Staffing Talk
MAY 6, 2013
'Nowadays, there are only two kinds of people: those who are eager to teach personal branding, and those who are eager to learn. We’re knee-deep in how-to’s which unanimously tout personal branding as a “must,” a “should,” a no-brainer. Curiously, the practice has escaped any kind of scrutiny. Of course, this is the natural byproduct of professional worlds colliding with personal spheres.
Hiring Thing
MAY 5, 2013
'The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare and sometimes abbreviated as PPACA or just ACA, passed in 2010 amidst a ton of hype.
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Bersin
MAY 10, 2013
I was at a conference with 50 or so chief learning officers last week and we had a number of discussions about leadership. Despite the fact that there are thousands of models, consultants, books, and assessments for leadership, this group hardly agreed on anything. We did agree that leadership development is a critically important challenge, […].
ExactHire Recruiting
MAY 10, 2013
How often is your recruiting department fielding unsolicited calls from applicants that are inquiring about the status of their application with your company? Too frequently? Well, its time to proactively communicate with your candidates so they don’t even feel the urge to pick up the phone or shoot off that next email inquiry. In the fourth installment of this “ Improve Your Hiring Process ” series, I talked about managing your pipeline of applicants effectively.
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Staffing Talk
MAY 10, 2013
'I haven’t had many run-ins with recruiters and the staffing industry. Much like Kinzy, I was unaware it even existed until a few years ago. But on a few choice occasions, recruiters have contacted me as a candidate for whatever placement they need to fill. Today was one of those occasions. And, boy oh boy, was this guy AWFUL. Admittedly, one recruiter who reached out to me in the past was pretty decent.
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Staffing Talk
MAY 7, 2013
'Let me get this out of the way right from the start. I really dig Pope Francis. From his washing the feet of women on Maundy Thursday to living in a guesthouse instead of the near-hedonistic papal suites, I find him inspiring. And his frugality and personal financial management should bring a chuckle to any staffing owner who has had to pinch pennies to make it through tough times.
Staffing Talk
MAY 7, 2013
'Over the last few decades we’ve seen several U.S. cities and markets doing everything they can to recruit a young and talented workforce. For “hip,” “in” places like Portland, San Francisco, Austin, and Denver/Boulder, it comes easy; but for others it’s a continual struggle. The reason? No one wants to live there. So much like a staffer trying to snag an ideal candidate for a client, they have to get creative.
Staffing Talk
MAY 10, 2013
'Normally I’m just after the math types, but this kid dishes it out Malcolm X style and is destined to change the world. In defense of the teacher who is accused of ‘collecting a paycheck … by handing out packets’, she’s polite enough as he rants, and we don’t really know from the video how she teaches. She wouldn’t be the first one to unfairly take it on the chin from an adolescent.
Staffing Talk
MAY 6, 2013
'Of all the irksome recent trends, perhaps the one that horrifies us the most right now is Résumé Tweeting. The Wall Street Journal lays out this skin-crawling trend in a few mere sentences: Twitter is becoming the new job board. It is also becoming the new résumé. Fed up with traditional recruiting sites and floods of irrelevant résumés, some recruiters are turning to the social network to post jobs, hunt for candidates, and research applicants.
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
MAY 10, 2013
'[We leave a lot of money on the table in staffing. Perhaps it''s because we''re so focused on people and relationships. Here''s a trick that will help even people that hate math to make quick calculations that can lead to better margins. --Gregg]. Remember that smart alec kid in school who, one day when particularly frustrated with their work, challenged the math teacher with: “Why do we have to learn this anyway?
Staffing Talk
MAY 8, 2013
'Who out there can say that their boss drove them to the tattoo parlor and shelled out the cash for their body art? Forty-four sales agents at Rapid Realty NYC, that’s who. They’re serving as permanent canvases for the RR company logo. And their motivation is the lifetime promise of a 15% bump in sales commission: Plenty of disincentives exist for tattoo lust (including the Obamas’ bizarre “we’ll-get-the-same-one” tactic ), but rarely do authority figures offe
Staffing Talk
MAY 6, 2013
'It’s not a job listings site or job lead site, but rather a web platform designed to connect college job-seekers with experienced, professional advisors for 30-minute informational phone calls. And six Harvard Business School students took LaunchPad from a simple concept to a public Beta launch in a period of just 10 weeks. The Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development 3 program is a crash course in building a company from scratch with a limited budget, and on a tight deadli
Staffing Talk
MAY 9, 2013
'With the increasing scrutiny from state and federal government agencies, worker misclassification has become quite the hot topic. It all started in 2010, when the IRS launched its Employment Tax National Research Project. They hired additional staff to audit 6,000 random employers with a focus on identifying companies that are misclassifying workers (and therefore underpaying employment taxes).
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
MAY 7, 2013
'Amazon could owe workers more than $100 million in back wages/penalties for unpaid time spent in security lines [Security Info Watch]. It’s National Nurses Week. Let’s talk the serious nurse shortage that will occur as our population ages [Poughkeepsie Journal]. Man who embezzled more than $100,000 from Staffing Consultants turned himself in [Black Mountain News].
Staffing Talk
MAY 8, 2013
'American companies spend about $30 billion each year relocating many of the nearly 880,000 heads of households who make job-related moves each year. And according to a new survey, nearly a third of those companies expect to increase employee relocations in 2013, even if they’re not also increasing relocation budgets. . A friend of mine has a daughter who is graduating this month with a degree in engineering from a large university.
Staffing Talk
MAY 6, 2013
'U.S. temp service jobs rose by 30,800 in April [Staffing Industry Analysts]. Midwest emerges as top destination for employee relocations in U.S., according to Atlas Van Lines Survey [The Wall Street Journal]. Signs of Obamacare effect are starting to show as companies with fewer than 50 employees are slowest to hire [Market Oracle]. Non-accounting skills are most sought-after in accountants , according to Accountemps [PR Newswire].
Staffing Talk
MAY 8, 2013
'Hutco Inc. agrees to pay $1.9 million in back wages to employees denied overtime through sloppy record-keeping [Staffing Industry Analysts]. OSHA imposes $24,000 fine upon finding 10 serious violations that led to a temp worker’s electrocution at a wastewater treatment site last year [Knox News]. Man who operated H&T in PA is convicted of running illegal alien employment ring [Daily Item].
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Staffing Talk
MAY 10, 2013
'Number of temporary workers heads toward record in the U.S. this year as companies begin to value being more “nimble” [Bloomberg Businessweek]. California lawmaker says companies who employ 500+ people (like Wal-Mart) should extend health care coverage to everyone on payroll, even if they’re part-time [LA Times]. Minneapolis-based Atterro Human Capital Group to acquire IT staffing firm Technical ProSource of Houston [Beaumont Enterprise].
Staffing Talk
MAY 10, 2013
'“ When we’re subject to so many marketing messages every day, how do we create an emotional connection with our potential job candidates quickly using only a few words or perhaps even just an image?” That’s a good question, and though it was posed by an HR pro following my presentation at the just concluded Twin Cities Human Resources Association Spring Conference on the campus of the University of Minnesota, I couldn’t have come up with a better one if I had plant
Staffing Talk
MAY 9, 2013
'New claims for jobless benefits hit lowest level since January 2008 [Market Watch]. Feds disclose prices hospitals charge for the most common inpatient procedures – and the range is stunning [Washington Post]. Job-related deaths among immigrants increased 14 per cent over just two years [WBEZ]. American Nurses Association applauds federal legislation that would empower RNs to guide staffing decisions in hospitals [Endo Nurse]. 66 per cent of hiring managers deem new college graduates unprepared
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