Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
I have an ongoing dialogue with a friend of mine, Lars Leafblad, around such topics as interviewing and finding top talent. He is an open, engaging and inquisitive person by nature, and his position as principal at a retained executive search firm gives him plenty of fodder for fascinating discussions. Recently Lars sent me a list of takeaways from his time in the business, and I want to share them.
Hiring Thing
NOVEMBER 27, 2011
'When I began talking to Josh, the founder and CTO here at HiringThing it brought back the many recruiting and hiring experiences I have had during my business career. The details change case by case, but a few strong themes emerge that seem to be challenges for every new company.
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Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Welcome back to work. Hope you had a good holiday. Were you one of the 50 million people who watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV by any chance? The retailer turned to social media to promote it and even track it with a mobile app for the iPhone and Android smartphones. Macy’s uses social media, particularly Facebook , to publicize shopping specials and holiday gift guides.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
During peak periods – around the holidays, tax season or over the summer – it’s critical that businesses can easily manage the addition of temporary employees and quickly get them up to speed. And from recruiting and training to offboarding, seasonal employees can put your human resources software and processes to the test. Not only do you have to find and hire the right people, you have a very short time to train them and get them connected to your organization.
Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch
Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 1, 2011
My weekly coffee chat and peer-to-peer networking group meeting didn’t start out as a bitch session against recruiters. But it did turn into one. And yes, in the process, someone told of a corporate hiring manager who did utter those words that make up our headline. During an actual job interview. More on that in a minute. So I am in this group of fairly disparate people in terms of life stage and vocation.
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Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 2, 2011
Want free, useful data about job postings in your line of business, in your area? Overall trends in specific jobs, year to year or month to month? Average salary for a specific job in a specific place? Who your competitors are looking for, and at what rate? And also, networking opportunities? Did we mention this is all free? Indeed.com can help you out.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
A man who sought help from a New York City employment agency but still couldn’t find a job has pleaded guilty to following the owner home and murdering her. [The New York Daily News]. Gary Giordano, a 50-year-old employment agency owner from Gaithersburg , Maryland, is scheduled to be freed Tuesday without any conditions. [FOX News]. GPA-Health Resources Services Association, a subsidiary of G4i Development Group and G4i Government Health Services, recently announced a strategic alliance w
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 2, 2011
Insight Global History. Why Work at Kforce: Potential for Growth. John Reed, Executive Director, Robert Half Technology, describes the hiring environment for the first quarter 2012, based on findings from the Robert Half Professional Employment Report. Unemployment Drops to 8.6%. Canada lost a surprising 18,600 jobs in November, pushing the country’s unemployment rate up by 0.1 percentage points to 7.4 per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
I’ve heard it time and again over the last five years that one of the best business investments you can make is VOIP, a technology that lets you make phone calls over the internet. Many of our clients, especially the more recently established ones, use them, yet Tempworks for all our grandeur in staying at the cutting edge, well were still relying on our Intertel phone sets which belong more rightly in our technology museum (yes, we have one), than on our desktops.
Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo
HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
A study released by Randstad delivers new insights on employees’ predictions on career and job prospects for 2012. Almost half of workers surveyed, 48 percent, believe their companies will cut benefits in the New Year and 41 percent believe their companies will lay off workers. However, 74 percent of US workers agree that their companies have great futures.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 1, 2011
New Delhi: outsourcing giant finds it must be client, too. [Star News]. UK: Welsh sisters jailed for £161m VAT scam HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) launched an investigation into the employment agency two sisters claimed to be running. Enquiries led to their arrest in January 2009, and they were charged in December 2009 with nine offences including VAT and tax credits frauds.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
The Smith School Women’s Society hosted recruiters from TEKsystems on Wednesday. TEKsystems is looking for driven students interested in a full-time position to be hired right after graduation. [The Munch!]. In an effort to help veterans find work more quickly , the Remedy Intelligent Staffing offices in Gainesville and Ocala, Florida are offering a free video interview service to job seekers who served in the military.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 2, 2011
We all hate to fire someone , though Donald Trump seemed to relish the role and George Clooney got pretty good at it in Up In The Air. It’s definitely safer to say we all hate to be fired. But sometimes it’s simply not our fault, or the fault of the employee and their output or performance on the job. Sometimes the problem begins on the front end, with the hiring process.
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