Forum One
OCTOBER 28, 2009
I want to tell you about a fantastic new (and developing) resource for congressional staff. Back in September, Forum One was one of the sponsors of CongressCamp, an informal "barcamp" unconference here in Washington. For two days, attendees exchanged ideas on how social media and collaboration tools could increase citizen engagement with Capitol Hill.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 26, 2009
[link] In this alleged scam , an Illinois business defrauded employees and vendors alike, including at least two staffing companies, one of which took the high road in his comments: “I’m a big guy. I’ve been around the block,” said Val Shebeko, a partner in A+ Staffing. “If we get our money back, that would be terrific. But we can’t allow this kind of behavior in our local community, because most business that gets transacted around here is done on open terms.
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Forum One
OCTOBER 27, 2009
This opportunity may be of interest to Influence followers or your colleagues: The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health is seeking essay submissions that answer the following question in 500-800 words by midnight, November 20th 2009: "What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years?" We are looking for fresh, innovative approaches to global health problems.
Forum One
OCTOBER 27, 2009
At Forum One, we spend a lot of time thinking about social media: we run the Online Community Research Network , we lead many social media events every year, and we have provided consulting services to several hundred organizations. We have even published the Online Community Report newsletter for 13 years (yikes). So when it comes to designing our company's own social media strategy, it should be simple, right?
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Forum One
OCTOBER 27, 2009
Tonight, (Tuesday, October 27) at 7 PM (EST), Bill and Melinda Gates will give a multimedia presentation to challenge the current problem-based global health narrative through illustration of success stories. The presentation is brought to us through the ONE Campaign Team. I just RSVP'd to watch and get a special reminder email when the video and chat go live on Tuesday night.
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Forum One
OCTOBER 13, 2009
It's that time again. Folks are getting excited about next year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta. Last year, Forum One brought you great panels in user experience, data visualization, digital storytelling, and who could forget: Iron Chef ! This year, we have nominated a number of great new sessions. But they won't get selected unless people score them highly.
Forum One
OCTOBER 12, 2009
Our friends at HealthMap have created a very useful iPhone App for those in the global health community who need to track and/or report disease outbreaks--from swine flu to diseases affecting crops and animals. HealthMap brings together disparate data sources from all over the web to achieve a unified. and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious. diseases and their effect on human and animal health.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 12, 2009
Le Figaro is ecstatic about the “stabilization” of the French temporary staffing market, and they offer the above chart as evidence of the recovery. What? Can’t see it?
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 19, 2009
This is the first of a sequence of posts I plan to write about people I follow on Twitter: Would you hire a designer through a creative staffing company? Different question: if you were a talented creative person, would you hire yourself out through a staffing agency? Or would you feel underpaid and all dirty inside. The Urban Muse takes on the question today and writes Why earn $xx/hour at some staffing agency gig when I could cut out the middleman and earn almost twice as much on my own?
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Forum One
OCTOBER 29, 2009
I want to tell you about a fantastic new (and developing) resource for congressional staff. Back in September, Forum One was one of the sponsors of CongressCamp, an informal "barcamp" unconference here in Washington. For two days, attendees exchanged ideas on how social media and collaboration tools could increase citizen engagement with Capitol Hill.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 30, 2009
[link] At Tempworks we get to talk to not a small number of consulting firms, job shops and government-financed job centers, so we get to see that yes there are some jobs that have been “created” by the “stimulus”. But what I mostly see in those jobs is money taken out of one pocket - the taxpayer’s - and put in another. The next result is of course that no jobs are created.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 28, 2009
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 28, 2009
[link] Bloomberg reporter Carlos Torres gets giddy about the latest temp payroll data from the American Staffing Association. He quotes yet another source, chief economist Neal Soss at Credit Suisse, ““Temps are a reliable leading indicator, and October looks like it could be a turning point. A gain in temps would show the employers are finally dipping their toes in the labor pool.
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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
OCTOBER 27, 2009
Tempworks VP Jack Terrana (left, below) was all smiles last week at Staffing World. He got ahold of a pre-release of our upcoming Iphone product line up pictured above. He also scooped me on that story. Stay tuned for an upcoming press release about the Iphone offering.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 27, 2009
This week I had a chance to grab a coffee with Tempworks web developer and implementer, Brandon Johnson, who just returned from his trip to a remote village of Peru. After a multi-leg flight to Iquitos and an eight hour boat ride along some river that hooks up with Amazon, Brandon got to meet the locals including the village chain saw guy who, according to Brandon, could fell 10 bloodwood trees, slice them up like a saw mill, and turn them into construction ready planks - all in a single day.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 26, 2009
[link] I couldn’t figure out much behind this story from Fin24 about a staffing company in Johanessburg other than they got into a pissing match with ex-employees. Anyone from South Africa got the details?
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 26, 2009
[link] An alert secretary turns whistle-blower as the director for Adour Travail with parent hub SNTT gets caught pocketing relocation allowances. But according to him, he’s the scapegoat: « J'ai fait ce qu'on m'a demandé de faire. J'ai été cupide, a expliqué le prévenu à la présidente Emmanuelle Serre. Mal m'en a pris ». Selon lui, les 1 000 francs disparus des fiches de paie servaient à alimenter « une caisse noire » pour graisser la patte des contrôleurs fiscaux et autres agents de l'Urssaf.
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 21, 2009
Yesterday investors hammered Adecco’s stock for wild spending, an event that didn’t go unnoticed by its creditor’s (FT subscription required; hat tip: Mike Dourgarian) who called into question Adecco’s long-term liquidity. Adecco dropped another several percent subsequent to my post , making the sum total rout of investor wealth $900+ million (from 36.50 to 33.30 EUR or almost 10% on a market cap of $10 billion).
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 20, 2009
How much would you pay for a company with stagnant sales , an income statement awash in red ink, and a balance sheet showing more than $250 million in hidden “Goodwill” losses ? Not much I hope, but if you’re Adecco that number would be an astounding $1.3 billion which it put up today for professional staffing flameout MPS. Why? According to Adecco Chief Executive Patrick De Maeseneire , “We are delighted to have MPS Group become part of the Adecco Group, in a move that will see Adecco taking th
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 19, 2009
When a financial analyst called me at the beginning of September, I gave him my take that employment was still in the tank, that the tiny uptick counted little compared to the infernal descent that began October 2008. Indeed, the rise seemed no higher than Balloon Boy in the attic. Now six weeks later, it’s a different story. And it’s not just the normal October lift you usually get in the staffing industry.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 16, 2009
Note: for Staffing Talk visitors this is an advance look at a press release we’re brewing up for next week’s ASA Staffing World. October 15, 2009 (Eagan, MN) Enterprise software company Tempworks introduces web 2.0 based social media suite that integrates the best of lead generation, web analytics, CRM, Twitter, email marketing and content management systems.
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
OCTOBER 10, 2009
My buddy and social media guru Ward Tongen chastised me today at the Unsummit in Minneapolis for talking up Twitter as the rage of the day. It’s not that he’s against Twitter – he’s quite active himself there. It’s simply that he sees Twitter much like Facebook and Yammer and others as a tool, a flavor-du-jour of micro-blogging. Twitter, um I mean micro-blogging, is taking off as the networking platform of choice for recruiters.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 10, 2009
Bad hiring managers make life difficult for everyone. They rush about in a dither, complaining about the lack of resources, but fail to return phone calls or follow up on great candidates. They’re like the jerks that drive slowly in the left lane of the freeway who suddenly speed up when a new lane opens. They just don’t know how to work with other people.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 10, 2009
Hat tip to the Staffing Robot for this story: According to an article by Staffing Industry Analysts , another heathcare VMS provider (vendor management system) has stiffed its medical staffing suppliers. Although not quite as lurid as the Chimes debacle in which unescrowed payment due to staffing companies were squandered in wild living , “misuse of funds” by an investment fund led to cash-flow problems at its subsidiary, a funding company.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 5, 2009
Michael Damphousse CEO of Green Leads and Smashmouth marketing blogger: a great resource for staffing and recruiting. [link] 3 Reasons My Cat Could Get Hired Before You Could [link] Iphone sneak peek. Staffing, crm, and recruiting software for your iphone [link] Jeff Lipshcultz, founder of A-List Solutions, on Keeping It Real: [link] and How to Google-Rank Your Way to a Recruiter's Heart [link] The Research Goddess spills – what recruitment researches do: [link] They're shutting down Gourmet mag
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 4, 2009
Lately everyone around me knows my favorite topic, that social networks especially twitter are overtaking email. Infected by spam and wordiness and the inability to block, email has become a dead weight, a dreaded duty. Rather proud of this argument since no one else I knew was advancing it, I was humbled to find a top blogger, Jermiah Owyang , taking the argument one step further and with a twist.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 3, 2009
Staffing professionals uniquely straddle the universe of hiring organization and job candidate, making their social media needs stand out markedly from the masses. That makes Kevin Prow’s Kevin Prow’s recent analysis of the competing social media products all the more interesting. Kevin is Director of Operations at Tempworks, a position which would seem to keep him buried in contracts or calculations if you didn’t know him better, but obviously he’s got an angle on how to create and maintain rel
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 3, 2009
Going back to Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock , a lot of ink has been spilled about technology overstepping itself, and Tempworks EVP Cory Hintz posted on this very subject recently as it relates to Tempworks paperless employment products. Normally, we get great reception from clients and prospects alike about our paperless strategy, but at one client that uses only our core front-back software commented that their best sales activity is delivery paychecks out to employees onsite at customers.
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