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Are You Still Hiring Like It's 2009??

Recruiter

Many small and mid-sized businesses are struggling to stay fully staffed. At that time, employers had far more leverage in the hiring process, which meant. In fact, businesses often approach the talent market as if it were still the height of the Great Recession, when unemployment was triple what it is today.

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[Podcast] The Staffing Industry’s 2024 Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead | Lunch with Haley

Crelate

Joined by many other esteemed thought leaders in staffing, the discussion takes a deep dive into the pivotal role of referrals, testimonials, and technological innovation in the staffing industry’s growth. It was an honor to join five other leaders in the staffing and recruiting industry.

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[Podcast] The Staffing Industry’s 2024 Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead | Lunch with Haley

Crelate

Joined by many other esteemed thought leaders in staffing, the discussion takes a deep dive into the pivotal role of referrals, testimonials, and technological innovation in the staffing industry’s growth. It was an honor to join five other leaders in the staffing and recruiting industry.

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As Staffing Industry Grows, So Too Do Sourcing Woes

Recruitics

Staffing agencies have been on the rise since the official end of the Great Recession, near the end of 2009. In fact Staffing Industry Analysts, which annually surveys enterprises to gauge the size of their contingent workforces, found that 18 percent of large companies’ workforces were temporary in 2014, up from 12 percent in 2009.

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3 Benefits Your Clients Need to Know About Seasonal Hiring and Staffing Agencies

Spark Hire

Crawford Thomas Recruiting , a full service staffing agency supporting multiple offices from the southeast to midwest United States, was seeking a better way to access and interview a talent pool of premium candidates for clients across geographical barriers. Staffing agencies are helpful even after the seasonal hiring influx.

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Temporary Staffing Startup Jobandtalent Raises $500m at a Valuation of $2.35 Billion to Develop and Expand Operations

Recruiting Blogs

Madrid-based temporary staffing startup Jobandtalent raised $500 million at a valuation of $2.35 Founded in 2009, the startup has raised over $1.1 This demonstrates we are just at the beginning of our journey." . billion in Series E funding led by Swedish investor Kinnevik AB. Much More to Do.

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Disrupting the Status Quo with Brand Differentiation — Important Then, Important Now

The Staffing Stream

And that’s an improvement from 2009 when women represented just 10%. But before 2009, female entrepreneurs were even more rare. My journey as a female founder of a staffing firm began in 1995. Unlike our competitors at the time, our focus was the candidate experience. Women excel at this. I intended to change that.

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