Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
I can’t remember hardly anything about the interviews I’ve had for jobs I’ve landed. Yet I can recall with great detail the circumstances of every awful interview I’ve ever had. I can describe the setting, relay a great deal of the questions, and sometimes even tell you what awful tie they were wearing or crappy piece of coffeeshop art was up on the wall.
Forum One
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
Explaining the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to consumers outside the beltway can sometimes be like translating a foreign language. Health reform and health insurance exchanges can be tricky. An authoritative, credible online resource for this information is vital for state governments to provide their populations. Explaining the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to consumers outside the beltway can sometimes be like translating a foreign language.
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Hiring Thing
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
'When hiring new employees, it is important that you adequately vet their history and experience. In order to gain the most complete and relevant picture of a potential hire''s history – and therefore, their future performance – you may perform a reference and/or background check.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
Normally when we create a survey for staffing professionals, with the intention of quantifying trends and opinions across the industry, we kind of know what to expect. But with this drug testing survey, we honestly had no idea. We just know that public opinion is shifting (at least with some drugs), which in turn has led several countries and US states to ease their laws on it.
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Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
If you believe the experts’ predictions and all the various studies out there, the economy is going to continue on its upward path this year. In turn, many also predict that the job market will improve. While those two things certainly don’t guarantee success for the staffing industry, it seems reasonable to assume that many will benefit from these trends.
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Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Today’s job climate can sometimes feel like an overwhelming popularity contest in which the rules are elusive and ever-morphing. Whose LinkedIn profile can glean the most hits, or the most skill endorsements? Whose résumé is the prettiest? Or the most peppered with personality? But it’s not just candidates who are self-aware and looking to stay on top of the shuffle.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Over the past year we’ve heard a lot about companies who say the Affordable Care Act will force them to cut their number of employees down or, in some cases, nearly all their employees down to part-time. Well as some companies learned from the economic unease of recent years, these kinds of cuts may seem like a good short-term measure, but they have hidden implications that can damage an operation in the long-term.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
The other day I went to a “job fair” that featured representatives from 90 companies, including some national staffing agencies. At this event there were several breakout sessions on job hunting, including one on the prospect of using the services of staffing agencies as a bridge to permanent employment. The comments from the crowd weren’t particularly positive, especially on the topic of professionalism, and I thought I would share a few of them.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
I met up this evening with two professionals. One a biologist. The other an insurance underwriter. They are on and off readers of Staffing Talk and we exchanged pleasantries about what we post here, but the conversation went from cheerful to macabre the moment LinkedIn came up in the conversation. Quick! The house is on fire. “Ok, I’ll just update my status first.”.
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Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
If you follow the fast-moving world of internet fads – like memes, viral videos, tumblrs, etc. – you’re probably aware of S (blank) s Say. This particular fad started in 2009 when an unemployed comedy writer started the Twitter feed $#*! My Dad Says , which quickly swelled to 3+ million followers, led to a book deal, and a short-lived CBS show. (That’s right, a Twitter feed became a TV show.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
We love it when staffers send us their feel-good stories and industry gripes, but there’s something to be said for the ridiculous mishaps that only people in staffing can truly appreciate. A few months ago we published examples that people sent in , and it was such a hit that we were bombarded by even more the following week. Well the levy has officially broken, folks, because they just keep coming in.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 16, 2013
[This is a post about specialized “show me” job boards that make LinkedIn and Monster looked like classified ads in a faded newspaper. I’ve written about these sites before in regards to recruiting developers , but now they are making their way into other recruiting domains like designers.]. CodePen may not like me calling them a job board, but what better name is there for a place where high-end, approachable talent hangs out?
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
We’re in an age of employer uncertainty. For the last few years, that uncertainty has been fueled by a difficult economy. And while it appears as though that’s improving, it’s making way for a new problem. The talent you’ve employed was happy just to hold onto their jobs the past few years, but now they’re restless and ready to move up. This poses a bothersome question in the minds of the bosses: How do we deliver a quality service/product with sustainable consistency in this changing climate?
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Is your business ready for the future of document fraud? AI advancements have made forgery easier, increasing risks for employers. With 85% of identity fraud last year linked to impersonation, proactive compliance is essential. Join WorkBright’s webinar on October 8 to equip yourself with crucial insights for protecting your business from fraudulent I-9 documents, including: Understanding Risks: Learn about new fraud tactics impacting your business.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Papa John’s Founder/CEO John Schnatter came under fire and suffered through some bad PR, including a Facebook-driven boycott, and some barbs delivered by Jon Stewart , when he called out potential threats posed to his business by the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. In response to that, and at the urging of a PR firm specializing in crisis communications, he has come back to rebut what he calls the “inaccurate” reports by writing this blog post for Huffington Post.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Always be recruiting. Do it yourself. Don’t outsource to a professional. The process is just like any other marketing or sales campaign. Now discuss. Yikes! Right? Bryan Burkhart , the person who wrote those italicized statements, joined a software startup when he was 23 and helped grow it to $100 million in revenue and an IPO. In 2010, he co-founded H.Bloom – an online service that delivers flowers to your home or office on a subscription basis.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Always be recruiting. Do it yourself. Don’t outsource to a professional. The process is just like any other marketing or sales campaign. Now discuss. Yikes! Right? Bryan Burkhart , the person who wrote those italicized statements, joined a software startup when he was 23 and helped grow it to $100 million in revenue and an IPO. In 2010, he co-founded H.Bloom – an online service that delivers flowers to your home or office on a subscription basis.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
How about a world where there is 75% unemployment because there won’t be enough high-skills jobs that require humans? A world where low-skilled labor, often provided by staffing companies, will be replaced by a so-called robot economy? Those are some of the predictions put forth by this Future of Business series, which examines how cutting-edge technologies are rapidly reshaping our world.
Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch
Are you struggling to make sense of the pre-employment assessment space? In this live webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading Industrial-Organizational (I-O) psychologist, will guide you through a practical and objective framework to identify and implement the assessments that best address your organization’s unique hiring needs.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
You’ve seen the bumper sticker, right? “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” There’s a home-spun logic in that, but when the implication is that we should raise taxes for more schooling done the traditional way, I call fiddlesticks. An informative lecture about the bubonic plague is merely background noise to a room full of students on Facebook.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
I’m curious where you staffing professionals sit in regards to immigration reform like the recently ‘leaked’ plan by President Obama to give undocumented immigrants an eight-year path to become permanent legal residents. Would it hurt or help the staffing industry? Are there currently vacant jobs that could be filled by these people? Or would it permanently prevent already legal Americans from getting those jobs at a more equitable market rate?
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
Most of us think of the web as being a place where we go to the browser, type something in the address bar, and wait for a response. While that is all well and good, it’s not the best system when immediate notification is important. It’s much better when we get notified automatically of an important event, without us having to go and do a lookup or search.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
When it comes to internal hiring, very few staffing websites actually post information about a career in recruiting. This is probably not an oversight; it’s because staffing firms already have a long line of potential employees parading through their offices. And when they find real gems, I’m told they keep them for their own devices. But do staffing agencies need to enliven the hiring process by reaching further than their desk chair can roll?
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
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
According to a 2012 survey by OfficeTeam, in 2011 only 1% of respondents said they used video “very often,” but a year later that figure jumped to 53% and 13% expect to increase their usage in the next three years. “Many companies are embracing video interviews, which are often conducted online via webcam, as a way to quickly and cost-effectively evaluate applicants,” said Robert Hosking, executive director of OfficeTeam.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
Over the coming months you can expect to see some slow-but-steady changes to Staffing Talk. Some will be subtle or barely noticeable, while other improvements will hopefully be obvious. As always, we’ll be continually open to your suggestions and constructive criticisms during this time, so feel free to tell us how we’re doing. Just this week Staffing Talk welcomed a new. co-editor to the fray – Ms.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
If you’ve checked the Staffing Industry Events Calendar lately, you know that Staffing Industry Analysts’ annual Executive Forum is upon us. Starting Monday, Feb. 25, staffing industry bigwigs the world over will descend upon Orlando to unleash a plague of vast recruitment knowledge and an insurmountable number of leather and suede loafers. Also, Staffing Talk will be there.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
As much as its constant flow of spam dismays me, LinkedIn has always impressed with how good it makes candidate profiles look. They did that so well that people signed up, so much so that they are not just the de facto job board leader, they are the biggest competitor we face for recruitment software tools. Recruiters line up to pay Linkedin premium fees so they can fully peruse your profile and use their service as everything from an email marketing engine to an applicant tracking database.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
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
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Majority of Americans support Obama’s call to raise minimum wage [Michigan Live]. Mass layoffs down in January, but temp help filed the most claims [Staffing Industry Analysts]. After retiring, sixty percent of workers age 60-plus said they would pursue a new job [Daily Markets]. New survey reveals generational differences in workforce ; Baby Boomers take more risks [Herald Online].
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
Two videos for you this evening. The first is of Kim Dotcom, internet entrepreneur, sharing the love with his wife and five kids. The second is the FBI backed raid on his home in New Zealand in January of 2012.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Labor groups and businesses lay out shared goals of immigration reform [The New York Times]. Businesses need Linux IT pros…they need them now… and they’ll shell out big bucks to land them [ZD Net]. Leader provider of ATS, TargetRecruit.net, simplifies nurse recruitment by integrating Prophecy Healthcare Assessments [Digital Journal]. On Assignment focuses on supplying math and science workers , grows faster than “most publicly traded staffing companies” [Investing Daily].
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