Staffing Talk

JANUARY 24, 2013

A recent survey conducted by staffing juggernaut Adecco had some great insights relating to the millennial generation. As a crusty old hiring veteran, I have interviewed hundreds of job candidates over the last 10 years and I have witnessed first-hand the behaviors documented in the survey. Reading the Adecco survey compelled me to write this article for the sake of job seekers, and for the sake of recruiters who want to do a better job of preparing their candidates for the interview.

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Hospital Recruiting

JANUARY 23, 2013

Hire More Physicians by Recruiting the Spouse and Children. You’ve received an excellent looking CV of a well-trained physician; you’ve made the calls to court the candidate and picked dates for the candidate to interview. You know what the candidate needs from an opportunity, and you feel pretty good about your chances of a successful recruitment effort.

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Jobvite

JANUARY 23, 2013

Plenty of applicant tracking systems (ATS) claim to get you from point A to point B, but they focus too heavily on features instead of function. In the real world, features mean very little if they’re not usable. Whether you’re a candidate, a recruiter, or a hiring manager, you need technology that lets you focus simply on moving forward.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 25, 2013

It’s hard to attract much attention with a resume, right? I mean, if you’ve seen one, you’ve seem them all. Not so on both counts for an enterprising – and creative – web product manager from Paris, France, by the name of Philippe Dubost. His resume takes the form of an amazing Amazon product page. But don’t just check out the screen grab, go here and see it for yourself.

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Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

Staffing Talk

JANUARY 23, 2013

Each department at Zappos is decorated uniquely. This is the rainforest (and pirates, apparently). Sometimes reason and common sense are wrong , and no matter how straight-forward the equation looks, you never get the desired result. By the same token, sometimes the most radical and counter-intuitive ideas are the ones that work, and in turn change the way we think.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 21, 2013

When the talent search engine TalentBin made its public launch last year, they were rather immodest in stating their value proposition, saying it “ turned the entire professional web into the largest talent sourcing database known to mankind.” Is that what happened? Or is it just another aggregator of information widely available for recruiters – and others – online?

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 23, 2013

The chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants Congress to make more high-skilled visas available to immigrants as part of its push for comprehensive immigration reform. Microsoft says the tech talent shortage is “close to crisis.” President Obama says we should attach a green card to the diploma of people who come here getting bachelor’s degrees, particularly in science and math.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 25, 2013

As they say, “you gotta enjoy the little things in life.”. Well I do. Specifically, when people mistakenly respond to our News of the Day emails, thinking they’re answering something else in their email inbox. When that happens, I really start enjoying the little things. For your enjoyment, I’ve pasted two of my responses when those mistakes took place.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 24, 2013

One of our devs sent around this poll which showed developers liked C# the best of the popular languages out there. I don’t trust online polls and this one is no different, but I don’t contest that devs take well to C# and its fine supporting cast of tools and documentation. But as we said in the 1970s, follow the money trail. Everything is going web and faster than I ever imagined it would.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 25, 2013

An Eggplant exclusive. The Eggplant denies any relationship with The Onion. Temporary worker John Davis says he can’t get his perm employee coworkers motivated enough to get the job done. “At first I thought well let’s just let this play out for a few days, but no matter what I tried, no matter what company I temped at, I couldn’t get them to care about work.”. "“It’s the fault of society, not the individual,” says Dr.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 20, 2013

[Kobe Burger Stuffed with Blue Cheese at Microsoft’s employee cafeteria]. This last week I was out at a Microsoft conference in Redmond, WA, with two other devs from Tempworks. Presumably there to get a futurist view of software, I came away with a futurist view of employee culture and hospitality. Their devs were not just great technologists and speakers, they were genuine.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 24, 2013

New guidance released by U.S. Treasury Department to assist employers with health care reform requirements [JD Supra]. The newly released annual economic outlook says payroll tax hike and federal spending restraints will slow the US economy early on, but the second half of 2013 will bring lots of growth [Bloomberg]. Corporate Resource Services launches into the retail energy sector [Yahoo].

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 23, 2013

How depressed are you, on a scale of "1 to just updated your LinkedIn profile?" –Hat-tip Jen Statsky , ex-Jimmy Kimmel writer and rated one of the top five funniest people on Twitter which is really special and equates in my world to being able to both do code and get invited to parties.

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

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.

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 21, 2013

The people and industries that stand to profit most from Obama ’s second term [Forbes]. New study reveals flaws in temporary work visa program (mistreatment and bad recruitment) and recommends changes as Congress works on immigration reform [CDM]. Maryland, New York, and Colorado post biggest gains in staffing jobs from 2011 to 2012 , while Indiana, Ohio, and Nevada post the biggest losses [Staffing Industry Analysts].

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 22, 2013

Global staffing news: Netherlands ain’t looking good, Poland and Mexico are moving on up, Germany is slowing, and the world will see record unemployment [Staffing Industry Analysts]. How the founder of a failing business, Diversified Industrial Staffing, started from scratch and turned everything around [Crain’s Detroit Business]. TalentWise and Bullhorn announce enhanced integrations of their ATS, CMS, and HPM software platforms [Virtual Strategy Magazine].

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 25, 2013

Some say drug testing people who apply for government assistance makes no sense , ends up being costly and is unconstitutional , while some states are pushing for more legislation to drug test the unemployed [Huffington Post][Billings Gazette]. Canada-Mexico guest worker program touted as the model for US to replicate [Fox News]. Haley Marketing announces the release of a new job board software product [PR.com].

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Staffing Talk

JANUARY 23, 2013

Recent NLRB decisions overturning many long standing employment precedents in 2013 [JD Supra]. 11 workers are stranded in Missouri, claiming a staffing company promised travel expense reimbursement if they came there to apply, but not delivering [KOMU]. How your technological shortcuts in hiring are turning the best people away [ERE]. 18 occupations have been linked to increased cases of adult asthma , including cleaning, manufacturing, and security/bouncers [NHS].

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Jobvite

JANUARY 23, 2013

Plenty of applicant tracking systems (ATS) claim to get you from point A to point B, but they focus too heavily on features instead of function. In the real world, features mean very little if … Continued.

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