Staffing Talk

APRIL 16, 2013

Express Employment Professionals survey show that 3 to 7 per cent more employers plan to hire in the second quarter of 2013 [PR Newswire]. Dismissed earlier this month, a lawsuit against Integrity Staffing Solutions (asking that workers be compensated for time spent in a metal detector ) gets reopened [Staffing Industry Analysts].

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 8, 2013

Staffing agency owner will spend over a year in prison for employing illegals [PR Dispatch]. Florida man sues Spartan Staffing for sending him to job where a machine cut off his penis and testicles ; alleges he wasn’t trained [Courthouse News Service]. Jobless rate falls to four-year low of 7.7% in February [Bloomberg].

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 19, 2013

New unemployment benefit applications jump 10,000 , but take readings “with a grain of salt” [Market Watch]. Healthcare staffing operations are consolidating like crazy as they brace for heavy demand in 2014 [SIA]. Even in era of stagnant wages 75% of employers aren’t leveraging benefits for recruitment [Benefits Pro].

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Staffing Talk

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Did Beyond.com just patent social media recruiting ? Employers raise a legitimate cry for relief over PPACA paperwork [Benefits Pro]. Across the Americas, 14% of respondents secured a job through social media in the last year [Digital Journal]. If your employees are entitled to a tax refund, every day counts.

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Staffing Talk

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

ASA: Staffing employment is up 18% this year [Dayton Business Journal]. Labor Department: unemployment benefit claims dropped another 10,000 last week [Biz Journals]. Employers in conservative locales more likely to discriminate based on social media profiles [ERE]. Staffing Talk].

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Staffing Talk

APRIL 11, 2013

Revenue from online staffing firms such as Elance and oDesk is expected to double over two years, reaching $2 billion in 2014 [Staffing Industry Analysts]. Compromise between Gang of Eight and labor unions would cap low-skilled guest-worker visas at 200,000 a year [Employee Benefit News].

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Staffing Talk

APRIL 9, 2013

Government investigation and social media outrage ensue after dozens of Royal Bank of Canada employees lose IT jobs to temporary foreign workers [CBC, CTV News]. IT employment rose about 5% on a year-over-year basis [Staffing Industry Analysts]. The pros and cons of virtual media-rich resumés [US News Money].

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Staffing Talk

JUNE 4, 2013

Correction: CFO of Idaho-based industrial staffing firm Command Center resigns after one year of service , not one month as previously stated. Pulse survey finds year-over-year staffing growth slows four percentage points in April [Staffing Industry Analysts]. One of the 10 largest staffing companies in the U.S.,

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Staffing Talk

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Applications for unemployment benefits fell by 20,000 last week [Market Watch]. Monster beats 2013 revenue estimate by $3.4 Monster beats 2013 revenue estimate by $3.4 Cities and states across the country are weighing the benefits versus costs of offering paid sick leave to retail and part-time workers [WSJ].

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 7, 2013

New claims for unemployment benefits dropped again last week [Market Watch]. Oregon bill targets pay discrimination between temp workers and their traditional counterparts [Staffing Industry Analysts]. 55% of American CFOs are running their treasury “lean and mean,” holding off on staffing or IT projects [CFO]. HR Magazine].

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Hacker Earth

JULY 10, 2019

Lou is the author of the Amazon top-10 best-seller, Hire With Your Head (John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Edition, 2007), The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired (Workbench Media, 2013) and the Lynda.com Performance-based Hiring video training program (2016). Co-Founder, Hiretual. a food truck finding app. Dean Da Costa.

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Staffing Talk

MARCH 5, 2013

Michigan could become second state to mandate hospital staffing levels [Business Week]. For the second time in two weeks, Montana justice department convicts man of stealing workers’ comp benefits [Billings Gazette]. Less than half of recruiters currently use social media for recruitment [Personnel Today].

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Staffing Talk

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

unemployment benefit applications fell to pre-recession level of 336,000 last week [Business Time]. Three industries will be most affected by the ACA : Staffing, retail, and restaurants. Nurse-to-patient staffing ratio bill is “doomed ” after finally getting a hearing in D.C. Staffing websites receive an average grade of 5.6/10.

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Staffing Talk

AUGUST 8, 2013

Family of a seasonal firefighter who was killed while battling a wildfire are asking for benefits for which he was ineligible [USA Today]. Only 32% of CEOs at top-earning companies have a social media account [Forbes]. million [Staffing Industry Analysts]. weekly jobless claims rise 5,000 to 330,000 [Market Watch].

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Staffing Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2013

KForce lists cities with highest demand for tech & finance/accounting skills [Staffing Industry Analysts]. CEOs greatest anxieties about social media ? Whether it’s worth the time and money [Staffing Stream]. Staffing Talk]. A vague notion of benefits “down the line” [Forbes].

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Capterra

AUGUST 20, 2015

What that means on a practical level is explorations of bad HR examples, examinations of the future of recruiting tools and interview advice to 2013 grads. Staffing Industry Review. Staffing Talk. Staffing Talk is an online newsmagazine that publishes 2-3 articles a day on the staffing industry.

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Staffing Talk

APRIL 29, 2013

Roth Staffing Companies earns all four of the SIA’s “Best of” designations – the only firm among 17,000 in the US to do so [PR Newswire]. Businesses benefiting from an “expertise-on-demand” approach to IT staffing [Digital Journal]. Employer branding is about more than t-shirts and a pretty website [Fistful of Talent].

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Staffing Talk

MAY 9, 2013

New claims for jobless benefits hit lowest level since January 2008 [Market Watch]. American Nurses Association applauds federal legislation that would empower RNs to guide staffing decisions in hospitals [Endo Nurse]. Snagajob surveyed 6,000 job-seekers on their social media habits , and here’s what they said [QSR Web].

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Social Talent

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Social media is and continues to change the recruiting landscape. 30 Indispensable Social Recruiting Tools. It was only 2 weeks ago we reported that in the US alone, it took almost 25 business days to fill a job in the month of July, which was 9% longer than in July 2013. Getting Hired in a Digital World. sourcingsurvey.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 8, 2014

Republicans sided with Democrats on a 60-37 Senate vote to keep jobless benefit extensions alive [Missoulian]. Headquarted in Jacksonville, FL, OnCall Staffing, Inc. expands and changes name to Agility Staffing, Inc. [PR The Randstad US Employee Confidence Index ended 2013 on a high note [Market Watch]. PR Newswire].

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