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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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Five Biggest Changes for Staffing VMS in 2009

Staffing Talk

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.

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How Local Government Can Boost Recruitment

Hireserve

Even before COVID-19, the public sector was facing a staffing squeeze, leaving councils with workforce shortages. The public sector had lost over a million jobs since 2009, and pre-pandemic, the sector accounted for only 17% of the country’s total workforce – the lowest it had been since 1999.

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How to Future-Proof Your Recruitment Marketing Strategy and Attract Top Talent

Hireology

is facing a strong economy as it is now, or a recession as was the case from 2007 through 2009, employees are any organization’s greatest source of competitive advantage. One recent change to the job board landscape is that some job boards are changing their posting policies. Whether the U.S.

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Job Seekers Are Voting with Their Resumes

Staffing Talk

Job seekers are seeking out job boards like Care2.com The B Corp website has a thriving job board , too, that features listings of certified companies. Instead of a “perk” or an “extra” in the workplace, the values these companies stand by are moving to the center of job search.

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TempWorks Unveils New Generation of Paperless Products

Staffing Talk

Here is a recent press release underlining his work: TempWorks Software, a Twin-Cities based provider of staffing and recruiting software, announced today the unveiling of major updates to its DocCenter and WebCenter products.

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Brazen Careerist: Meet The Employee Of Your Dreams

Staffing Talk

Recruiters, take note: Millennials not only want those types of jobs, but they want the job hunt to be equally as enjoyable. Speed-dating job hunting. Brazen Careerist , which launched in 2009, has been gaining ground as a popular site for new college graduates and younger professionals. The blog turned into the website.

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