Staffing Talk
AUGUST 16, 2011
You’re a decision maker at a staffing firm. You bring in some staffing software reps to see which systems can make your outdated processes faster and more efficient. One of the software providers you interview has a program that you think could help you a great deal, but it’s coming at a 15% markup. So you call the sales rep and say, “Nice, but too expensive.
Forum One
AUGUST 3, 2011
Our second interview focuses on Hukoomi , Qatar's e-government portal. Hukoomi is the official gateway to all the information and services you need to live, work, or stay in Qatar. Instead of visiting multiple ministries and waiting in long lines, businesses, citizens and visitors can complete transactions online, saving time and money. Here's a list of some popular services offered on Hukoomi: On our most recent trip to Qatar, we attended the QITCOM conference and talked to some influential peo
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ApplicantStack
AUGUST 19, 2011
As a company, I’m sure you are working hard to create positive relationships with all of your customers. We all know how important it is for future business and possible referrals. You might even be making a huge investment by engaging a public relations or marketing firm to assist with your market positioning. Did you ever consider that your applicants are customers too?
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 24, 2011
Job search coaches are guilty of telling people to try unique ways to job hunt, to make yourself stand out from the competition. Are you willing to hire the candidate who conveys his skills on a sandwich board ? Or is it just a waste of your time and theirs? Let’s take a quiz. Quizzes are fun, right? The following are real situations, at least, as reported online.
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Staffing Talk
AUGUST 17, 2011
In the first half of 2011, numerous state legislatures, the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, and, most recently, SHRM, have been vocal regarding employer’s obligations to verify immigration status. In early 2010, I began a “beta test” on the new E-Verify system at my employer in Minnesota. Although it was not yet mandatory, we had heard rumors that the Feds could push in that direction.
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Forum One
AUGUST 24, 2011
Charitywater.org is an international development organization renowned for it's emphasis on content strategy. After nearly 10 years since it's formal inception, most of us in the web strategy world are really starting to understand the critical role that content strategy plays in the overall success of any web communications plan. After nearly 10 years since it's formal inception, most of us in the web strategy world are really starting to understand the critical role that content strategy plays
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 20, 2011
You’d have to read deep into this article by ABC to realize that instead of being run by legitimate employers, the supposed job fair that left thousands waiting outside for hours in Atlanta’s sweltering heat for nothing was actually the work of U.S. Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson and sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus and its “For the People” Jobs Initiative (cough).
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 22, 2011
?Judge Loretta Preska took a lot of heat for rejecting an EEOC class-action claim that Bloomberg L.P. (NY) discriminates against pregnant women. According to the 2007 lawsuit, 603 female employees took maternity leave from Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s financial/media company over a period of six years. Seventy-eight claimed they were demoted , excluded from other job opportunities or took pay cuts after telling the company they were pregnant or returning from maternity leave.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 3, 2011
A Connecticut staffing firm COO faces felony forgery charges after allegedly failing to pay $40,000 in overtime wages. Kathryn Clark Melanson, 52, works at New England Personnel of Hartford LLC , an employment agency in Rocky Hill that finds work for people in a wide range of fields. Melanson is a self-professed workaholic, according to her page on the employment agency’s website.
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.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 10, 2011
This morning I arrived at my office, Red Eye from my coffee shop in hand, looking forward to a calm, paper-pushing kind of day, when I was brutally reminded of events from earlier in the summer when I thought it was a good idea talk to a Monster.com representative at SHRM 2011. Now, I should know better. I’ve done these things before. You go to the seminars and wander through the trade show, hoping that you’ll win that new iPad, avoiding sales reps at all cost.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 24, 2011
Frenchman Victor Petit made his resume stand out when applying for a creative internship. On the back of his resume, there was a picture of Petit’s face. He’d placed a QR code over his mouth. Recruiters could take a picture of the code, which links to a video on their smartphones. The video shows Petit’s mouth as he further details his career experience.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 11, 2011
It’s easy to find scores of how-to articles on making a good impression in the interview and how to score your dream job. Most of it is common sense. But what if you don’t want a full-time, permanent job? Life’s full of things to do, and temporary work gives you flexibility. Maybe you’re a work commitment-phobe , or you just like the element of surprise that comes from not knowing where you’re going to be from day to day.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 9, 2011
These days, job seekers should know that you have to look your absolute best for a job interview. What “looking one’s best” means is up for debate, especially among the extreme fashion-conscious. Here are a few of the latest fashion trends that could get a recruit hired – or not. You decide! This from Shekhar Eye Research: Contact lenses plated with gold and diamonds.
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.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 17, 2011
When it comes to recruiting highly talented chefs and truck drivers, there’s no better way to do it than a mobile app. Smartphone apps as a recruiting tool is by no means a novel concept. We all know that. But two niche industries – restaurants and truck driving – are becoming the first of their kind to launch their own apps. Restaurant Management Recruiters has created a free mobile phone application to find top-shelf chefs, managers and other staff for elite jobs that may not be ad
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 31, 2011
A survey by IT staffing company , Robert Half Technology , of 1,400 CIOs across the United States found that more than half are predicting that real-time collaboration technologies such as Jive and SharePoint will surpass email as the chief form of internal communications in the next five years. [Fierce Content Management]. Command Center is positioned for “Accelerated Growth” with revenue up 30% ($7.65 million for the month of August).
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 25, 2011
Study Claims Temps More Likely to be Involved With Errors , read the SIA headline today. What? This is a typical media reaction to the August 25 story about research by Johns Hopkins Medicine on emergency room temporary staff. The story begins, “Temporary staff members working in a hospital’s fast-paced emergency department are twice as likely as permanent employees to be involved in medication errors that harm patients.”.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 10, 2011
Generation Y: seeking fun and flexible working environments. Loves: being able to take a year off at a moment’s notice and enjoy in-house massage chairs. Recruiters, take note: Millennials not only want those types of jobs, but they want the job hunt to be equally as enjoyable. They want it all, and they want it now. How do you combine the two elements?
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
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 25, 2011
We couldn’t help but notice how several online job seekers have been wondering if HRP Staffing, which claims to be a staffing firm for healthcare professionals and operates from Plaistow, NH, is legitimate. The website for HRP (which stands for Hospital Recruiting Partners ) appears fairly convincing, with links to articles related to employment in medical staffing.
Forum One
AUGUST 15, 2011
This summer, I had the pleasure of attending the InterAction Forum (#IAForum) here in Washington, D.C. One of my most pleasant surprises was the acknowledgement and engagement at a very senior level around data sharing and transparency within the global development sector. This summer, I had the pleasure of attending the InterAction Forum (#IAForum) here in Washington, D.C.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 16, 2011
Who’ll win in staffing as mobile technology reboots yet again? The announcement today that Google plans to buy Motorola Mobility points to the harsh reality facing the staffing industry today: we’re an industry that connects people in an age of non-stop turbulence in how people connect. In staffing we’re constantly bombarded by new connecting technologies, yet we’ve dealt ourselves a hand that implores us not just to text and tweet ourselves but to guide our recruiters, candidates and clients to
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 5, 2011
Above graphic: Metropolitan area employment in June 2011. [Bureau of Labor Statistics]. Overzealous reporting: Recently the Sun-Sentinel reported that there were some 300 jobs available to jobseekers in the Glades area. Staffing Talk has learned that those jobs do NOT currently exist. There are projects in development and Workforce Alliance is keeping an open line of communication with developers in the Glades area with an intent focus of securing employment opportunities for Glades area residen
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An era of uncertainty has arrived in recruiting. The unpredictability that exists in the labor market can make it difficult for employers to know how they should respond in this environment. Despite the turbulence, recruiting professionals should be encouraged by recent trends. Applications per job are up over the last year across companies of all sizes, and more than half of all recruiters expect their teams to grow in the next year, with nearly two-thirds expecting their recruiting budgets to
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 29, 2011
A Chicago News Cooperative story published on August 24 and picked up on the 26 th by the New York Times describes how a group called the Latino Union of Chicago is taking steps to “clean up” the practice of hiring day laborers off of street corners. I mention this because, as we’re seeing in U.S. states like Illinois and Massachusetts , stories like this have a way of entangling the staffing industry in complex debates about immigration and human rights.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 24, 2011
Although I never met him, Steve Jobs has had a profound impact on my life. His genius transformed my business at two pivotal moments. One when he ran the now famous Super-Bowl ad for the MacIntosh in 1984, and the other when he came out with the Apple Laserwriter. When the Macintosh commercial ran, it woke me up from the slumber of coding strictly on mainframes.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 3, 2011
Forget job boards, career fairs or LinkedIn. Many companies are turning to different, more creative recruiting methods to find candidates. We’re in the 21st century, where free tattoos or a hot, limo-chauffeured date could make or break a candidate’s decision (also see “pet insurance as a benefit&# ). The latest recruitment campaign was launched by Zoosk , a social dating community.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 30, 2011
Howroyd-Wright Employment Agency, doing business as AppleOne Employment Services , leased 2,057 square feet at Cambric Corporate Center, at 1760 to 1790 E. River Road, from Cambric Partners. [Arizona Daily Star]. Bullish engulfing pattern: Kforce [Financial News Network Online]. SeatonCorp adds over 11,000 employees in the US over previous 3 years and earns the status of a top “Job Creator,&# according to Inc. magazine.
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Staffing Talk
AUGUST 23, 2011
That’s the offer from a group of downtown Detroit businesses, including a staffing firm. Called Live Downtown, the program leverages cash that five companies, including Strategic Staffing Solutions Inc. (S3) , has thrown into the hat for employees who agree to live or rent in the downtown area. Live Downtown promises incoming employees up to $20,000 if they buy a home in or near downtown Detroit.
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 11, 2011
As of June 30, 2011, there were 3.1 million job openings with little change to the turnover rate according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. [Bureau of Labor Statistics]. Who likes unannounced visits? Not many. FlexRN had an unannounced on-site review to earn recertification from the Joint Commission for Health Care Staffing Services (HCSS). How did it go?
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 11, 2011
We’ve heard it again, loud and clear: Temp workers are being mistreated in Massachusetts. We heard this at a news conference in New Bedford called by advocacy groups including the Immigrant Worker Center Coalition, the Community Center for the Workers, the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety & Health (MassCOSH).
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