Staffing Talk
JANUARY 31, 2013
You read that right. It’s not a typo. The digital dating service eHarmony will soon offer a job searching function. Their line of thinking is simple. They have some 20 millions users, each with “in-depth” personality profiles. Today’s hiring trends (according to them) suggest that employers tend to pick people based on “four to five superficial traits” much like meeting someone in a bar.
Hiring Thing
JANUARY 28, 2013
'Ok, so maybe I''m a little late to the game with predictions for 2013. But unlike so many resolutions that occur at the beginning of the year, I wanted to analyze the recruitment trends to make sure that the chances for these results fare better than your attempts to make more visits to the gym.
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 30, 2013
We’ve seen loads of videos and commercials for staffing companies, and it seems to me that often the most effective and memorable ones are also the most simple. Take, for example, this fantastic new campaign from the UK pub group Geronimo Inns. These four commercials (adverts, to all you Brits) have a static camera, quick narration with no sales pitch, and damn funny content (tongue-in-cheek interview tips for landing a dream job).
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 30, 2013
You know that scene from The Miracle on 34th Street , where Santa promises a kid he’ll get a fire engine on Christmas morning? The kid’s excited, but his mom is anything but. She’s been all over the city looking for one to no avail, and she gives Santa a piece of her mind for promising one. Santa: You don’t think I would’ve said that unless I’m sure?
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Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Papa John’s Founder/CEO John Schnatter came under fire and suffered through some bad PR, including a Facebook-driven boycott, and some barbs delivered by Jon Stewart , when he called out potential threats posed to his business by the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. In response to that, and at the urging of a PR firm specializing in crisis communications, he has come back to rebut what he calls the “inaccurate” reports by writing this blog post for Huffington Post.
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 31, 2013
Everyone likes a good quiz or game of trivia. But while the web is chock-full of tests about your IQ, emotional IQ, which Twilight character you most resemble, and which Twilight character’s emotional IQ you most resemble, staffing is sadly absent. But no more! Thanks to our discovery of Sporcle and an undying quest to entertain you at work, we’ve devised quizzes to test your knowledge of large staffing companies (US and Europe) and in-demand jobs.
Hiring Thing
JANUARY 30, 2013
'What do you do when your VirtualBox instance throws errors at home but operates normally at work ?
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 28, 2013
The Pentagon’s 46,000 temp workers may lose their jobs [Bloomberg]. The AGA Group can now provide staffing to federal government [PR Newswire]. Atlanta staffer who allegedly promised jobs and travel pay in Missouri mysteriously packed up his office , and now says he’s taken care of the candidates and the client is the one to blame [CBS Atlanta]. Select Staffing confidentially settles litigations with California State Compensation Insurance Fund [Staffing Industry Analysts].
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 30, 2013
“ Video interviews will be the norm in three years.” That’s what Ryder Cullison, manager at human resources technology provider Hire-Intelligence tells the New York Post in this article. What’s your take on this? Agree? Disagree? Too much too soon? Maybe you’ll see more of it but it certainly won’t be the norm? Let’s take a look.
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Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 29, 2013
I assumed everyone had heard about this amazing story when it happened back in September, so never bothered to post it. But after repeated looks of confusion whenever I mention it in water cooler conversations, I realized some people actually exist who haven’t heard it. So I’ve decided to let you all in on what is undoubtedly the greatest email to an employer in the history of mankind.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 28, 2013
"Johnson, stop the presses! I've got a candidate here that's just PERFECT for the front page." Someone sent us this email a few days ago, and while it’s a little sporadic and obviously inspired by recent hiring frustrations, it makes some decent points. When it comes to hiring recruiters and HR pros: Teamwork mentality is key (media people have this – in a newsroom the writers, designers, photographers, editors, etc. must all work together).
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 30, 2013
Guest worker programs don’t work [Washington Post]. New immigration bill to focus on high-skilled workers , but critics say it doesn’t do enough to close loopholes for large companies or provide tighter border control [CIO, Bloomberg]. Lawsuits involving the temp worker who allegedly spread hepatitis C are also tied to the staffing company that placed him [Seacoast Online].
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 29, 2013
CareerBuilder forecast predicts an increase in temp and contract hiring in the healthcare industry [PR Newswire]. Temporary work dominates the new jobs crop [Money News]. Rundown of all the new tools, gadgets, and services for hiring [ERE]. Apple busts staffing companies for excess fees and supplying underage workers [Staffing Industry Analysts]. States introduce legislation moving to make sexual orientation and gender identity protected classes [JD Supra].
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.
Staffing Talk
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
The path to the Super Bowl started with a basement staffing firm for the owner of the Ravens [New York Times]. The federal government announces that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January [TIME]. January job growth numbers show promising start to the year [Washington Post]. Aerotek named one of the 30 best workplaces in the US [PR Newswire].
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 31, 2013
Jobless claims rise after two weeks of significant lows [Bloomberg]. Survey shows private-sector employers added 192,000 jobs in January [LA Times]. Forty percent of companies expected to hire temporary workers in 2013 [HR]. New job board, eTalentShowcase , launches specifically for performers and entertainers [PR Web]. Global Medical Careers creates an international job board for healthcare industry recruitment [Open PR].
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 28, 2013
I’m struck by three powerfully disruptive influences on staffing software and the recruitment space. The first is mobile. The second is the web. And the third is distributed database technology. These forces are affecting other industries as well, however, competition makes recruitment among the first to embrace disruption. Only the oldest of industries (like, um, gambling and pornography) move faster than we do in recruitment.
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