Sat.Nov 03, 2012 - Fri.Nov 09, 2012

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Have You Thanked a Veteran Lately? Have You Hired a Veteran Lately?

ExactHire Recruiting

It’s no secret that I have a huge amount of respect and admiration for the men and women – past, present, and future – that make up our Military. You will see that every opportunity I have to pay back our military, I will do it without complaint. It boils down to this one sentence, “They risk their lives so that I may be free.” There are very few instances where I would willingly go into harm’s way to save those I do not know.

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5 Qualities that Make a Good Leader in the Social Media Age

Forum One

The book Humanize makes the case for innovating the way we lead and manage our organizations. It suggests that last century’s mechanical models of management have become outdated in today’s more social world, and our challenge now is to create more human organizations that are more open, trustworthy, generative, and courageous. The very same elements that made social media a success.

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Romney’s “Unmittigated” Marketing Disaster: a Lesson for Staffing Companies

Staffing Talk

Mitt Romney was supposed to be the experienced businessman, the operational executive whose acumen would drive him to victory, but in the end he ran his campaign like an old man trying to use Windows8 , stumbling at every step and failing to get out the vote. Meanwhile President Obama’s number-crunching, millennial web guys crushed it. If you need your kids to switch from the Playstation to the NFL game like I do, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

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3 Lessons of Simplicity from the Facebook Playbook

Forum One

This year’s Halloween went on without a hitch! What is it about Facebook as a content platform that makes it a top destination and how can you take these learnings and apply them back to your website? read more.

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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Who the Staffing Industry Should Vote For

Staffing Talk

“If you elect __, the staffing industry will __.”. If you’re looking for concrete answers to fill in those blanks, we sadly can’t predict the future or know what flip-flopping, manipulative liar politicians actually will follow through on when they promise everything you’ve ever wanted. What we can provide, however, is a collection of links to what others are predicting this election will mean for the staffing industry.

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What Companies Are Doing With Their Craptons of Files

Staffing Talk

Even though many staffing companies have chosen to pursue paperless in some or most of their internal operations, many still have cabinets upon cabinets of employee files from the past that they must contend with. So what are they doing about those employee files? That’s what Staffing Talk intended to find out with its newest survey, sent to thousands of staffing professionals like yourself.

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Staffing News Of The Day, November 9, 2012

Staffing Talk

Management change at Randstad. [4-traders]. Peoplelink Staffing Solutions has announced the acquisition of Trade Management, Inc. headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. [Inside Indiana Business]. KMP Staffing in Cottonwood Heights was burglarized last week by Tyler Andrew Conti, 29, police said. The company lost about $5,000 worth of computers during the burglary.

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Employer Hangover Is Your New Business Opportunity

Staffing Talk

Judging by the hits to Staffing Talk this morning, employers woke up today with one thought on their minds: how can I still run my business with the new healthcare reform regulations? Solve it for them and you have yourself a flourishing business.

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Staffing in Africa: a Woman’s Place

Staffing Talk

I got a kick out of this Economist article about a woman entrepreneur in Africa, Divine Ndhlukula, who has emerged as the owner and operator of one of Zimbabwe’s most successful staffing firms. She began it from her kitchen table by providing security guards to transport American dollars (the official currency, interestingly) from one point to another.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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Bad News For Pharmaceuticals Good For Staffing?

Staffing Talk

It seems the American consumer is not buying prescription drugs at the rate they used to, including the 48.6 million uninsured Americans who are reluctant to spend money they don’t have on prescription drugs they can do without. Normally this kind of story wouldn’t catch my attention, but some employment and staffing company insights that were tucked in behind the story did get my attention.

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Staffing News Of The Day, November 7, 2012

Staffing Talk

Cross Country Healthcare announced its third quarter results and they were not pretty. The Boca Raton-based nurse and health care professional staffing company (NASDAQ: CCRN) lost $17.6 million, or 57 cents per share. That fell well short of analyst expectations of the company losing 2 cents per share. [South Florida Business Journal]. ReadyLink HealthCare Inc. of Thousand Palms owes State Compensation Insurance Fund an additional premium of $555,327 based on State Fund’s determination that Read

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Staffing News Of The Day, November 6, 2012

Staffing Talk

Providing healthcare benefits is top business challenge for company leadership, according to Adecco staffing US survey. [PR Newswire]. CBIZ acquires the Employee Benefit Division of Leavitt Pacific Insurance Brokers. [PR Newswire]. Labor SMART, Inc. hires Seasoned Veteran as New Area Vice President. [PR Newswire]. CDI Corp. ( CDI ) reported solid third quarter results on October 30 that included a positive surprise of nearly 30%.

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Staffing News Of The Day, November 5, 2012

Staffing Talk

Impellam chairman steps down. [StockMarketWire]. Randstad US, Professionals rebrands The Mergis Group’s engineering practice to Randstad Engineering. [Yahoo Finance]. Sentinel Capital Partners Sells Interim HealthCare. [PEHub]. Prolim Corporation acquires Able Design Engineering. [Melodika]. Team Health Holdings Inc. completes amendment of existing credit facility.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Staffing Talk Tries Recruiting Search Engine Scavado

Staffing Talk

A week ago Staffing Talk was made aware of a new staffing recruitment program called Scavado. With barely a year under its belt, this talent search engine promises to save recruiters’ time and money, improve their hires, and unearth talent your competitors won’t. It was already named Human Resources Executive Magazine ’s “Top HR Product of 2012” and has 160 company subscriptions from around the globe (mostly U.S. and UK).

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ObamaCare Giving Lift To Staffing Startup

Staffing Talk

Before I begin this piece in earnest, let me make one thing clear. It is not designed to be a political post, appearances notwithstanding. I am not going to tell you who I am voting for, and who you should vote for today. But I do want to pass on a conversation I had recently with a new staffing entrepreneur. Several times over the past five months or so we have written about ObamaCare, including this original post in June, and posited about whether it will be good – or bad – for the

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The 9 Circles of Staffing Hell

Staffing Talk

Have you ever felt like staffing is a world unto itself? Well what if it’s also an afterworld all its own? This goofy piece imagines that very thing using Dante’s Inferno as inspiration. For those of you unfamiliar with Dante’s Inferno , it’s part of an epic poem ( The Divine Comedy)wherein the author is led on a tour through Hell with his mentor (fellow poet) Virgil.

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Judge Tosses Staffing Companies Lawsuit Against South Dakota Governor

Staffing Talk

A circuit court judge in South Dakota dismissed a lawsuit a trio of local companies filed against South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard that was intended to invalidate a $5 million contract the state awarded to Manpower earlier this year. Governor Dennis Daugaard. Three local companies, Careers Unlimited Staffing , Employment Edge and Reagan Enterprises, brought the suit, arguing the Manpower contract violated state and federal laws as well as the state’s constitution.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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Staffing News Of The Day, November 8, 2012

Staffing Talk

Monster Worldwide reports Third Quarter 2012 Results and announces corporate restructuring. [MarketWatch]. Agility Clinical Expands Consulting Services to more broadly serve small and virtual biopharma and device companies. [MarketWatch]. What’s Moving Markets: Why Europe Matters – Industry Report on Precision Castparts Corporation and Robert Half International Inc.