recently and read a statement from a job seeker complaining about this one particular large staffing company with offices in 24 states around the U.S. And then a bunch of other people chimed in from other parts of the country with similar sentiments. This may not be a particularly new phenomenon, or a new criticism, but I’m not seeing the play here.
Forum One
JULY 16, 2012
We've all been there. Your boss walks up to your desk and has a great vision for what the team needs to accomplish, and it’s up to you to make it happen, and you don’t know where to start. Maybe it’s not your boss, maybe it’s a client, or maybe it’s your idea, but you just don’t know how to bring this vision into reality.
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Jobvite
JULY 12, 2012
In our coverage of the 2012 Social Recruiting Survey , we’ve covered the growing popularity for social recruiting (92% will use it in 2012), and the power of online profiles now have (86% will review social profiles). The reason social recruiting has become a nearly universal tool in the war for talent is simple: it just works better. It’s an effective way to take a comprehensive look at a large candidate pool and quickly add high-quality talent.
ExactHire Recruiting
JULY 10, 2012
Let me start off by saying that this blog is not about high-level recruitment strategy or your master plan for world recruiting domination. This piece is about sweating the small stuff in talent acquisition – specifically, raising the bar on employer recruiting etiquette…dotting all of your i’s and crossing your t’s. Especially, if your organization has been doing alright in getting decent candidates in a reasonable amount of time, but now wants to refocus, shape up and really win th
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Hiring Thing
JULY 22, 2012
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Staffing Talk
JULY 20, 2012
Ok, those weren’t his exact words, but our president came close this last week. Here is the actual quote: If you’ve got a business— you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the internet so that all the companies could make money off the internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.
Forum One
JULY 2, 2012
When we begin a conversation with an organization who has not worked with us previously, one of the first things out of their mouth is, “our website needs a redesign.” But a full-blown, multi-month redesign project isn’t always the best way for an organization looking to swiftly increase their impact online. Often, there are alternative approaches to retooling an existing site and it can be difficult to know which efforts are worthwhile. ?
Jobvite
JULY 12, 2012
In our coverage of the 2012 Social Recruiting Survey, we’ve covered the growing popularity for social recruiting (92% will use it in 2012), and the power of online profiles now have (86% will review social … Continued.
Staffing Talk
JULY 31, 2012
A writer quipped recently in the New Yorker that the best way to write a great Jewish novel is to write a great novel and then change all the character names to Jewish ones. to write a great Jewish novel, write a great novel and change the names to Jewish ones. I wondered, does the same thing work for staffing? Can you take a great business rule, staffify it, and come up with a rule for creating a great staffing company?
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Staffing Talk
JULY 24, 2012
As I am sure you know, the ‘Nurse Staffing’ business has been in decline as a result of the economic downturn. That said, it is also true that certain areas of the “Allied Health Staffing” business are still doing extremely well. Healthcare facilities are still struggling to meet demand for key positions including medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, physician’s assistants and many other positions.
Staffing Talk
JULY 17, 2012
Staffing professionals know how just one no-show can damage a client relationship, but how would you like to tell a client that you came up just a bit worse, like 6,000 people short on a job order? That’s what happened this last week to Nick Buckles, Chief Executive of G4S, whose security firm was supposed to supply more than 10,000 security staff for the upcoming Olympics but found himself in front of Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee being grilled for only supplying 4,000.
Staffing Talk
JULY 13, 2012
The unemployment rate is too high, and job creation too low, there’s too much heat, and not enough precipitation, and on and on and on. You can however take solace in the fact you don’t have some of these jobs. Funny how often ladders are involved. So Happy Friday. Enjoy the pics – and the weekend.
Staffing Talk
JULY 2, 2012
If only we could be so honest these days.
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Staffing Talk
JULY 27, 2012
Facebook announced earnings last night, and as of this morning its stock is crashing faster than a Kristen Stewart romance. It’s a bad day for Facebook shareholders, but for those of us who’ve been warning friends and relatives about its dangers it’s a day of vindication. The social media bubble has popped, and I hope the crash gets people to start asking themselves questions like who the Facebook customer is (advertisers), what their product is (you, if you’re on Facebook), and what will happen
Staffing Talk
JULY 18, 2012
As we head to TheWorks staffing event that starts tonight, I’m struck by how uplifting it has been to keep company with our contributors and commenters here on StaffingTalk. InTheMajors, Raghav , Steve Cary, Robert Bausch, Drew, and Paul Phipps, I salute you. We are at a turning point in history where it is up to the staffing industry, the on-ramp to employment for so many, to not just make our businesses run profitably but also to educate the public at large about how public union and governmen
Staffing Talk
JULY 12, 2012
On July 19th, Mary Anderson, the owner of Pleasanton, California-based CornerStone Staffing Solutions , will walk into a San Francisco courtroom with her legal representation. Walking in at the same time, but certainly not beside her, will be Larry Thaxter James. He is her former general manager, who, according to his lawyer, took the company from losing $30,000/month, to a nationwide staffing concern with $100 million in revenue and millions in profits.
Staffing Talk
JULY 31, 2012
So it’s summertime and the livin’ is easy, right? Not for all of us, including the poor blokes (sorry, I guess I’ve been watching too much TV from the London Olympics) we are about to see in the images below. Often times the theme has to do with ladders. This time, except for some crowded inboxes, a rat’s nest of computer wires and a guy covered in oil, the theme is more like “Cleanup on Aisle 4.” Enjoy.
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Staffing Talk
JULY 13, 2012
I really liked this ad by United Airlines…gets me excited to watch the upcoming Olympics. And if you want to get really teary-eyed, watch this video about Olympic hopeful Jordyn Wieber.
Staffing Talk
JULY 23, 2012
If you liked 50 Shades of Grey and you’re in staffing, you’re sure to like Kissing List by Stephanie Reents.
Forum One
JULY 16, 2012
We've all been there. Your boss walks up to your desk and has a great vision for what the team needs to accomplish, and it’s up to you to make it happen, and you don’t know where to start. Maybe it’s not your boss, maybe it’s a client, or maybe it’s your idea, but you just don’t know how to bring this vision into reality.
Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight
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Staffing Talk
JULY 12, 2012
OSHA Declines to Issue Rule Protecting Workers From Heat. [Working In These Times]. Disturbance leads to arrest of two at staffing agency. [NorthIowaToday.com]. Minimum wage laws are costly for the unemployed. [Townhall]. Top 5 Hourly Pay Issues for Small Businesses. America’s Job Exchange Announces Strategic Partnership with Berkshire Associates. [Virtual-Strategy Magazine].
Staffing Talk
JULY 3, 2012
What an interesting couple of days it has been for our country, as we focus on the Constitution, the power of the Supreme Court, the scope of overall federal authority in the 21st century, the difference between a tax and a penalty, how to truly curb rising health care costs and what the Affordable Care Act will do to small business owners in general, and the staffing industry more specifically.
Staffing Talk
JULY 23, 2012
When you’ve been planning an event for six months, you are always a little bit nervous about how it’s going to turn out. Much like a wedding, the feeling you get after hosting a conference is one of relief, mixed with pride (as long as it went well). We felt like everything went according to plan — and it was clear our attendees were enjoying themselves.
Staffing Talk
JULY 26, 2012
One aphorism about employment that staffing owners have shared with me over the years is “Slow to hire, quick to fire.”. I’m curious as to whether the staffing community at large in fact believes so or if that is strictly the perspective of small to medium sized business owners. One reason I ask is that I came across this criticism by an apparent former employee.
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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Staffing Talk
JULY 25, 2012
Companies say 3 million unfilled positions in skill crisis: jobs. [Bloomberg]. EEOC issues Final Rule revising Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Process. [EEOC]. About one-third of U.S. physicians are expected to leave the practice of medicine in the next decade, which could cause problems as the majority of Baby Boomers turn 65, according to a new study by Jackson Healthcare LLC.
Staffing Talk
JULY 30, 2012
Kavaliro receives dual recognition as Top Place to Work in Florida. [MarketWatch]. Classify employees properly to avoid penalty. [Hotel News Now]. Maxim Healthcare Services has agreed to pay its recruiters $12.3 million to settle its federal class and collective actions. The recruiters had claimed that they worked more than 40 hours a week without overtime pay.
Staffing Talk
JULY 24, 2012
One of the selling points for London hosting the Olympics was job creation. The stated aim was to create at least 20,000 jobs for local residents in the five Olympic host boroughs, as well as to put the unemployed to work. On the eve of the games, it appears as if the numbers will be far short of the goals, and several of the staffing firms providing temporary workers have come under scrutiny.
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