Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 12, 2011

This video of Forrester CEO George Colony at LeWeb in Paris lasts only 22 minutes, but it’s got gems on strategy that I’ll bet I’ll look back on in five years and wish I took more to heart. He explains for example how the web differs from the internet (note to earth: the web is not the internet, it’s software we’ve built onto the internet) and how the web may not be the best horse to bet on given that network speed is increasing much less quickly than processor and storage capability.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Mobile is on the rise. Here are five solid statistics sure to persuade any non-believer: Mobile is on the rise. Here are five stats you need to know. read more.

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Hiring Thing

DECEMBER 13, 2011

'A business is a well-oiled machine, relying on the seamless execution of a number of processes to drive it forward. Disruptions and delays (bottlenecks) will occur unless you keep these processes in ship shape. In the hiring process, bottlenecks are more than just an inconvenience. They can damage company culture and tarnish your brand - making it more difficult to attract and hire top talent.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Last week I wrote about the possibly discriminatory but certainly stupid new trend where job boards and employers are requiring that applicants have a job before they can apply. Now I’d like to take my hand at busting another myth, that of the wonderfulness of the passive candidate. We all know about conventional wisdom. These generally accepted ideas are often left unexamined.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 15, 2011

With more than 550 offices in three countries, the CEO of the world’s 11th largest privately-held staffing company says it’s one thing to take revenue from the communities in which they do business, but giving back is equally important. “It’s not how much you take; it’s how much you give that really counts,” Bob Funk, CEO of Express Employment Professionals said in an interview with Staffing Talk.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 15, 2011

I just talked to a staffing company owner who told me he has clients who want him to expand and open offices in other cities, and that he could double the size of his company overnight if he could find the right people to fill all his job reqs. Then minutes later I sit down at the computer and see that 5.7 million Americans are due to have their unemployment benefits expire January 1 st , and that some of them, along with member of Congress, are panicking.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Penmac Staffing Inc. announced that its founder and CEO, Patti Penny , will step down as CEO on Dec. 31, according to a news release. Penmac’s current president, Paula Adams, Penny’s daughter, will be become president and CEO effective Jan. 1. [News-Leader]. Montage Talent Inc., a Delafield provider of video interviewing technology , has raised $3 million in a funding round led by Baird Venture Partners.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 10, 2011

If you are into software, then Hacker News is Christmas every day. Here’s a quote I pulled off there today. The writer was commenting on an article about recruiting developers: My experience is that companies are "desperate" in the sense that they’re willing to invite you to lavish parties and fill you with free alcohol to get you to work there.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 15, 2011

CyberCoders was voted one of the Top Workplaces by the Orange County Register. [Market Watch]. Compliance announced the appointment of legal solutions experts Adam Platin and Lauren Rothenberg as Executive Vice Presidents. [Market Watch]. How staffing companies can improve their employer brand in the social media age. [Recruiter]. Glassdoor announced their fourth annual Employees’ Choice Awards for Best Places to Work.

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Great talent isn’t so hard to find if you know __ to look. What word do you think belongs in that blank space? The word where ? Because we all know looking in the right places is key to finding whatever it is we want. Right? Instead, how about using the word how ? Author George Anders writes in his new book The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else great talent isn’t hard to find if we know how to look.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Should social media determine your employment status? [Old Northeast-Downtown St. Pete, FL Patch]. Murray Resources announced that the company is launching ‘Career Guider’ – a new workshop series designed for job seekers and working professionals seeking to expand and update their job search skills. [The Sacramento Bee]. 5 HR considerations for hiring remote workers.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Oddly, there is no mention of EAV scalability anywhere in the entirety of the report. My company competes indirectly with Workday , a highly popular HR software service vendor, so in reading Gartner’s assessment of Workday I had my hopes of getting the low-down on what many of us consider the fatal flaw in Workday’s architecture, namely the inherent scalability issues with its EAV-based data architecture.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The frenzy of buyouts in the HR software space continues as Salesforce is buying Rypple , a young social network like company. With clients like Facebook and a tagline of “The social way to improve performance at work”, Rypple made a strong case for itself as an acquisition. Several factors are at work here: Valuations. With a market cap in the stratosphere, Salesforce has billions to kick around any way it wants.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The holidays anguish staffing company owners like no other time of the year. Deck the Halls can turn your stomach when you realize your GP is about to drop by 30% for two weeks straight followed by the worst staffing month of the year, January. Let it be a mortal blow for your competitor, not you. So get a jump on 2012. Ready? Cut Costs. Yeah some genius marketer is going to tell you that now is the time to spend more not less on sales and PR, but you know the reason you’ve succeeded where other

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 13, 2011

As a Vice President running a growing manufacturing company, it’s not uncommon to have 2-3 staffing agencies stop by my office on a daily basis and perhaps one or two annoy the heck out of me by trying to slip in the backdoor with a cold call or lame generic email. I think our current record in one day is somewhere between 6 and 8. Fortunately, I have a wonderfully patient receptionist to smile and take their information, occasionally blocking and tackling for me when I walk through the lobby a

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Demand for recruiters to have social media skills increases 117%. [Wanted Analytics]. Manpower Employment Outlook Survey First Quarter 2012. [ManpowerGroup]. BrightStar Group Holdings, Inc. names Brian Schnell COO. [PR Web]. Research shows U.K. companies spend twice as much per hire as their U.S. counterparts. [Stock Market Review]. Intelligent office opens in Miami taking virtual offices to a new level.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This marks the first installment of what will be a weekly series we are calling Five Question Friday. By that we mean we will be asking different HR, staffing and recruiting professionals from around the country the same five questions every week. The answers aren’t meant to be a prolonged discourse to spark debate and discussion, but rather just a quick end-of-the-week read with an interesting takeaway – or two.

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Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 12, 2011

“He’d sell his own mother for _.” Not sure why this clichéd quote is always attributed to men. Maybe it’s only men who would “sell” their moms for something they want. And now we have someone else, a man in Pennsylvania, who faked his mom’s death! to get some extra time off work. Scott Bennett, 45, submitted the death notice of his mother to Pennsylvania’s Jeffersonian Democrat newspaper, as he wanted to get paid bereavement leave from his job, the Associated Press reports.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the video rental retailer of subjecting temporary female employees to sexual harassment, retaliating against them for resisting sexual advances and discriminating against Hispanic temporary workers. Blockbuster agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. [The Street]. A workers compensation claimant cannot sue an employer that contracted with an employment agency for his labor, Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court has ru

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