Staffing Talk

JULY 16, 2013

'Letter penned by James P. Hoffa and union bosses: Obamacare will “shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class.”. This story is getting a lot of play in the conservative blogs I follow but I haven’t seen much ‘mainstream’ coverage unless you count the Wall Street Journal where the union letter to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid appeared a few days ago.

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Bersin

JULY 19, 2013

We just completed a comprehensive briefing with SAP and SuccessFactors about product integration. Katherine Jones and I were impressed with the progress the company is making: SAP's engineering prowess is clearly being applied to this area in a big way. And SAP customers will see these integrations being applied to all of SAP's cloud offerings. […].

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Staffing Talk

JULY 17, 2013

'The much-debated and publicized trial for the Trayvon Martin case is now over. The verdict is in. And George Zimmerman is a free man. Zimmerman is looking to move on, but how is “ the most hated man in America ” going to get a job? Who’s going to hire him? “I think George Zimmerman is going to have a very difficult time, even though he was acquitted,” criminal defense attorney Barry Slotnick reportedly said. “There will be people who revile George Zimmerman forever,” Lau

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Staffing Talk

JULY 15, 2013

'Suite Staffing Services has some pretty unique business circumstances. They exclusively provide staffing services for the hospitality industry in the Fort Smith, Arkansas region. Their clients are caterers, restaurants, event organizers, and venues. And their candidates are almost exclusively students. So you might say they serve niche clients in a niche industry with niche candidates in a niche market.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 18, 2013

'“ Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” How many times have we heard that line, supposedly uttered first by the Chinese teacher, editor, politician, philosopher and career counselor Confucius. I didn’t hear that exact thing this morning, but I did hear a variation of it, as well as several other great pearls of wisdom, when someone at my weekly networking group asked us the best piece of career advice we have ever received.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 18, 2013

'If you have unpaid interns, or you pay your interns but it’s less than minimum wage, there’s a good chance that your interns could sue you. While companies have known this for years (or should have known this), they assumed that no intern would call them out on it. Well the recent rash of internship lawsuits has broken the proverbial levee, and some are predicting that a flood’s a-comin.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 19, 2013

'After an unpleasant experience with a national staffing company, Sally Miller, the Procurement Manager for Allied in Walla Walla switched to a local agency, Acme Temps, run by Joe Johnson, and it didn’t take long for her line managers to begin emailing her compliments about the quality of Joe’s workers. “Wow, night and day,” wrote one. “Trained and great attitude,” wrote another.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 19, 2013

'Federal reserve reports the economy has been growing at a “modest to moderate” pace [Raw Story]. ManpowerGroup’s profits rise by 66% in second quarter [Market Watch]. Detroit files for bankruptcy – the largest public sector bankruptcy ever – and pensions are at stake [CNN Money]. Owner of Alliance Staffing Management Inc. owes IRS more than $540,000 after failing to pay employment taxes [The Salt Lake Tribune].

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Staffing Talk

JULY 18, 2013

'Brian is an engineering student at UC Berkeley, and this company he works for makes powertrains, not vehicles, and is located in San Jose. Find out more here: [link].

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Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

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Staffing Talk

JULY 16, 2013

'If you want to be cool at parties this summer, you’ve got to be able to talk about the Hyperloop , the better-than-bullet transport that will get you from downtown LA to downtown San Francisco in thirty minutes according to mastermind Elon Musk of Tesla fame. For California which from my view is showing the first signs of economic vibrancy in years, such a system would save tens of billions as compared to its current bullet train project and possibly position the state to compete globally in th

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Staffing Talk

JULY 16, 2013

'Some companies send out an annual birthday or holiday greeting card for customer appreciation. At Tempworks, we invite customers to gather and mingle for two days of networking, discussion, and fun. We call it The Works, and we’ve found there’s no better way to build relationships and create a lasting impact. (Because, really, who keeps a Christmas card from, say, their financial adviser?!).

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Staffing Talk

JULY 19, 2013

'We love it when staffers send us stories. As you can see here and here , they’re often quite entertaining. What you guys and gals experience never ceases to amaze us. Anyway, enough of me – here’s our newest batch. T-Shirt Message Tells All …. by anonymous recruiter with an IT staffing company. A candidate arrived for her interview wearing a T-shirt that said, “Genius by Birth Lazy by Choice” Don’t Ever Say “Dress Up”. by anonymous staffing company owner.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 13, 2013

'“ People work, they don’t get paid, and leave. Then a bus comes and unloads a fresh group of workers to repeat the cycle.” It’s being called “The Putin Olympics.” However you refer to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, with a price tag of $51 billion – $6 billion more than the Beijing Games and $21 billion more than last year’s Summer Olympics in London – this will be the most expensive Olympics ever.

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Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 16, 2013

'What do you do with the people who don’t have what it takes to get where you want to be, and where you need them to be? Put them on a performance improvement plan? Are you too sentimental when it comes to handing out extra chances? Patty McCord, Chief Talent Officer at Netflix since 1998, says in her company “adequate performance” gets a severance package. “We’re not family” and leniency shouldn’t be the go-to strategy she adds.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 15, 2013

'Fake Manhattan recruitment agency operating under multiple business names stole hundreds in fees from unemployed victims [Legal Newsline]. Working poor worry as Congress debates food stamp cuts [CNBC]. Yahoo bought 16 startups since handing the reins over to Marissa Mayer one year ago [CNN Money]. Rise of part-time work can’t be blamed on employer mandate ; structural economic changes are the culprit [AZ Star Net]. 79% of health care organizations move forward with hiring plans despite lack of

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Staffing Talk

JULY 16, 2013

'Only 47% of adults have full-time jobs , and only 58.7% are working at all [The Militant]. Increase in North American business couldn’t prevent recruiter Michael Page from slipping 4.3% [Standard]. Online work platform Field Nation expands into UK and 13 metro areas in Europe [WSJ]. Express Employment Professionals: “2013 is shaping up to be the best year in company history” [Franchising].

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Staffing Talk

JULY 17, 2013

'Recruitment firm left details of 7,500 CVs unsecured on public website Janetpage.com [V3]. After stock tanks, Heidrick & Struggles’s CEO steps down ; company ditches possibility of a sale [Crain’s Chicago Business]. You’ve heard of Elance and oDesk. What about Work Market, the freelance-management site with 300 corporate clients ? [Business Week].

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Staffing Talk

JULY 18, 2013

'Last week’s new jobless claims fell to lowest level since May [Market Watch]. Five McDonald’s employees publicize their monthly budgets – and they’re worse than dire [CNN Money]. SIA releases list of the largest U.S. industrial staffing firms [Staffing Industry Analysts]. Resources Connection Inc. reports 3.6% drop in revenue for fiscal year [RGP].

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