Staffing Talk
JANUARY 10, 2013
With its built-in readership’s desire to be inspired, enlightened, informed, or just merely told something they don’t already know, business advice is a major industry. But no matter how many books come out, few are even good enough to admit to having read, let alone are considered essential reading. The solution to this problem is simple: replace the authors.
ExactHire Recruiting
JANUARY 11, 2013
When I hired on at ExactHire, I honestly had NO idea what this company did. I had never dealt with applicant tracking systems and onboarding before. These were words that might as well have been foreign! To make it more interesting, my family and friends wanted to hear all about my new job and what services we provided…. I had a hard time explaining, at first.
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 9, 2013
Perhaps not as famous as George Carlin’s infamous Seven Dirty Words , Staffing Talk’s Five Forbidden Words are hopefully just as widely understood among staffing professionals as Carlin’s are for those in TV. But I’ll let you be the judge …. Temp. noun. 1: an individual with limited-term employment. Not so much a forbidden word as politically incorrect or faux pas, “temp” (and its plural form, “temps”) has garnered a dirty and quazzi-derogatory reputation as meaning “inferior worker.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 7, 2013
Congratulations to our Subscribe-and-Win-a-Shirt. Contest Winner, Ms. Kimberly Martine. Kim is a manager of temp/contract labor at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield in New Jersey, and she’ll soon be receiving Staffing Talk’s exclusive t-shirt. (See attached visual approximation illustrating the mathematical certainty of Kim + Shirt = Awesome.). Thanks to everyone who subscribed, and keep an eye out for other giveaways in the future!
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 9, 2013
An Eggplant exclusive. The Eggplant denies any relationship with The Onion. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jung-Un announced today a pact to control the entirety of the world’s information. The announcement came after Schmidt’s high level meeting with the communist overlord and was timed to coincide with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 7, 2013
This is the time of the year when two things happen. The first is that I get in a tug of war with my wife over clothes. It goes like this. For Christmas she buys me some expensive outfit from Nordstrom’s which I pretend to love on Christmas morning. But soon my el cheapo entrepreneur instincts kick in and I tell her to return them, that I’ll get my stuff from Sam’s club.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 8, 2013
Michael Page announced today that its CEO has been appointed to a non-executive director position at the department store Debenhams [Staffing Industry Analysts]. Rhode Island paid $13.1 million to temp staffing firms in 2012 [Providence Journal]. The Earnings Season that’s expected to show slow corporate growth began today with dips on Wall Street [Reuters].
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 9, 2013
There is a lot not to like about the 75,000 L-1 visas our government grants each year. By allowing international companies to bring workers in from third-world countries for up to seven years, L-1s favor big multinationals over smaller domestic companies, distort regional job markets (fewer jobs, lower pay for some Americans), and make it possible to set up third-world sweatshops right here on American soil.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 11, 2013
How do people lose rings anyway? Guys, mine stays right on my finger.
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
JANUARY 11, 2013
The following email is real, though the names have been changed (for obvious reasons). It was sent to us by an HR professional and long-time reader, who tells us the applicant sought an accounting position. She says: “This guy applied online on Friday, I emailed him Saturday to follow up and was going to phone screen him today until I noticed that he lives out of state.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 8, 2013
This week I read a post on recruiter.com , The Real Reasons Your Employees are Leaving You. Author Maren Hogan references a recent infographic by Paycom that discusses the issue of “pull” versus “push.” A “push” is when an employee leaves for reasons related to their current job as opposed to being “pulled” by an outside offer that tantalizes. Paycom says that 94% of employees report voluntarily leaving for a push reason rather than a pull.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 9, 2013
The IRS has released proposed regulations regarding the Affordable Care Act, plus a list of FAQs [Mondaq]. NRLB has beefed up the requirements for back pay payments when an employer loses a labor dispute [JD Supra]. The Recruitment & Employment Confederation finds that perm and temp placements rose in December, along with overall job vacancies, while availability of perm staff declined [The Information Daily].
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 10, 2013
Toronto-based Vestiigo announced that it has been acquired by Ottawa-based Talentlab [Betakit]. Ontario court rules that even careless workers are protected by OSHA laws [JD Supra]. Kavaliro snags $10 million staffing contract for Fannie Mae [Tampa Bay Business Journal]. Will Canada reform its Temp Foreign Worker Program? [The Tyee]. TeamHealth acquires emergency medicine practice in California [TeamHealth].
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
JANUARY 10, 2013
Have you heard of the practice of not only considering an applicants’ Klout score, but actually using the measurement as a first-round qualifier? Are you doing this now? Would you consider it? Maybe for certain positions only? Do you even know what a Klout score is? Do you care? Knowing that if you don’t even know what a Klout score is you probably won’t read this far, “the Klout score is a number that represents the aggregation of multiple pieces of data about your social med
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 11, 2013
National Labor Review Board expands the rights of employees to discuss confidential company information, and in some cases even post it on social sites [JD Supra]. Express Employment Professionals expands staffing operation with new branch in New Jersey [Freehold Patch]. DMJ Recruitment is appointed the sole staffing partner of ICSA [Online Recruitment Resource].
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 7, 2013
Social media use among recruiters is rising. Rapidly. But it may not be happening fast enough, at least according to a survey of leaders in human resources and talent management who believe their companies are behind in terms of the adoption and use of both internal and external social networking technologies. Most of us probably use social media platforms and networks in some form or fashion to build our brands, market our organizations, and even list specific job reqs.
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