Sat.Feb 16, 2013 - Fri.Feb 22, 2013

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Interviews As Marketing Tools: Awful Or Innovative?

Staffing Talk

Today’s job climate can sometimes feel like an overwhelming popularity contest in which the rules are elusive and ever-morphing. Whose LinkedIn profile can glean the most hits, or the most skill endorsements? Whose résumé is the prettiest? Or the most peppered with personality? But it’s not just candidates who are self-aware and looking to stay on top of the shuffle.

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White Paper: Top 10 Best Practices for State Health Reform Websites

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Explaining the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to consumers outside the beltway can sometimes be like translating a foreign language. Health reform and health insurance exchanges can be tricky. An authoritative, credible online resource for this information is vital for state governments to provide their populations. Explaining the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to consumers outside the beltway can sometimes be like translating a foreign language.

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On Building Friendly Software

Hiring Thing

'As an industry, we talk quite a bit about the art and science of building good software. Concepts like responsive design, patterns and frameworks are all key building blocks, but, at HiringThing we feel like something is missing from the discussion. How do you quantify the way users feel about your software?

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5 Hidden Dangers That Come With Cutting Employees for Obamacare

Staffing Talk

Over the past year we’ve heard a lot about companies who say the Affordable Care Act will force them to cut their number of employees down or, in some cases, nearly all their employees down to part-time. Well as some companies learned from the economic unease of recent years, these kinds of cuts may seem like a good short-term measure, but they have hidden implications that can damage an operation in the long-term.

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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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Do Staffing Agencies Need A Boost Of Professionalism?

Staffing Talk

The other day I went to a “job fair” that featured representatives from 90 companies, including some national staffing agencies. At this event there were several breakout sessions on job hunting, including one on the prospect of using the services of staffing agencies as a bridge to permanent employment. The comments from the crowd weren’t particularly positive, especially on the topic of professionalism, and I thought I would share a few of them.

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Recruiting? Consider the New Fangled “Show Me” Job Boards

Staffing Talk

[This is a post about specialized “show me” job boards that make LinkedIn and Monster looked like classified ads in a faded newspaper. I’ve written about these sites before in regards to recruiting developers , but now they are making their way into other recruiting domains like designers.]. CodePen may not like me calling them a job board, but what better name is there for a place where high-end, approachable talent hangs out?

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What If Your Employee Salaries Looked More Like Sports Contracts?

Staffing Talk

We’re in an age of employer uncertainty. For the last few years, that uncertainty has been fueled by a difficult economy. And while it appears as though that’s improving, it’s making way for a new problem. The talent you’ve employed was happy just to hold onto their jobs the past few years, but now they’re restless and ready to move up. This poses a bothersome question in the minds of the bosses: How do we deliver a quality service/product with sustainable consistency in this changing climate?

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Entrepreneur Says Employers No Longer Need To Outsource Recruiting To A Professional

Staffing Talk

Always be recruiting. Do it yourself. Don’t outsource to a professional. The process is just like any other marketing or sales campaign. Now discuss. Yikes! Right? Bryan Burkhart , the person who wrote those italicized statements, joined a software startup when he was 23 and helped grow it to $100 million in revenue and an IPO. In 2010, he co-founded H.Bloom – an online service that delivers flowers to your home or office on a subscription basis.

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This Missing Element to LinkedIn Is Driving Demand For Staffing

Staffing Talk

Always be recruiting. Do it yourself. Don’t outsource to a professional. The process is just like any other marketing or sales campaign. Now discuss. Yikes! Right? Bryan Burkhart , the person who wrote those italicized statements, joined a software startup when he was 23 and helped grow it to $100 million in revenue and an IPO. In 2010, he co-founded H.Bloom – an online service that delivers flowers to your home or office on a subscription basis.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Immigration Reform: How Would it Affect Staffing?

Staffing Talk

I’m curious where you staffing professionals sit in regards to immigration reform like the recently ‘leaked’ plan by President Obama to give undocumented immigrants an eight-year path to become permanent legal residents. Would it hurt or help the staffing industry? Are there currently vacant jobs that could be filled by these people? Or would it permanently prevent already legal Americans from getting those jobs at a more equitable market rate?

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Look Out, Executive Forum. Staffing Talk’s Comin’ For Ya.

Staffing Talk

If you’ve checked the Staffing Industry Events Calendar lately, you know that Staffing Industry Analysts’ annual Executive Forum is upon us. Starting Monday, Feb. 25, staffing industry bigwigs the world over will descend upon Orlando to unleash a plague of vast recruitment knowledge and an insurmountable number of leather and suede loafers. Also, Staffing Talk will be there.

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Staffing News of the Day, February 22, 2013

Staffing Talk

Labor groups and businesses lay out shared goals of immigration reform [The New York Times]. Businesses need Linux IT pros…they need them now… and they’ll shell out big bucks to land them [ZD Net]. Leader provider of ATS, TargetRecruit.net, simplifies nurse recruitment by integrating Prophecy Healthcare Assessments [Digital Journal]. On Assignment focuses on supplying math and science workers , grows faster than “most publicly traded staffing companies” [Investing Daily].

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Staffing News of the Day, February 20, 2013

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Only half of large recruitment firms use social networks , compared to “almost all” who use their company website and job boards [On Rec]. “Freelance nation” trend is double-edged sword for U.S. workers; companies largely benefit [The Street]. California berry growers see worst labor shortage in more than four decades and speak out in favor of immigration reform [Wall Street Journal].

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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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Introducing Rachel Bell, Director of Marketing

Hiring Thing

'HiringThing is excited to announce the addition of Rachel Bell to our growing team. Rachel brings over fifteen years of marketing and market research experience, including eight years of experience at other start-ups.

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SendGrid Case Study

Hiring Thing

'Our implementation of SendGrid was a success and we thought it was worth sharing about. As it turns out, SendGrid read our blog and asked if we''d like to be a case-study.

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Is Loving The Job Part Of The Job?

Staffing Talk

“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Even though the Chinese teacher and philosopher Confucius said that some 1,500 years ago, I still hear people say that. In fact, I heard a guy who has been a career counselor his entire life utter that line in a meeting just last week. But what of it? Is loving our job part of the job today?

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Staffing News of the Day, February 19, 2013

Staffing Talk

Workforce analysts call temporary work the new normal , amid predictions that by 2030, half of all working Americans will be part of a contingency workforce [New Hampshire Union Leader]. Alleged victims of an employment staffing company scam promised back wages in Boston [Eater]. Florida-based disaster relief staffing firm operates on strikingly different co-employment model [The Dickinson Press].

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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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Six Ways to Blow It During the Counter-Offer Phase

Staffing Talk

[Am I the only one to find myself on edge when counter-offers are in play? It feels a lot like it does in sales when you’ve gotten a verbal from the prospect but you’ve still got a contract and a relationship that need to land safely. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my tongue-in-cheek efforts here of sharing mistakes I’ve made over the decades.]. Congratulations!

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Staffing News of the Day, February 21, 2013

Staffing Talk

23% of Americans think now is a good time to find a quality job , the highest measurement since 2008 [Gallup]. Demands of job at stress ball-packing plant provoke disgruntled temporary employee to punch boss in face [Huffington Post]. Level of jobless claims increased by 20,000 last week [Market Watch]. Hiring analytics covering the Silicon Valley show surprising turn: only 24% of all online job postings are for IT specialists [SF Gate].

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Staffing News of the Day, February 18, 2013

Staffing Talk

Amazon fires security guards who intimidated temp workers at German center, while the staffing company that supplied them may lose their licensing [The Washington Post & Staffing Industry Analysts]. According to a new workforce trends study , 80% of US employers will sustain or increase hiring levels [Yoh]. ManPower Group survey finds 17% of Illinois employers plan to add staff in first quarter , a 3% increase from 2012 [The Telegraph].