January, 2010

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The Good News Story in Haiti

Forum One

President Obama sends his first "tweet" for the Red Cross at their headquarters Monday. Photo courtesy of the Red Cross. The images and stories coming out of Haiti are disturbing, upsetting, and unbelievably heartbreaking. We've all been following closely, trying to lend a hand when needed, and keeping an eye out for the signs of hope among the rubble, literally.

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Opportunities in Real-Time Vertical Search

Jobvite

Real-time search is a hot area of search technology right now. Technology startups are jumping into the fray to build a variety of search technologies applications that address unique and unmet needs of consumer and business segments. John Greaves at Digital Media Buzz recently covered real-time search in a variety of verticals. The key reasons why we are seeing proliferation of so many search apps in this arena are: Traditional search engines are based on an extensive infrastructure and framewo

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TruLondon Meets TruUSA: The Contest

Staffing Talk

I’m pumped about all the good things happening with our sponsorship of TruLondon. Bill Boorman the organizer gave us a bunch of sweet tips about tightening up the Twitter integration in our enterprise software, so much so that we’ve decided to solicit more ideas in the form of a contest. Submit your comment or video on social media integration in enterprise software here on this post to enter the contest.

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Hackathons Aim to Improve Aid Distribution and Coordination in Haiti

Forum One

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti. I explained how technology and social media are playing a leading role in innovation in the aid sector and helping to bring relief to earthquake victims in Haiti.

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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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Opportunities in Real-Time Vertical Search

Jobvite

Real-time search is a hot area of search technology right now. Technology startups are jumping into the fray to build a variety of search technologies applications that address unique and unmet needs of consumer and … Continued.

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Gen Y and the Recession – What Does Job Security Mean Now?

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We’re reading a lot about how the recession has reset attitudes about money, investment, work and more. In “Gen Y-ers got the message from recession”, Kara McGuire explores how young adults are becoming more risk … Continued.

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Socializing Your Jobs Just Became Easier

Jobvite

Whether you are a hiring manager trying to fill a position or work in a company/department that is hiring you have invariably got that email from the recruiting team that says “Please forward this to your network” We all have good intentions and want to help out and maybe earn a referral bonus so we click on the forward button in our email and then begin to sift through hundreds of contacts.

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Socializing Your Jobs Just Became Easier

Jobvite

Whether you are a hiring manager trying to fill a position or work in a company/department that is hiring you have invariably got that email from the recruiting team that says “Please forward this to … Continued.

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Accounting Fundamentals for Staffing and Recruiting Companies

Staffing Talk

Starting or running a staffing business and looking to get a better grip on the accounting? Here is my short course on accounting fundamentals. Watch live streaming video from staffingtalk at livestream.

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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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Accounting Fundamentals for Staffing and Recruiting Companies

Staffing Talk

Tomorrow morning TempWorks will be holding and videotaping my course Accounting Fundamentals for Staffing and Recruiting Companies. We’ll be making a recorded, short version of it free afterwards by special request. Leave a comment here if interested.

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Shiftwise Co-Founder to be Special Guest on Friday’s Staffing Talk Show

Staffing Talk

Staffing Talk is pleased to announce that Jason Lander, co-founder of healthcare staffing/VMS innovator Shiftwise , will be our special guest this Friday, January 29, at 11:30am. Just point your browser right here to watch the live show. ShiftWise is a Vendor Management Services company in the healthcare staffing industry. That said, this blog will not be a sales board for ShiftWise, nor is it endorsed or supported by ShiftWise in anyway.

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Why You Should Sell Your Apple Stock, Now!

Staffing Talk

Prediction: Microsoft will announce Windows Mobile 7 at Mix 2010 in March of this year, and they will clean clocks on Iphone and Android because the underlying operating system is vastly better. Note: I am not invested in Apple or Microsoft stock in any way other than holdings in ETFs like QQQ. I do have a bias because TempWorks products are based on the same underlying Silverlight technology.

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Business Process Redesign Lifts Hawaiian Staffing Leader

Staffing Talk

Agency Redesigns Business Process to Dominate Hawaiian Staffing Market, Increase Productivity and Reduce Cost. St. Paul, Minn ( PRWEB ) January 21, 2010 -- Akamai Employment Agency of Hawaii recently implemented TempWorks Software, streamlining their business and allowing them to boost their bottom line. Staffing, CRM and Recruitment Software One of the services that Akamai implemented was TempWorks Payroll Processing.

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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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Paperless Timecards Saving Staffing Companies on FTEs

Staffing Talk

TempWorks Software Adds Fifty-Four New Customers in 2009 By diversifying, investing in technology, and providing immediate improvement to a staffing agency’s bottom line, TempWorks increased sales by 45% in 2009. Saint Paul, MN ( PRWEB ) January 7, 2010 -- Staffing Software and Financing Provider, TempWorks, is proud to announce fifty-four new relationships with temporary staffing businesses in 2009.

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How to Please a Woman, If She Hasn’t Left You Yet

Staffing Talk

If you’re looking for ways to rekindle that flame guys, here’s your answer. Each January my wife heads down to Peru to do cleft palate surgeries with a bunch of other docs which leaves me cooking again. Normally, as in before I was married normally, or rather before I had seven kids normally, I would have just high-tailed it down to La Belle Vie, the Twin Cities finest chef-owned French restaurant.

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How to Recruit a Star Performer

Staffing Talk

This is a story about how Tempworks recruited a star programmer, James Tamplin, who moved on several years ago after a brilliant stint with us and is now an aspiring actor and a founder of SendMeHome.Com. The clip above by the way is James doing the “Hells Angels Ketchup Packet” video clip. I liked the climax: “Sometimes you have to spit in the eye of the devil just to know you’re alive.

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Special Guest for Staffing Talk Show, Friday, January 22, at 11:30 EST

Staffing Talk

It's my pleasure to invite you to join me and special guest James Tamplin, co-founder of Envolve.Com , a San Francisco startup that is redefining real-time web conversation for the January 22 edition of our talk show right here Staffing Talk at 11:30am EST. We’ll be joined by StaffingVenture author Jack Terrana. Jack runs TempWorks startup division and has helped launch dozens of successful staffing and recruitment startups.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Haiti Earthquake Account by Ex-Tempworks Developer James Tamplin

Staffing Talk

I’ve written before about James who is an actor and also a serial entrepreneur who did the original development of our original Canadian payroll system years ago. Here is his an excerpt from his gripping account of being in Haiti during the earthquake. You can read his full post here : I walked onto the roof of my building to read a book after I woke up from a nap.

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The Sales Aphorisms of Bill Boorman

Staffing Talk

It’s been a full day since Bill’s appearance on Staffing Talk yesterday but I still haven’t fully digested his rapid-fire delivery of sales aphorisms. Really, you need to listen to his entire message to get the full benefit as this is just a sampling: Working social media has everything to do with targeting. If you’re a recruiter, the targets are clients and candidates.

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Velvet Revolution in Turkey? It Takes a Hero

Staffing Talk

Turkish TV will broadcast two events with genocide historian Taner Akcam this month: 1) TV Channel: TVNET Date: 18 January 2010 Hour: 20:40 (Turkey Time) Host: Ali Bayramoglu, name of the program: DUN BUGUN (yesterday today) Topics: Hrant Dink and his role Turkish-Armenian Relations; Campaign against me in USA; Importance of meetings of Turks and Armenians etc. 2) TV Channel : YOL TV Date : 24.

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Special Guest for Staffing Talk Show Friday

Staffing Talk

Bill Boorman , Managing Director of his namesake recruitment consultancy based in the UK and a pioneer in the “unconference” revolution, will be our special guest Friday, January 15, at 11:30am EST. Please join us right here at [link]. Bill will share with us details of his upcoming TruLondon “unconference” as well as his view of changes taking place in the staffing and recruitment industries worldwide.

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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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New Staffing Blog Focuses on Worker Comp

Staffing Talk

I’m aware of only two active blogs that aren’t firewalled, this one and Staffing Robot, so it’s a pleasure to find out about a new one especially with a unique focus on Worker Comp. Check out Kevin Turner at [link].

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StaffingTalk Show from Friday, January 8, 2010

Staffing Talk

With Jack Terrana and with input from @Animal, we talked job boards, lead generation, @Hubspot, state of the economy, Twitter, social media and technology. The first 20 minutes are pre-show banter by me and other participants. Just skip through that to get to the meat of the show. Join us here at www.staffingtalk.com 11:30 EST each Friday for upcoming shows.

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Who’s Winning the Battle of the Broadcasting Services?

Staffing Talk

Guest post by Drew Bommet of TempWorks. An analysis of the most popular broadcasting services. Be sure to tune in to StaffingTalk.Com on Fridays at 11:30 EST to get the latest news and tips on the staffing business. Livestream vs. Ustream Analysis I have checked these three out: VidBlaster (an app), Ustream and Livestream. Let’s sit down later today and do live webcasting.

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You’re Invited: Staffing Talk, the Show

Staffing Talk

When Jack Terrana and I started doing our weekly call-in webinars last year, I had no idea what to expect. After all my closest closest encounter with anything related to entertainment was a small part in a college play. Small as it was, the drama coach dreaded having me there. I couldn’t get my lines right. My accent was wrong. And I really hated waiting around during all the practices.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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Talk Show: How to Promote Your Business with Social Media

Staffing Talk

Unconference revolutionary Bill Boorman charmed and delighted the Staffing Talk audience on our January 15 show.

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Staffing Talk Show

Staffing Talk

Watch live streaming video from staffingtalk at livestream.

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Coming Up at 11:30 EST Today

Staffing Talk

Watch live streaming video from staffingtalk at livestream.

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