Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 22, 2012
This is a real safety disclaimer poster made by Flinn Scientific and distributed to science teachers across the nation. Now it’s been made fun of so many times that you’ll probably never see anything this ridiculous displayed by your customers.
Workable
OCTOBER 26, 2012
Setting up your beta account. Workable is designed to be simple to use so getting started is really easy. Sign-up with your LinkedIn credentials. Don’t worry, it’s 100% safe, you are directly authenticating with LinkedIn’s servers (it’s similar to the ‘login with facebook’ button you’ve seen on many websites) so that we can automatically pick up your name, title, company profile, etc.
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Hiring Thing
OCTOBER 22, 2012
'It is late October, and Halloween is right around the corner. But the true terror of this time of year for some retailers and call centers is managing recruitment plans for seasonal workers.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 22, 2012
After much heckling from my graphic design friends, I finally took the time this weekend to watch Helvetica , a 2007 documentary primarily about the font of the same name. I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn’t realize how much typeface impacts their everyday life, and even more so for people who make typeface decisions. If you’re a designer, you need to see it.
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 26, 2012
Demand for foreign languages in staffing can range from needing an in-house supervisor who can communicate with Spanish-speaking industrial workers to filling a translator position for an international law firm. But bilingual staffing is not as easy as just adding a checkbox to your application. As two very different staffing firms within the niche show, it’s critical to understand the nuances of your particular market.
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 25, 2012
One of the indelible memories of my life was when, at 16 years-old while watching a Fourth of July rodeo in Livingston, Montana, I witnessed a fatal skydiving accident. So many of the details are clear that it remains a life lesson I come back to over and over again. I remember being with my dad in the grandstands, following him along as he met many of his friends.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 23, 2012
How do you measure productivity at your place? Most jobs filled, most calls made, shortest time-to-fill, cost-per-hire? According to Harvard Lecturer Robert Pozen , you might be getting productivity all wrong. He says we put too much emphasis on “dashboard metrics” and not enough on quality. Pozen knows a little about the subject. Over the last five years, he taught a full course load at Harvard Business School while serving as the full-time chairman of a global financial-services f
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 23, 2012
If you’re a Staffing Talk veteran, you know from Gregg’s posts that TempWorks Software uses Google AdWords quite frequently. Recently some of us wondered what would happen if we configured AdWords to serve our ad when someone is searching for a competitor’s name. Certainly a clever strategy, but is it legal? That’s the question we posed to TempWorks’ general counsel, John Reid, and his analysis was so thorough that we had to share it with you.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 26, 2012
I don’t generally go to Facebook to find fodder for my Staffing Talk posts, but in a rare visit recently, I saw a women I know raving about an awesome onboarding experience her recently employed daughter had with her new company. The company is called Starkey Hearing Technologies , (used to be Starkey Laboratories until a recent name change) a hearing aid producer in Minneapolis.
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 26, 2012
Optomi raises $8M to finance 300-job national rollout. [Atlanta Business Chronicle]. Rhino Human Resources, Inc. signs memorandum of understanding with Minera Silverado, S.R.L. regarding joint venture to develop 2.14 million tons of potential mineral reserves valued in excess of $1.6 billion. [MarketWatch]. Robert Half: CFO salaries expected to rise 3.6% next year.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 25, 2012
TrueBlue reports 2012 Third Quarter Results. [Yahoo Finance]. Randstad : Q3 2012. [4-traders]. CDI Corp. declares Fourth Quarter 2012 Dividend. [istock analyst]. First Choice Medical Staffing of Louisiana, Inc. victorious over Louisiana Workforce Commission. [PRWeb]. SL Green Realty Corp. announced that Robert Half International, Inc. has signed a new 38,026 square foot, 11 year, lease at 125 Park Avenue, covering the entire fourth and part of the third floors.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 22, 2012
Michael Page is now PageGroup. [Business Line]. Leonard Green & Partners and Ares Management has acquired CHG Healthcare Services , a healthcare staffing firm based in Salt Lake City. CHG is currently majority-owned by funds affiliated with J.W. Childs Associates. Terms of the deal were not released. CHG Healthcare said that existing management would retain “a significant equity interest” in the company following the deal.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 24, 2012
OSHA’s Top 10 Violations for 2012 announced at National Safety Council Congress & Expo. [NSC]. A new law authored by Assemblyman Das Williams will target unethical contractors who intentionally underreport and/or fail to report the hiring of new employees in an attempt to avoid paying full workers’ compensation premiums. [Santa Barbara Independent].
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 23, 2012
Walmart, temp agencies sued for minimum wage, overtime violations. [The Huffington Post]. Temporary workers hired to help city. [WHIZ News]. A 40-year-old Albany man’s arm was cut off above the elbow Monday in an accident at the Philomath operation of Mary’s River Lumber Co. The Albany man, who worked for the company through the temp agency Selectemp, was using a hula saw in the fence plant when the accident happened about 2:25 p.m., according to details provided by company president Brad Kirkbr
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