April, 2012

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How to Use Applicant Tracking Software to Source Internship Candidates

ExactHire Recruiting

It’s that time of the year…the grass is green, the birds are chirping, and many new faces are popping up as potential employees (and perhaps as new LinkedIn followers) for your organization as students dive full throttle into the internship search process. Let’s say you are pretty satisfied with the questions asked on your employment application, and it helps you capture appropriate, job-relevant information from experienced job seekers and recent college graduates.

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Check Out These Vintage Staffing Photos

Staffing Talk

I’m a sucker for old photography. I don’t mind admitting I have a pretty impressive tintype collection at home. I started looking through old pictures of staffing offices, ads, and signs and found a lot more than I thought I would. When looking at these it’s impossible not to be impressed with how far we’ve come today. My personal favorite: the “Don’t Be A Job Hopper” sign drawn by Walt Disney.

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The Picture of Health Data Design Challenge

Forum One

Do you love storytelling with data? Are you passionate about open data and health care costs transparency? The California HealthCare Foundation is hosting a data design challenge to seek out engaging presentations that bring to life the story of rising health care costs. The Picture of Health: A Data Design Challenge is offering $10,000 in awards to entries that successfully depict public health data in new and interesting ways.

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How to Get a Great Job Using Facebook

Jobvite

Facebook isn’t just a place for friends anymore. Job seekers are using this social network to look past personal photos and friends’ status updates for their next big opportunity. Jobvite research shows that over 44 … Continued.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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SaaS Conversion Analysis – 4 Key Factors

Makena

As a SaaS provider, you are focused on optimizing your customer acquisition channels (at the same time as keeping your current customers happy with new products, features and services.) More then ever, you’re diving into your business intelligence reports to better understand the metrics behind the economics of your company, as well as customer and prospect behavior on your website (marketing analytics.).

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Why Wait Longer for Electronic Submission and Storage of the Form I-9?

ExactHire Recruiting

I recently read an article on SHRM’s website, “USCIS Publishes Proposed Form I-9” by FosterQuan, that indicated that in late March of this year, a notice to collect input regarding proposed revisions to the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification was published in the Federal Register. The article noted that one of the changes seems to suggest that the future version of the form may 1) allow individuals to complete it electronically; and, 2) allow employers to store the Form I-9 electronical

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Shakespeare Does the Three Little Pigs

Staffing Talk

Ever wondered what "The Three Little Pigs" would sound like if it had been written with a more classic, robust command of the English language? John Branyan shows you in this very funny stand-up bit.

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Help Wanted: Trophy Wife – No Recruiters!

Staffing Talk

Wanted: Trophy Wife. I am looking to fill an immediate opening in my home, as soon as possible. The position will be demanding, but the perks of the job will absolutely outweigh the stresses of the day. The perks include plenty of free time to work out, read, write, shop, get spa treatments, drive around in your “company car,” dabble in some work in your corner office and so on.

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Funny Customer Service Memes From The Interwebs

Staffing Talk

This post comes on the heels of our last article: Customer Service is Dead (And Not Just In Staffing). While searching the interwebs for funny customer service pictures to complement the article, we found so many we couldn’t resist sharing them with you.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Aerial View of Bubba Watson’s Winning Master’s Shot

Staffing Talk

Beautiful weekend here in Minnesota. I got my nine holes in. Didn’t hit any shots like this though. Three-putted from seven feet in fact.

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Here’s How Local Staffing Firms Can Stand Out From National Competition

Staffing Talk

Small, local staffing firms face a challenge in competing with larger, national companies. Big companies may be able to offer lower prices, for example, since they can centralize some of their services. But the local connection can also be an advantage – one that smaller firms can capitalize on if they know how. “How can you differentiate yourself from the nationals when you’re a smaller office in a certain market?

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Be Happy You Don’t Have These Jobs

Staffing Talk

Happy Monday! It has been a while since we have run photos of people performing chores and doing work that should make you appreciate what you do for a living…whatever it is you do for a living. And just to make things a little more interesting, why don’t you submit your own captions in the comments section. Maybe we can even give some prizes, such as TempWorks jump drives, or something similar, to the best caption for each image.

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5 Cost Cutting Tips For Staffing Companies

Staffing Talk

Staffing firms are finding creative ways to cut costs. The key, say those who have done it, is to make sure the cuts help the firm do business better, not just spend less money. “You cannot cut your way to profitability and still remain effective and viable in the marketplace,” says Scott Wintrip , founder and president of StaffingU and the Wintrip Consulting Group.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Scary Job: What Is The Workers’ Comp Rate For That One?

Staffing Talk

I admit, I’m scared of heights. Watching this video makes me sick. But someone has to climb to the top of the tower. I’m just glad it’s not me. I honestly can’t believe people can do this on a daily basis. Impressive. The worst part is when he is “free climbing” — without any kind of of safety rope — on top of a tower that is taller than the Empire State Building.

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These Five Girls Have an Answer for Unemployment

Staffing Talk

I keep writing about how if I were unemployed I’d hitchhike up to North Dakota. Here are five girls who actual did it.

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Whatever You Do, Don’t Act Like These Guys

Staffing Talk

As recruiters who use technology to our benefit, sometimes automated emails go out that don’t make 100% sense. It’s not intentional, and most of us do whatever it takes to avoid this. As past, present or future job seekers, we will inevitably be on the receiving end of one of these annoying emails. 99.9% of us let it go, but there’s always that guy who snaps back with a smart-assed email letting you know your automated email didn’t do it for him.

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Job Search Meets Farmville?

Staffing Talk

Can we please teach young people instead of dumbing down the process? Young people need apprenticeships, mentors, internships and leadership to teach them how to become great professionals. They do not need the search for a job to be a Facebook app and then they make one click and say, “I looked for a job today.” That editorial note, sent via email, was accompanied by a link to a website called Identified.com , and a suggestion to do a story about the site.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Can You Tell When A Job Candidate Is Lying?

Staffing Talk

Do you know when people are lying to you? A spouse, a son or daughter, co-worker or colleague? How about a job candidate? I spoke to a professional acquaintance of mine recently on this subject. He has more than a little bit of expertise. He was in law enforcement for many years, including a super-secret black ops kind of stint working for some government hunting down war criminals in Eastern Europe.

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The ABCs of Using Stock to Recruit and Retain Key Employees

Staffing Talk

If you own your staffing company or work for one in which stock ownership is an important aspect of recruitment and retention of key employees, then you might find as I did this lecture by Fred Wilson helpful. Key takeaways for me: Good fences make for good friends. If you get your company set up in the right way, you can better avoid or minimize the painful and emotional ownership related issues that have poisoned relationships in many a staffing company.

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Flexible Staffing In The Executive Ranks

Staffing Talk

Flexible staffing meets the executive suite. At a recent networking event I attended, someone asked about a position they had seen posted by 3M “seeking a Temporary US National Sales Manager for our Infection Prevention Division.” He thought it looked funny to see “temporary” and national sales manager in the same sentence. Then someone else chimed in saying they knew of a woman who had taken a VP-level job with Ecolab, with a private office on the executive floor and a s

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Staffing News Of The Day, April 27, 2012

Staffing Talk

Hire Velocity expands leadership team with New Director of Sales Amy Miller. [MarketWatch]. On Assignment reports First Quarter 2012 results. Record quarterly revenues up 29% year-over-year and 3% sequentially. [MarketWatch]. Joulé Staffing Solutions runs for the Warriors. [Joulé Staffing Solutions]. Walt Morgan joins LBMC Strategic Staffing. [The Chatanoogan].

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Future-proof your I-9 compliance for 2024

Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

Got I-9 compliance on your mind? Spending endless amounts of time ensuring you stay compliant? Get your questions answered with an expert panel from WorkBright. During this one-hour webinar, Workbright will dive deep into I-9 best practices, navigate the nuances of the new 2023 'alternative procedure,' and learn actionable ways to ensure your audit trail is squeaky clean.

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The Hand on the Shoulder

Staffing Talk

Fun read this week in the New Yorker: “The Hand on the Shoulder” by Ian McEwan. It’s a free read right now online. It’s a cold war era love story about an older man, a Cambridge professor, and a younger woman that he inducts into the MI5. Quite trite overall as far as the romance goes. How good could a love story by a balding male novelist writing from the perspective of a young woman be?

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Let Staffing Talk Be Your Host In Minneapolis This Summer

Staffing Talk

Recharge your commitment to initiative, creativity and building your business while you meet with staffing professionals from around the country at The Works: 2012 – a Staffing Industry event unlike any you have ever attended. Staffing Talk presents. TheWorks: 2012 – What’s Behind What’s Ahead. July 18-20 in Minneapolis, MN. TheWorks: 2012 is a high-energy short course on behind-the-scenes branding success in business as diverse as professional baseball and destination restaurant concepts from W

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Girlfriend Tells Him to Get a Job, Guess What Happens Next

Staffing Talk

Talk about temp jobs. This guy worked 14 of them in one month. For a great write about the firm behind the video, check out my friend, the indefatigable Bill Boorman , who did a write up about it and its acquisition by Evenbase C.E.O. and Jobsite founder Keith Potts.

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Manufacturing Jobs Return Home, But Why?

Staffing Talk

I’m seeing our industrial staffing clients posting some big numbers lately, and if you drink the kool-aid straight up from the Economist this week it’s because 3d printing, locally produced energy and just-in-time delivery to consumers are making the low wages in China less of an issue. That means the playing field is leveling out, and the manufacturing jobs can return home to the USA.

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HR Pro Playbook: How to Navigate Global Workforce Expansion with Confidence

Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright

Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con

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Staffing News Of The Day, April 3, 2012

Staffing Talk

Let Staffing Talk Be Your Host In Minneapolis This Summer. [Staffing Talk]. What you’ll need to know to be the boss in 2020. [Forbes]. IT Salaries: 10 cities where it professionals earn the most. [CIO]. Unemployment: How the Lazy Are Hurting the Needy. [U.S. News]. Need Relief From Job Stress? Take Your Dog To Work! What do you think? Is your workplace dog friendly?

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Parkway Drive Romance Is Dead

Staffing Talk

Charles Aznavour once said that every generation finds the next generation’s music crazy (‘ sauvage ’), That indeed is the feeling I get from my son’s latest guitar cover. Also, I have no idea what Parkway Drive nor its romance is or was or why it would be dead.

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Staffing News Of The Day, April 4, 2012

Staffing Talk

Randstad US, Professionals rebrands Clinical One and Locum Medical Group to Randstad Healthcare. [MarketWatch]. Kforce announces closing the sale of KCR and gives outlook for the firm for the remainder of 2012 and 2013. [MarketWatch]. Company payrolls in U.S. grow by estimated 209,000 workers. [SF Gate]. PrimeSkill Staffing Services is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week.