41 Friend or Foe?
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 18, 2006
One day in 1984, a client lashed out at me; "Gregg, that Apple MacIntosh is going to replace the likes of you within two years."
2006 Related Topics 
Celebrating Employee #1's Nine-Year Anniversary
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 14, 2006
Brenda just celebrated her 9th anniversary with TempWorks. Here's how important luck is for hiring a superstar like her: In 1997, after running TempWorks at either a client office or in my basement for the previous three years, I decided it was finally time to get an office.
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Staffing Show Pics
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 13, 2006
I want to thank my teams for their tremendous effort at the ASA show. The booth was packed with prospects, even during periods when other vendors were busy sulking. I had a good time with the entire gang, as well
Sexual Predator Nailed by Hacker
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 25, 2006
Now here's an article about a programmer that deserves a Nobel prize
Giving Away Those Resumes
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 25, 2006
Tip-of-the-hat to one of my favorite marketing blogs, HorsePigCow
TempWorks Featured in UK Based Recruiting Magazine
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 9, 2006
Onrec , the UK based webzine for the recruitment industry, has featured us in their recent North American Newsletter. Here are a snippet from their coverage
Factoring: the Underbelly of the Staffing Business
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 16, 2006
The factoring business has traditionally found fertile ground in the staffing industry, where lack of capital to cover payroll constrains growth and often leads to financial meltdown. That's changing according to the folks over at Staffing Industry Analysts.
Enterprise Web 2.0: Amazon is the New Sears Catalog
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 14, 2006
Successful recruiting today requires you to efficiently build and sustain a candidate community hungry for mobility. This makes recruiting a fertile application for enterprise 2.0 or enterprise social software. Look here for an opposing view on Enterprise 2.0.
StaffingTalk Goes Undercover at the Sales Ladder
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 7, 2006
I've gone undercover as a job board snooper first just to discover innovations for our applicant portal products at Tempworks, second to understand how these boards are playing out in the market today (are they still trashed with trolling agency ads and stale candidates?)
Once Upon a Time I Sold Mainframe Software
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
These YouTube clips really do remind me of the characters I worked with. Tip of the hat to Anthony Iannarino's www.thesalesblog.com.
Microsoft Vista Demo Goes Awry
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 5, 2006
You know that we're really big on Vista here at TempWorks, but I'm sure glad I wasn't part of this demo
Advice to a Struggling Entrepreneur
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 2, 2006
[adapted from Slashdot.org posts by Shaper_pmp] "I'm the CEO of the company and my salary is less than $60K/year. My techs are paid hourly -- sometimes, during rough periods, they get paid more than I do. I manage to live just fine here in San Jose on a $50K/year salary."
Paradigm Paralysis in HR Technology
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 28, 2006
John Sullivan writes some great essays on HR like this one at www.ere.net. I do have a couple criticism of his essay despite it being as usual a great piece of writing.
Croatia: Land of Open Software
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 23, 2006
Croatia is doing well since the Yugoslavia breakup in 1991. They are looking to keep things efficent and open. Open Source, Open Society" and tall blonds according to this thread. Relevance to staffing software: new players can make a move that others can't.
A Software Company to Admire
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 19, 2006
Epic Systems , an employee owned software company based in Madison, WI, has been taking the enterprise software market for hospitals by storm. You can read more about them at HISTALK , one of my favorite blogs and perhaps the most popular blog on the hospital industry itself.
David Maister Blog
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 10, 2006
Management guru David Maister has taught me a lot about leverage and strategy. His book, Managing the Professional Services Firm , had a lot of influence on how I set up and run Tempworks.
Product Renewal Makes Good Business Sense
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 7, 2006
Businesses often fail to improve their traditional products to their own detriment. The passion gets diverted solely to new products, and the result is often reduced profit and neglect of traditional customers.
Outlook Integration in TempWorks Updated
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 4, 2006
Hi guys, OutlookTW is now ready for beta 1. Thanks also goes out to Kevin for his help on this project. Following are the changes from the last time I demo-ed it (sorry, but some is technical talk). A revamped message form.
Fashion Blog
Staffing Talk
JUNE 10, 2006
I'm always on the lookout for people that make me think different. These photos by the fashion blogger make me do that. Dig that purse
Why Can't Programmers Make Their Software as Reliable as Bridges?
Staffing Talk
JUNE 6, 2006
There are movements afoot to regulate the software industry, much like OSHA regulates workplace safety. Although motivation behind this comes from well-meaning individuals frustrated with software quality, it also comes from consultants whose self-interest overtakes common sense.
Vision Is Back In Fashion, Beware!
Staffing Talk
JUNE 5, 2006
During the market crash a few years back, vision became a dirty word. Anyone claiming to have a vision for anything became suspect for having zero execution and negative income. Tactics, the short term ability to get stuff done and make money, ruled the day.
Good Morning Direct Hire America
Staffing Talk
MAY 14, 2006
Ok, I've been dishing it out to Microsoft the last few posts. Time to show I can take it as well. I was in cutting a new clip on Direct Hire this weekend, and I just got reamed by my 10-year-old daughter.
Unlocking Enterprise Data Trapped in Microsoft Outlook
Staffing Talk
MAY 5, 2006
Earlier this week, I did a post on a major collaboration between Microsoft and SAP in a project code-name 'Mendocino'. With Mendocino, they seek to unlock the desktop treasures trapped in Microsoft Outlook and make them available to the enterprise.
Old Girlfriends, Microsoft Access and My New Love: LLBL
Staffing Talk
APRIL 13, 2006
It's hard to get over some things. Old girlfriends, car accidents, and, oh yes, old database programming platforms.
Electronic Invoicing: Another Step Towards Paperless Staffing
Staffing Talk
MARCH 10, 2006
In this interview, Senior TempWorks Developer Nguyen Tran gives an overview of his remake of TempWorks integrated electronic invoicing. The new version supports meta-data driven invoice styles, pdf formatted invoices, multiple recipients and more.
Game Theory Contest Winner
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 26, 2006
Staffing Talk's Game Theory Contest award went to Kevin Prow, a TempWorks employee, who came up with the mathematically correct answer: in a world of logical and non-suicidal entities (staffing companies), one would only pounce if there were an even number of remaining entities.
Product Preview: ScheduleWorks
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 20, 2006
In this webcast with Senior TempWorks Developer, Arif Khan, we unveil a project that we've kept mostly secret at TempWorks for some time with an internal code name of XR1 and with an intended first market of scheduling-based staffing businesses like healthcare and security guards.
Fashion-Minded Photographs
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 29, 2006
I enjoy the fashion blogs , but none of them can keep up with the artistic sense of my brother Doug's online photo gallery. He will be doing a montage of his favorite photographs for Tempworks in the coming weeks. You can buy his pictures too here
TempWorks FX Makes Glorious ASA Show Results
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 12, 2006
Here's the press release on our offerings at the recent American Staffing Association show in Las Vegas
The Economics of Staffing
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 25, 2006
Slashdot has an exchange or rather a pissing contest going on about the merits of an innovative technical staffing service that promotes itself as "the way software gets done". I suspect a better tagline or at least a more appropriate one would be "the way arguments start". At the end of the day, a staffing company connects resources with users of those resources.
Leading the Avalon Wave
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 9, 2006
As you know, we are getting set to unveil TempWorks FX at the upcoming staffing shows. Our develop team has emerged as one of world's leading line-of-business development efforts with this new technology. Here is a recent post by the project leader and Tempworks CTO, Paul Czywczynski on a website devoted to the technology: [link] Posts 3 Re: Feedback please: WPF for LOB applications (Data entry/Data Viz/etc.) Was this post helpful ? ·
Quote of the Day
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
"The object of life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, 'Holy Shit, What a Ride!!!’ Mavis Leyrer Tip of the hat to Ben Casnocha who is who going to my college, Claremont McKenna
Spoof on MacVsPC Commericals
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2006
SalesForce.Com gets a lot of press.they're good at that. But when it comes to running a staffing business you need much more: integrated applicant portals, electronic invoicing, online time cards and a lot of other stuff. For more info, check out: Hi I'm Sales Force; Hi I'm TempWorks
Why Jocks Often Make Great Sales People
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2006
Ben Casnocha keeps a great and proflific blog here , and here he shares why jocks make great sales people
Recruiting Advice
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2006
The best people in each field are simply never on the market according to Ed Sim , one of my favorite VC bloggers. He's right as is Joel Spolsky
Giving Away Money Doesn't Build Trust
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2006
Sometimes I think recruiters listen to too much of the band,Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP), and their hit song 'Give It Away' because they (the recuiters) are constantly dumping their candy in the lobby, opening their kimono, and giving away their candidates, their crown jewels. I've blogged about this before and especially about the unsoundness of emailing resumes.
TempWorks Web Center 5 GUI Design Video Clip
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 8, 2006
Here's a clip with GUI designer Aaron Nottestad
Conference Season Fun
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 8, 2006
Conference season is coming up and that means we will get the invariable soul that walks into our both and asks the question: "How much?". Now after you've been standing on your heels for a few hours, it's hard unless you're a sales guy at core to not get flippant. And well at core I'm not a sales guy.
China Opens Clinic for Internet Addiction
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 1, 2006
Propaganda ran thick about equal access to healthcare when I lived in the Soviet Union in 1979. The reality of course was that it wasn't equal at all. If you had a lot of money to bribe your doctor, you got medicine. If you didn't you, well you just suffered. But it looks like the commies are catching up. they have exactly the kind of healthcare I need for me and my family
Applicant Portal Update
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 25, 2006
Applicant Portal quickly became a key part of our staffing software suite when we introduced it a few years back. The ability to both use it as an in-house kiosk and an internet application has made it a dual purpose time-saver and critical for the increasingly tight labor market. This summer we did a major upgrade, to version 2.0, and a lot of the work was done by an intern developer, Laura Stoerzinger, whom I've actually known since she was in kindergarten.
Hiring Is Obsolete
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 19, 2006
It's much smarter to hire 20-year-olds than 30-year-olds. They're cheaper, they don't come with baggage (most of the time) and they tend to make more of a community out of the workplace. They also take to newer technologies faster, and if you make money innovating like TempWorks does then you need the new ideas those young people bring in. Paul Graham, one of my favorite essayists , starts with these same ideas and concludes that hiring is becoming obsolete
Joel Spolsky On Software
Staffing Talk
AUGUST 15, 2006
Joel keeps one of the most respected blogs on software development. He runs an intense little software shop in New York, and in this recent post he writes about how he manages. He claims quite a retention rate - that no one never leaves. Is that always good? I'm not so sure, but I do have to respect how much care he puts into making newcomers feel welcome - Yankee games, Broadway Shows, lunches. Hey Joel, can I apply? But really he gets the secret sauce wrong.
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