Say what you want about social media and organic search results, pay-per-click is still the crowned prince of lead generation. I’m reposting this clip I did on search engine guru Clint Danks of Thinksem , a consultancy that handles our pay-per-click advertising with Google and others. MORE
The TempWorks Twitter client stands out from others by its tight integration with an enterprise crm database, but we’re still far short of the leaders when it comes to features. Here’s my take on our competition. MORE
Ok maybe not LonelyGirl15 viral, but for a slapped-together, boss-walking-around-the-office-with-camera doing blatant self-promotion video, hitting the 1k view mark is pretty cool. At first I just stuck it on my blog. Then our newsletter editor picked it up as a sound-bite for the month. MORE
For those of you who remember that far back I ran Europe’s first ever Social Media in Recruitment Conference back in July 2009 and Andy kindly spoke at two out of the five Social Media Recruitment Conferences that I ran. Video Marketing & Social Media Advertising For Recruiters. MORE
[link] The Robot, a healthcare staffing and technology blogger, writes “TempWorks - TempWorks makes great software for staffing agencies. It's not specific to healthcare so I can't say that I've used it or even seen that much of it. MORE
Investment banking house Stifel Nicolaus maintained its hold rating on Monster.com (ticker MWW ) , discounting any benefit MWW may have gained from an improved job economy worldwide. MORE
Prominent Newsletter Coverage Hassan also got some prominent coverage in the Tempworks June 2009 Newsletter : What are the contributing factors to his happiness and success at TempWorks? MORE
[with the biggest blizzard of the century supposedly about to hit Minnesota, i pulled out this story of mine as a warning to any who dare defy mother nature] Assumptions can cost you dearly. One I made once almost cost me my life. MORE
Well, if you’ve been feeling like that, then you won’t be surprised to hear that according to a consumer analysis carried out by financial services company Simple Payday , it was revealed that our household finances are worse than they were during the height of the recession, in early 2009. MORE
The race is on. The social media revolution has happened and no stone is being left unturned. Not for Pepsi. Not for Tiger. And not for enterprise software companies either. MORE
Last week I wrote about a flawed article in the LATimes that sought to discredit the temp nursing industry, and this week a public radio station in Southern California took the story further. MORE
July 16, 2015 By Mike Taylor Leave a Comment It’s hard to believe as I write this post that I organised Europe’s first ever Social Media in Recruitment Conference back on the 16th July 2009 (6 years ago today). Candidate Attraction - Target Your Ideal Candidates. MORE
reply Trevor Miles - March 23rd, 2009 at 7:02 pm PDT While I can see this as a cost advantage to SFDC, I am struggling to see how this translates into a cost advantage for people using force.com. MORE
Once upon a time some brash young programmers changed a lot of things at TempWorks. And they created a video to tell about it MORE
This is an excerpt from a whitepaper that Matt Charney and I are writing on the five biggest changes in staffing vendor management for the year 2009: VMS 2.0: The Continued Importance of Social Media Bad news. Twitter, Facebook, and the myriad other social networks that have sprung up over the past few years aren’t going away. The good news? VMS stands uniquely positioned to capitalize on this trend, and the best firms are already beginning to integrate Web 2.0 MORE
I can’t say enough good things about the TempWorks payroll funding team. Efficient. Caring. Intelligent. Empathetic. Patient. Capable of taking on stressful projects and completing them on time and with a smile. MORE
Staffing Talk readers know I don’t have much use for Monster. If it’s not their 4171 page online application, then it’s their back panel for employers that wins the worst of web 1.0 award. If you’re in the employment business, then brand your own employment process not Monster’s I say. MORE
It's a fallacy that social media replaces the ATS or for that matter job boards. Email didn't replace the fax, the fax didn't replace the letter, the letter didn't replace the personal visit etc ad nauseum. Things evolve. New, thriving job boards emerge in niche spaces on a regular basis. MORE
Popular finance blogger Paul Kedrosky posted this graph of unemployment rates across 50 metro areas but he doesn’t give a source for the data and a lot of it seems suspect. MORE
If you follow the story out of India this morning, you’ll see the seed of what I predict will be known as the great offshoring crash of 2009. No doubt, authorities there will spin the Satyam crash as a one-man Indian Enron, but make no mistake: this will sting every player – investors and western companies dependent on offshore – like a Sambol #5 Hot Curry on a Lake Wobegon palate. The real cause of the offshore crash is that you can’t keep a good man down. MORE
I don’t know Jason Averbrook, a noted HR technology consultant, and have no reason to doubt, as he wrote recently , that his company, Knowledge Infusion, “has always stood behind its ethics and approach to helping organizations choose the right technology for their organization.” MORE
It’s the NBA finals so why not check out the Steve Nash videos on employment branding. Jim Lanzalatto writes in Workforce Management that staffing suppliers are in a brutal stretch over the next year but some are making gutsy bets: “Forward-thinking C-level decision-makers are picking their spots to expand their businesses, making gutsy, strategic decisions in what they think are growth markets, hoping to offset weaknesses elsewhere in their firms. And they’re not guessing. MORE
Brandon Johnson, Product Manager of TempWorks DocCenter, gives a quick walk through of a job candidate filling out requisite paperwork online. Check out our recent press release for more information. Special thanks to Drew Bommett of TempWorks for conducting the interview MORE
In fact, throughout the recession of 2009, our client deployments of VMS brought an increased emphasis on extended cost control as companies are placing increased scrutiny around the process of vendor selection, and trending certainly suggests an increase in business process outsourcing. MORE
Saint Paul, MN ( PRWEB ) September 14, 2009 -- The recession has not been kind to Cleveland. MORE
Employers can eliminate on-boarding paperwork with TempWorks paperless solutions. TempWorks developer Brandon Johnson demonstrates how an employment candidate could submit W4 and other paperwork MORE
In January of 1968, a squad of Vietcong guerrillas gunned down two American policeman guarding the US embassy in Saigon and blasted a hole in the outer wall, laying siege to a largely unguarded facility. MORE
With all the talk of employment branding you’d think that most recruiters would have long since figured out how to brand themselves, but it ain’t so. The shoemakers children once again go barefoot. In this clip I encourage recruiters to take their personal brand seriously and seize the day. MORE
This is a repost of my Dad's story about how he built that company up a New York based technical services company and ended up leaving it for Manpower in 1966: Take This Job and Shove It The company was doing about $2.5 million in sales when I joined [in the early 1960s]. MORE
Tempworks client and text-messaging partner Instaff is surging as the recovery takes hold. The Memphis Business Journal interview of Instaff CEO Beth Garvey revealed that it recently received orders totaling more than $5 million for 585 temporary positions at five companies. MORE
[link] The Onion succeeds with this humoristic piece because it’s as believable as it is ludicrous MORE
A few years back a Kelly SVP gave a lecture to a group of us at a staffing industry conference. This industry needs to seriously examine itself,” I remember him saying. MORE
You can always ride on one safe prediction: forecasting something that already happened. That’s the case with vendor press releases. You know what those are, right? MORE
Where to begin? Let’s start with the title. The headline “A Times Investigation” is incorrect. It was not a Times investigation. It was done by a Charles Ornstein, a member of “citizen journalism” group propublica.org , a site that “shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong” (cough). MORE
I caught Jathan Moline and Alisha Arnold in the midst of a big cutover going on at Tempworks this weekend MORE
I’m not a big fan of IBM’s advertising, especially the annoyingly repetitiveads they tend to run during those really big games. But their series on green initiatives and how they tied the environmental notion of green to the bottom-line green, that I did like. Trying to do the same here MORE
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My competitor Jason Lander keeps a great blog on staffing and VMS, but his recent post on healthcare in Canada didn’t sit right with me, particularly comments to the effect that private market forces (like profit-seeking businesses) detrimentally impact healthcare delivery in the USA. MORE
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I’ve been using Careeer Builder on and off over the last few years to search for candidates. My usual process is to enter my skill criteria “Microsoft SQL Programmer and Accounting”, and out it spits a list of candidates. Beaucoup candidates. Too many, and that’s been the problem. MORE
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NOVEMBER 14, 2009
In fact, throughout the recession of 2009, our client deployments of VMS brought an increased emphasis on extended cost control as companies are placing increased scrutiny around the process of vendor selection, and trending certainly suggests an increase in business process outsourcing.
Recruiting Blogs
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Well, if you’ve been feeling like that, then you won’t be surprised to hear that according to a consumer analysis carried out by financial services company Simple Payday , it was revealed that our household finances are worse than they were during the height of the recession, in early 2009.
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
This is an excerpt from a whitepaper that Matt Charney and I are writing on the five biggest changes in staffing vendor management for the year 2009: VMS 2.0: The Continued Importance of Social Media Bad news. Twitter, Facebook, and the myriad other social networks that have sprung up over the past few years aren’t going away. The good news? VMS stands uniquely positioned to capitalize on this trend, and the best firms are already beginning to integrate Web 2.0
Staffing Talk
JUNE 8, 2009
It’s the NBA finals so why not check out the Steve Nash videos on employment branding. Jim Lanzalatto writes in Workforce Management that staffing suppliers are in a brutal stretch over the next year but some are making gutsy bets: “Forward-thinking C-level decision-makers are picking their spots to expand their businesses, making gutsy, strategic decisions in what they think are growth markets, hoping to offset weaknesses elsewhere in their firms. And they’re not guessing.
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JUNE 10, 2009
Prominent Newsletter Coverage Hassan also got some prominent coverage in the Tempworks June 2009 Newsletter : What are the contributing factors to his happiness and success at TempWorks?
Web Based Recruitment
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For those of you who remember that far back I ran Europe’s first ever Social Media in Recruitment Conference back in July 2009 and Andy kindly spoke at two out of the five Social Media Recruitment Conferences that I ran. Video Marketing & Social Media Advertising For Recruiters.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 2, 2009
My competitor Jason Lander keeps a great blog on staffing and VMS, but his recent post on healthcare in Canada didn’t sit right with me, particularly comments to the effect that private market forces (like profit-seeking businesses) detrimentally impact healthcare delivery in the USA.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
I’ve been using Careeer Builder on and off over the last few years to search for candidates. My usual process is to enter my skill criteria “Microsoft SQL Programmer and Accounting”, and out it spits a list of candidates. Beaucoup candidates. Too many, and that’s been the problem.
Staffing Talk
MARCH 24, 2009
reply Trevor Miles - March 23rd, 2009 at 7:02 pm PDT While I can see this as a cost advantage to SFDC, I am struggling to see how this translates into a cost advantage for people using force.com.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 28, 2009
You can always ride on one safe prediction: forecasting something that already happened. That’s the case with vendor press releases. You know what those are, right?
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 26, 2009
The race is on. The social media revolution has happened and no stone is being left unturned. Not for Pepsi. Not for Tiger. And not for enterprise software companies either.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 23, 2009
[with the biggest blizzard of the century supposedly about to hit Minnesota, i pulled out this story of mine as a warning to any who dare defy mother nature] Assumptions can cost you dearly. One I made once almost cost me my life.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 21, 2009
Tempworks client and text-messaging partner Instaff is surging as the recovery takes hold. The Memphis Business Journal interview of Instaff CEO Beth Garvey revealed that it recently received orders totaling more than $5 million for 585 temporary positions at five companies.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 21, 2009
With all the talk of employment branding you’d think that most recruiters would have long since figured out how to brand themselves, but it ain’t so. The shoemakers children once again go barefoot. In this clip I encourage recruiters to take their personal brand seriously and seize the day.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 17, 2009
I can’t say enough good things about the TempWorks payroll funding team. Efficient. Caring. Intelligent. Empathetic. Patient. Capable of taking on stressful projects and completing them on time and with a smile.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 9, 2009
Last week I wrote about a flawed article in the LATimes that sought to discredit the temp nursing industry, and this week a public radio station in Southern California took the story further.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 9, 2009
TempWorks employees out enjoying a break in the middle of a post-blizzard wind-storm. They say that the only people that know what happens in other departments are the smokers. There’s still truth to that
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 8, 2009
Employers can eliminate on-boarding paperwork with TempWorks paperless solutions. TempWorks developer Brandon Johnson demonstrates how an employment candidate could submit W4 and other paperwork
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 8, 2009
It's a fallacy that social media replaces the ATS or for that matter job boards. Email didn't replace the fax, the fax didn't replace the letter, the letter didn't replace the personal visit etc ad nauseum. Things evolve. New, thriving job boards emerge in niche spaces on a regular basis.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 6, 2009
Investment banking house Stifel Nicolaus maintained its hold rating on Monster.com (ticker MWW ) , discounting any benefit MWW may have gained from an improved job economy worldwide.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 6, 2009
[link] The Onion succeeds with this humoristic piece because it’s as believable as it is ludicrous
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 5, 2009
Where to begin? Let’s start with the title. The headline “A Times Investigation” is incorrect. It was not a Times investigation. It was done by a Charles Ornstein, a member of “citizen journalism” group propublica.org , a site that “shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong” (cough).
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 2, 2009
Congratulations to my guys for working closely with Microsoft on design principles that among other things netted us a #1 position on Microsoft’s.Net showcasing site
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Once upon a time some brash young programmers changed a lot of things at TempWorks. And they created a video to tell about it
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Brandon Johnson, Product Manager of TempWorks DocCenter, gives a quick walk through of a job candidate filling out requisite paperwork online. Check out our recent press release for more information. Special thanks to Drew Bommett of TempWorks for conducting the interview
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
I caught Jathan Moline and Alisha Arnold in the midst of a big cutover going on at Tempworks this weekend
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Ok maybe not LonelyGirl15 viral, but for a slapped-together, boss-walking-around-the-office-with-camera doing blatant self-promotion video, hitting the 1k view mark is pretty cool. At first I just stuck it on my blog. Then our newsletter editor picked it up as a sound-bite for the month.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Say what you want about social media and organic search results, pay-per-click is still the crowned prince of lead generation. I’m reposting this clip I did on search engine guru Clint Danks of Thinksem , a consultancy that handles our pay-per-click advertising with Google and others.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
This is a repost of my Dad's story about how he built that company up a New York based technical services company and ended up leaving it for Manpower in 1966: Take This Job and Shove It The company was doing about $2.5 million in sales when I joined [in the early 1960s].
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 15, 2009
Popular finance blogger Paul Kedrosky posted this graph of unemployment rates across 50 metro areas but he doesn’t give a source for the data and a lot of it seems suspect.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 15, 2009
I’m not a big fan of IBM’s advertising, especially the annoyingly repetitiveads they tend to run during those really big games. But their series on green initiatives and how they tied the environmental notion of green to the bottom-line green, that I did like. Trying to do the same here
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
The TempWorks Twitter client stands out from others by its tight integration with an enterprise crm database, but we’re still far short of the leaders when it comes to features. Here’s my take on our competition.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
I don’t know Jason Averbrook, a noted HR technology consultant, and have no reason to doubt, as he wrote recently , that his company, Knowledge Infusion, “has always stood behind its ethics and approach to helping organizations choose the right technology for their organization.”
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Staffing Talk readers know I don’t have much use for Monster. If it’s not their 4171 page online application, then it’s their back panel for employers that wins the worst of web 1.0 award. If you’re in the employment business, then brand your own employment process not Monster’s I say.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
[link] The Robot, a healthcare staffing and technology blogger, writes “TempWorks - TempWorks makes great software for staffing agencies. It's not specific to healthcare so I can't say that I've used it or even seen that much of it.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
A few years back a Kelly SVP gave a lecture to a group of us at a staffing industry conference. This industry needs to seriously examine itself,” I remember him saying.
Staffing Talk
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
In January of 1968, a squad of Vietcong guerrillas gunned down two American policeman guarding the US embassy in Saigon and blasted a hole in the outer wall, laying siege to a largely unguarded facility.
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