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Lessons from the Staffing Industry Crash of 2002

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If the stock market is any indication - and it is - the staffing industry is in for some tough times in 2008. The Hang Seng is down more than 8% today alone, and the staffing stocks in the U.S. staffing industry, it's enough for some statistical observations. Fortunately, we have the staffing crash of 2002 to learn from.

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Search Solution Group Rapidly Gaining Market Share With the Advent of Focused Divisions

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Search Solution Group has discovered that specialization is the key to providing clients with exceptional talent solutions at any level of hiring. At Search Solution Group, our divisions consist of specialized personnel: the staffing team only works on contract roles and the executive team works solely on executive searches.

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Staffing MythBusters: Active vs. Passive Candidates

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Between downsizing, restructuring, outsourcing, and the economy, you’ve got plenty of potential great hires out there. And as far back as “ Free Agent Nation ,” (Daniel Pink, 2002), if not before, the rise of the independent worker has been a growing factor in the workforce, and only increasing with the rise of the millennial generation.

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Staffing News Of The Day, April 19, 2012

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The company, which had just six employees in 2010, now has 18 workers and is ready to hire more. Hiring An Ex. Ajilon Professional Staffing recently identified the Twin Cities as the best place to find a job in the U.S. Staffing Agency Founder Rona Borre named finalist for 2012 Illinois Technology Association CityLIGHTS Award.

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Does Your Top IT Person Need Top-Notch Technical Experience?

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When you hire or promote, do you think that person needs actual front line experience in the area they may now be assuming a leadership role in? Consider that Jacob joined Target’s department store division (Dayton’s) as an assistant buyer, and returned to Target in 2002 as director of guest contact centers.

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Cracking The Code - How Recruiters Interpret Your Resume

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Second-guessing, improving and tweaking anything they can to improve their chances and impress recruiters/hiring managers. Employers are also hesitant to hire candidates through recruiters on a permanent basis. But if any of those words are on your resume or LinkedIn profile, recruiters and hiring managers see that as code.

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The Power Shift That Killed The American Dream

Staffing Talk

We forget, he says, the lesson that Henry Ford and other historic figures taught us, and that is that well-paid workers generate consumer demand that in turn promotes business expansion and hiring. Instead we get companies demanding wage freezes, lowering health benefits, cutting their workforce, all while posting record profits.