Sat.Nov 16, 2013 - Fri.Nov 22, 2013

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Half Of All U.S. Jobs Are Soon To Be Obsolete

Staffing Talk

'Nearly half of U.S. jobs could be susceptible to automation over the next two decades, a recent Oxford University study on the Impacts of Future Technology suggests. The provocative new study, all 72 pages of which can be read here , is a collaboration between Dr. Carl Benedikt Frey (Oxford Martin School) and Dr. Michael A. Osborne (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford).

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Recruiting Infographic: The Search for the Pink Unicorn

Jobvite

In an effort to build the best company possible, recruiters are constantly looking for the perfect, A-list candidate — known as a Pink Unicorn. But as you might imagine, this rare breed can be tricky to catch. Here, we look at how to entice — and hang on to— this sought-after prize. This infographic describes the recruiter’s search for the perfect candidate, otherwise known as the elusive Pink Unicorn.

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HiringThing Partners with BambooHR To Make Hiring & Onboarding New Hires Easier

Hiring Thing

'We’re thrilled that HiringThing is now integrated with BambooHR’s web-based Human Resource Information System (HRIS). The integration allows clients of both companies to interact seamlessly between HiringThing and BambooHR.

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Equal Employment Opportunities Make Good Business Sense

ExactHire Recruiting

Individuals in Human Resources already know there are laws that prohibit discrimination in the workplace against existing employees, but equal employment opportunity also relates to hiring and recruiting new employees, as well. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against someone (applicant or employee) because of his/her race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or gen

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Did The Census Bureau Manipulate Pre-Election Unemployment Figures?

Staffing Talk

'The federal unemployment report is one of the most closely watched measures of the economy, and The New York Pos t is claiming with this incendiary piece titled: Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report , that the unemployment report was manipulated.Here are the first three paragraphs of John Crudele’s piece in the Post: “In the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall Street to Washi

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Bamboo HR - HRIS Integration

Hiring Thing

'HiringThing has provided integration with BambooHR, an award winning HR Software and HRIS system, designed to help small and medium sized businesses manage their HR management processes.

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Walmart Holds Food Drive For Its Own Associates

Staffing Talk

'A food drive this time of year is a common sight. At church or school or the grocery store, we drop in a few cans of peas and corn from the backs of our cupboards, temporarily reminded that there are needy folks in our community. But what would you do if you saw bins and signs asking you to donate food to your own struggling co-workers ? Co-workers who, presumably, make as much (or, ahem, as little ) as you do?

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Use the “2+1” Rule to Create Great Staffing Clients

Staffing Talk

'I was lucky early on to get schooled by a great sales personality. He was the director of a France based airline cooperative, and he took me by the horns and set me straight when I was selling my airline software all wrong. Prospect champions can quit, get fired and even flat out die. Then who ya gonna call? He taught me something every great staffing sales person knows intuitively: to win a mega deal you need a champion inside the prospect’s organization.

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How Deliberate Are You About What You Say?

Staffing Talk

'Words create our world. Be deliberate about what you say, and how you say it. Those words were first spoken to me by “CJ,” a very bright and intuitive digital marketing expert who was acting as a sounding board when I was trying to develop my sales training platform. I was reminded of his advice several times this week by several people who used the language pretty recklessly, and wanted to share a few thoughts.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

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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Finding the Perfect Hiring Ratio for Your Organization

Jobvite

We use ratios every day. Sometimes, we use them to describe the relationship between two numbers; other times, we use them to make a comparison between two things. In the world of finance, ratios are … Continued.

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Facebook Is Worthless and Other Things You Can Learn from Kids

Staffing Talk

'I sat down with for some breakfast with my teenagers yesterday to get the lowdown on the big financial news story of last week which was Snapchat spurning Facebook’s offer of $3 billion cash buyout. Privacy beats openness. Scarcity beats abundance. How is it, I wanted to know, that a tiny little startup with no revenue could be worth almost as much as say a global staffing company with billions and billions of dollars in sales ?

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Hardware Finds a Home in Staffing and Recruiting

Staffing Talk

'Software gets a lot of attention in the recruiting industry these days, but hardware deserves its place too. That’s been true for decades going back to the 1960s when mechanical retrieval systems provided an early version of today’s search algorithms. I’m not a hardware guy myself yet there is no end to my fascination with gadgets, especially sensors and other devices that hook up to your mobile phone.

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Price Moncler Jackets Can Show Out The Elegant Quality

Staffing Talk

'The CapeThe cape is usually the hottest finish of the dress of arms is generally the type related sealer at any point of work-time. These materials specified that they might produce bicolor young dogs as well. Make sure so you design the actual front hallway together with entryway, or an angled zipper, there is a real amount of a number of other women knew him.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Staffing News of the Day, November 21, 2013

Staffing Talk

'Jobless claims fall by 21,000 – the biggest drop in three months & the lowest level in two months [Market Watch]. “This is about money for them. This is about safety for us:” workers at all University of California hospitals went on strike yesterday [CBS Local]. No charges have been made yet against a medical practice that fired an employee who was on jury duty [Journal Gazette].

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What Will Our Personal Legacy Be in the Cloud?

Staffing Talk

'BrainPickings editor, Maria Popova , is a great follow on Twitter. Anyone that posts on both Proust and Vonnegut gets my interest, and she does it well. She mused recently on the emergence of the Cloud and the effect it will have on our personal legacies. She quotes Andrew Sullivan: “our personal digital records are very much the summation of ourselves.

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Jennifer Lawrence and the Plight of the Female Recruiter

Staffing Talk

'As a dutiful father, I’ll be hauling the youngest four of the household off to Catching Fire , the Hunger Games sequel, as soon as they get home from school on Friday, the opening day of the film. I’m not thrilled about the film’s length, 2.5 hours, nor the prospect a dead middle hour, described as a remake of the first film, unless of course they bring back bone chilling scenes like Tracker Jackers.

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Hey Buddy, Could You Hit That Viral Button For Me?

Staffing Talk

'Stop me if this has ever happened to you. A colleague, co-worker, or friend is interviewed for a story about staffing or employment or hot jobs by your local TV/radio station/newspaper. And this colleague, co-worker or friend asks you to wave the magic social media wand over that content, and “make it go viral.” Just hit that button baby!

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Future-proof your I-9 compliance for 2024

Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

Got I-9 compliance on your mind? Spending endless amounts of time ensuring you stay compliant? Get your questions answered with an expert panel from WorkBright. During this one-hour webinar, Workbright will dive deep into I-9 best practices, navigate the nuances of the new 2023 'alternative procedure,' and learn actionable ways to ensure your audit trail is squeaky clean.

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Are You Building a Temple Or Merely Cutting Stone?

Staffing Talk

'A traveler passes a quarry and sees three men working. The traveler asks the first man what he is doing and he replies “cutting stone.” The second says “earning money to feed and shelter my family.” When the third man is questioned, he proclaims “I am building a temple.”. This is an old story, a proverbial tale used to teach us something about our human nature.

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Staffing News of the Day, November 18, 2013

Staffing Talk

'The state of work in the age of anxiety: interactive article shows how American workers have steadily lost power and the wealth they help produce [Prospect]. 264,000 jobs added but 700,000 fewer Americans employed ? [PBS]. Marissa Mayer encourages Yahoo managers to rank employees on a bell curve – and dole out pink slips where necessary [Fistful of Talent].

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Staffing News of the Day, November 20, 2013

Staffing Talk

'Women who have worked temp jobs are more likely to be childless by 35 [CBC]. ManpowerGroup experts say vast majority of employees plan to pursue new job in 2014 [Financial Express]. Construction industry trade group files lawsuit against Labor Dept. for its new rule requiring proof of steps taken toward hiring the disabled [WSJ]. New York state joins with feds to combat misclassification of independent contractors [SIA].

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Recruiting Infographic: The Search for the Pink Unicorn

Jobvite

In an effort to build the best company possible, recruiters are constantly looking for the perfect, A-list candidate — known as a Pink Unicorn. But as you might imagine, this rare breed can be tricky … Continued.

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HR Pro Playbook: How to Navigate Global Workforce Expansion with Confidence

Speaker: Daniel Grace & Audra Bright

Have you just been told you need to hire employees in another country? 🌎 That's a huge undertaking! It involves navigating a complex landscape of diverse regulations, cultural differences, legal requirements, and currencies. If anything goes wrong, you risk your company's financials, growth, and reputation. 📊 🌟 To help ensure a successful global expansion and mitigate potential non-compliance consequences, this exclusive webinar features Daniel Grace, International HR Con

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Staffing News of the Day, November 19, 2013

Staffing Talk

'National Labor Relations Board says Walmart illegally disciplined & fired employees over strikes/protests [NY Times]. Court rules that employee’s updating of her LinkedIn profile was not violation of a noncompete [Mondaq]. JobDiva Inc. files patent infringement lawsuit against Monster Worldwide Inc. [Broadway World]. The expiration of federal unemployment benefits is expected to affect 3.5 million jobless Americans by the end of 2014 [MSNBC].

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Staffing News of the Day, November 22, 2013

Staffing Talk

'Dept. of Labor reported today that job openings rose to 3.91 million in September, with 2.9 seekers per opening [Market Watch]. Intel is expanding its contract manufacturing in hopes of developing chips for mobile devices, cutting market shares for Samsung, etc. [News Factor]. Dell is telecommute friendly ! Company plans to move large numbers of employees to flexible and home work [ERE].